adaptive reuse
2015
ADAPTIVE ARCHITECTURE
UROOJ SHAFIQUE (10)
1/30/2015
ADAPTIVE ARCHITECTURE:
“People are happiest in buildings where change occurs at every scale from weeks to centuries.
Such buildings are fractals in time.” —Stewart Brand
Abstract:
Adaptive Architecture is a multi-disciplinary field concerned with buildings that are designed to adapt to their environments, their inhabitants and objects as well as those buildings that are entirely driven by internal data. Architectural reuse processes include adaptive reuse, conservative disassembly, and reusing salvaged materials. This definition is broad and inclusive permitting many different interpretations; however, the underlying objective is that architectural reuse be understood as an evolutionary process occurring over time. Adaptive reuse “slows nutrient loss” while contributing to the diversity, complexity, and continuity of a particular place.
Genuine places worthy of our affections are created through the process of adaptation.
The practice of adaptive reuse has grown in popularity in the United States over the past few decades, with now about 90% of architect-commissioned work involving some interaction with an existing structure. While the practice of reuse has existed informally in the form of garage-asguest house or barn-as-garage conversions and so on, it is only since the late 1960s that architects and engineers have begun to approach it critically, as a design problem. It is often lauded for fostering the development of a sustainable built environment, however, it has its unique challenges. This research proposal provide the strategies for adaptive architecture and also traces the role of the designer in the sustainable development discourse, with focused attention paid to the adaptive reuse solution. Furthermore, it attempts to identify the challenges and discuss how they each pertain to the architect. Through the examination of reuse case studies, a coarse classification of project typologies.
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ADAPTIVE ARCHITECTURE
UROOJ SHAFIQUE (10)
1/30/2015
ADAPTIVE ARCHITECTURE:
“People are happiest in buildings where change occurs at every scale from weeks to centuries.
Such buildings are fractals in time.” —Stewart Brand
Abstract:
Adaptive Architecture is a multi-disciplinary field concerned with buildings that are designed to adapt to their environments, their inhabitants and objects as well as those buildings that are entirely driven by internal data. Architectural reuse processes include adaptive reuse, conservative disassembly, and reusing salvaged materials. This definition is broad and inclusive permitting many different interpretations; however, the underlying objective is that architectural reuse be understood as an evolutionary process occurring over time. Adaptive reuse “slows nutrient loss” while contributing to the diversity, complexity, and continuity of a particular place.
Genuine places worthy of our affections are created through the process of adaptation.
The practice of adaptive reuse has grown in popularity in the United States over the past few decades, with now about 90% of architect-commissioned work involving some interaction with an existing structure. While the practice of reuse has existed informally in the form of garage-asguest house or barn-as-garage conversions and so on, it is only since the late 1960s that architects and engineers have begun to approach it critically, as a design problem. It is often lauded for fostering the development of a sustainable built environment, however, it has its unique challenges. This research proposal provide the strategies for adaptive architecture and also traces the role of the designer in the sustainable development discourse, with focused attention paid to the adaptive reuse solution. Furthermore, it attempts to identify the challenges and discuss how they each pertain to the architect. Through the examination of reuse case studies, a coarse classification of project typologies.
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