scholarly journals From community institution to condo conversion: adaptive reuse within neighbourhood gentrification in cities in Ontario

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emma Abramowicz
Keyword(s):  
Adaptive Reuse ◽  
Heritage Conservation ◽  
Community Institution ◽  
Indicator Data ◽  
Neighbourhood Change ◽  
Over Time

What role do school and church condominium conversions play in processes of neighbourhood change? This paper examines 40 residential condominium conversions of former neighbourhood institutions in Ontario’s three largest urban municipalities to determine their role within local gentrification processes. The research analyzes indicator data over time in each conversion neighbourhood to identify gentrification trends and the points at which the conversions are proposed within or outside them. The research finds that post-institutional conversions can fall at any point before, during, after or outside neighbourhood gentrification. This paper concludes that such conversions do not play a universal driving or reactive role, however they have the power to foster further gentrification where they occur early in the process. Planners are thus encouraged to consider facilitating alternatives to private conversion in particular neighbourhood contexts. Further research is recommended on the intersection of heritage conservation, adaptive reuse and neighbourhood gentrification.

scholarly journals From community institution to condo conversion: adaptive reuse within neighbourhood gentrification in cities in Ontario

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emma Abramowicz
Keyword(s):  
Adaptive Reuse ◽  
Heritage Conservation ◽  
Community Institution ◽  
Indicator Data ◽  
Neighbourhood Change ◽  
Over Time

What role do school and church condominium conversions play in processes of neighbourhood change? This paper examines 40 residential condominium conversions of former neighbourhood institutions in Ontario’s three largest urban municipalities to determine their role within local gentrification processes. The research analyzes indicator data over time in each conversion neighbourhood to identify gentrification trends and the points at which the conversions are proposed within or outside them. The research finds that post-institutional conversions can fall at any point before, during, after or outside neighbourhood gentrification. This paper concludes that such conversions do not play a universal driving or reactive role, however they have the power to foster further gentrification where they occur early in the process. Planners are thus encouraged to consider facilitating alternatives to private conversion in particular neighbourhood contexts. Further research is recommended on the intersection of heritage conservation, adaptive reuse and neighbourhood gentrification.

scholarly journals Implementing Sustainability in Retrofitting Heritage Buildings. Case Study: Villa Antoniadis, Alexandria, Egypt

Heritage ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 57-87 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ahmed Khalil ◽  
Naglaa Hammouda ◽  
Khaled El-Deeb
Keyword(s):  
Energy Efficiency ◽  
Natural Ventilation ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Sustainable Design ◽  
Adaptive Reuse ◽  
Renewable Energy Sources ◽  
Heritage Conservation ◽  
Base Case ◽  
Heritage Buildings

Sustainable design is believed to stand on the opposite side of heritage conservation. This view is supported by the fact that sustainable design requires invasive measures to implement new technologies and treatments that challenge the principle of minimum intervention in heritage conservation. Another point of view sees heritage conservation as an already act of sustainable development that protects and preserves social and cultural resources such as heritage buildings and their intangible values. On the other hand, research and practice have proven that heritage buildings can be the subjects of sustainable design projects that achieve outstanding measures of sustainability and energy efficiency while not compromising the authenticity of the heritage value of the building. This sustainable conservation reaches its peak in adaptive-reuse projects of heritage buildings as reusing the building guarantees its ongoing maintenance and promotes its social, cultural and economic values to society, while giving it the ability to withstand modern users’ comfort and energy efficiency standards. This research presents a case study of the adaptive-reuse project of Villa Antoniadis in Alexandria; a heritage building built in the mid-nineteenth century and in the process of a major adaptive-reuse project. The history and significance of the building will be studied as well as the conservation values of the current project, then some proposals for interventions that could achieve more energy efficiency for the project while conserving the building are discussed. The research included a simulation of the building, using building energy modelling software for the current adaptive-reuse project as a base case, and the hypothetical application of different proposed sustainable interventions such as thermal insulation, double glazing, shading, lighting control, natural ventilation, and photovoltaic energy generation, where the energy savings potentials for each proposed intervention were studied. The simulation proved a possible reduction of 36.5% in the cooling, heating and lighting energy consumption as well as generated 74.7% of the energy required for cooling, heating and lighting from renewable energy sources.

scholarly journals Different Business Models for Adaptive Reuse of Heritage Conservation in Hong Kong

2017 ◽  
Vol 32 (3) ◽  
pp. 42-49
Author(s):  
Esther Hiu-kwan Yung ◽  
Yao Sun ◽  
Anqi Wang ◽  
Edwin Hon-wan Chan
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
Business Models ◽  
Adaptive Reuse ◽  
Heritage Conservation

scholarly journals Community-led initiatives for the rehabilitation and management of vernacular settlements in Oman: a phenomenon in the making

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Benkari Naima
Keyword(s):  
Local Community ◽  
Adaptive Reuse ◽  
Heritage Tourism ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Heritage Conservation ◽  
Operating Modes ◽  
Built Heritage ◽  
Tourism Sector ◽  
Hotel Booking

AbstractOnce abandoned for more than three decades, vernacular settlements in Oman are now being progressively reinvested in to foster the country’s heritage tourism sector. The present research focuses on the emerging phenomenon of community-led initiatives for vernacular heritage rehabilitation and adaptive reuse in Oman. Through an examination of three case studies, its aim is to describe this process and its modes of action and discuss its effects on vernacular settlement transformations. A mixed research methodology was designed to include (A) analyses of relevant primary and secondary data, (B) documented onsite observations, (C) interviews with local community representatives and key players in the operations of rehabilitation, and (D) extractions and analyses of quantitative data from a hotel booking website.The research sheds light on unsuspected interrelations within and between the projects being implemented in these settlements and their operating modes. It reveals the focal role of a local community in a kind of ‘bottom-up’ management of its built heritage, coupled with a ‘horizontal cooperation’ between the three initiatives studied in this research. Moreover, it shows that a heavily centralised and top-down policy for the field of heritage conservation and management is among the main obstacles that hinder such initiatives. Furthermore, community-led operations of vernacular heritage rehabilitation are being undertaken under insufficient regulations in terms of land use, building restoration and adaptive reuse. In this context, the paper discusses some of the serious threats and concerns faced by such initiatives and proposes actionable solutions to mitigate these hindrances.

scholarly journals If Walls Could Speak: Designing a satellite creative campus through a combination of adaptive reuse strategies and artistic manoeuvres generated from music video to enhance a repurposed building’s identity

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Morgan Taylor
Keyword(s):  
Architectural Design ◽  
Design Research ◽  
Adaptive Reuse ◽  
Music Videos ◽  
Music Video ◽  
Surrounding Area ◽  
History Of ◽  
Research Experiment ◽  
A Site ◽  
Over Time

<p>In many examples of adaptive reuse, the original identity of a work of architecture becomes lost or obscured when the new interior program is no longer represented by the meaning inherent in the exterior facades. This design research investigation explores how active incorporation of memory into an architectural design concept can enable a repurposed building to tell a meaningful story over time. Most contemporary architectural design relating to adaptive reuse does not take advantage of this important opportunity.  This thesis looks at a site that is currently home to NIWA, the National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research facility, at Greta Point, on Evans Bay outside of Wellington. This research site and the surrounding area have many layers of history and inherent narrative associated with it, making this a strong site for this adaptive reuse design research experiment.  This thesis argues that new architecture and old architecture in adaptive reuse projects can maintain strong meaningful identities while co-existing in harmony with one another and their new programmes. one principal goal of this investigation is to avoid facadism where an original facade becomes a meaningless mask for what is happening inside a repurposed building. This thesis investigates how this can be achieved by: analysing contemporary narrative, memory-based music videos to explore how the application of similar techniques might enable adaptive reuse projects to enhance a building’s identity; investigating how these design techniques can help provide meaningful identity to the architectural components while establishing relationships between old and new, inside and outside; enhancing the greater history and narrative of the site; and by adding meaning to the conflicting grids that may have arisen over time in relation to the wider history of the site.</p>

scholarly journals Indicators for Ex-Post Evaluation of Cultural Heritage Adaptive Reuse Impacts in the Perspective of the Circular Economy

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (9) ◽  
pp. 4759
Author(s):  
Martina Bosone ◽  
Pasquale De Toro ◽  
Luigi Fusco Girard ◽  
Antonia Gravagnuolo ◽  
Silvia Iodice
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Circular Economy ◽  
Comprehensive Evaluation ◽  
Local Development ◽  
Adaptive Reuse ◽  
Evaluation Framework ◽  
Assessment Tools ◽  
Heritage Conservation ◽  
Investment Projects ◽  
Ex Post

Cultural heritage (CH) is considered a key element of cities and regions’ identity and uniqueness, contributing to peoples’ wellbeing and health, as well as jobs creation, environmental regeneration and place attractiveness. The adaptive reuse of abandoned and underused CH can be a sustainable strategy for heritage conservation, stimulating local development processes. However, heritage conservation needs large investments, while the resources available are scarce, and investment projects are subject to high uncertainties. Therefore, a careful assessment of impacts is needed to orient and direct CH adaptive reuse projects towards sustainability. Recent studies approach the adaptive reuse of abandoned buildings and sites as an effective circular economy strategy, potentially contributing to climate objectives through environmental regeneration and the reduction of natural resources consumption. However, evaluation tools to assess the impacts and orient adaptive reused interventions in the perspective of circularity are lacking. Through the analysis of 76 literature sources on CH impacts, this article explores how indicators are currently used in CH research and practice as impact assessment tools. More than 3500 indicators were retrieved and classified. Finally, this article proposes a comprehensive evaluation framework to assess the impacts of cultural heritage adaptive reuse in the perspective of the circular economy. The results showed that, while some indicators are available, many circularity aspects are not considered in the current studies on CH impacts.

IMPLICATIONS OF PHILATELY IN PROMOTING THE PROTECTED NATURAL AREAS (I): CEAHLĂU NATIONAL PARK

2018 ◽  
Vol 32 (1) ◽  
pp. 87-96
Author(s):  
Alexandru-Leonard Pop ◽  
◽  
Mirela Coman ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Natural Resources ◽  
National Park ◽  
Heritage Conservation ◽  
Future Generations ◽  
Natural Heritage ◽  
Health Values ◽  
Postage Stamps ◽  
The Everyday ◽  
Protected Natural Areas ◽  
Over Time

We define and accept natural heritage as being the ensemble of components and physical-geographic structures, flora, fauna and biocenotic natural resources, of whose importance has an ecological, economical, scientific, biogenetic, and health values, a recreative and cultural-historicvision iss having relevant significance under the aspect of conserving the biodiversity of ecosystems' functional integrity, genetical heritage conservation, vegetation and animals, and for the satisfaction of the everyday life , as well as wealth, culture and civilisation, of bothpresent and future generations. Romania is a blessed place with many areas of unique beauty - as part of the natural heritage - with places where the spectacle of nature delights your eyes and take your breath with every step. Constantly promoting philately themes that use natural wealth and the beauty of our country as subjects, the administrative entity (with various names over time) responsible for issuing postage stamps performs a series of postage stamps in whose images are found rarities of flora and fauna, a miracle of nature. In this paper, we bring to discussion, among other things, the most significant philatelic peculiarities in the Ceahlău National Park.

Adaptive reuse of industrial heritage for cultural purposes in Beijing, Shanghai and Chongqing

2016 ◽  
Vol 34 (4/5) ◽  
pp. 331-350 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jie Chen ◽  
Bruce Judd ◽  
Scott Hawken
Keyword(s):  
Industrial Development ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Adaptive Reuse ◽  
Regional Scale ◽  
Creative Industries ◽  
Heritage Conservation ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Industrial Heritage ◽  
Factors Influencing ◽  
Mega Cities

Purpose With the dramatic transformation of China’s industrial landscape, since the late 1990s, adaptive reuse of industrial heritage for cultural purposes has become a widely occurring phenomenon in major Chinese cities. The existing literature mainly focusses on specific cases, yet sees heritage conservation similarly at both national and regional scale and rarely identifies the main factors behind the production of China’s industrial-heritage reuse. The purpose of this paper is to examine the differences in heritage reuse outcomes among three Chinese mega-cities and explore the driving factors influencing the differences. Design/methodology/approach This paper compares selected industrial-heritage cultural precincts in Beijing, Shanghai and Chongqing, and explores the local intervening factors influencing differences in their reuse patterns, including the history of industrial development, the availability of the nineteenth and/or twentieth century industrial buildings, the existence of cultural capital and the prevalence of supportive regional government policy. Findings The industrial-heritage reuse in the three cities is highly regional. In Beijing, the adaptation of industrial heritage has resulted from the activities of large-scale artist communities and the local government’s promotion of the city’s cultural influence; while in Shanghai, successful and more commercially oriented “sea culture” artists, private developers in creative industries and the “creative industry cluster” policy make important contributions. Chongqing in contrast, is still at the early stage of heritage conservation, as demonstrated by its adaptive reuse outcomes. Considering its less-developed local cultural economy, Chongqing needs to adopt a broader range of development strategies. Originality/value The paper contributes to knowledge by revealing that the production of industrial-heritage cultural precincts in Chinese mega-cities is influenced by regional level factors, including the types of industrial heritage, the spontaneous participation of artist communities and the encouragement of cultural policy.

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