Community initiatives as a catalyst for regeneration of heritage sites: Vernacular transformation and its influence on the formal adaptive reuse practice
| Autor: | Bie Plevoets, Julia Sowińska-Heim |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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Value (ethics)
Architectural engineering Sociology and Political Science Process (engineering) 05 social sciences 0211 other engineering and technologies 0507 social and economic geography Vernacular 021107 urban & regional planning 02 engineering and technology Development Reuse Domain (software engineering) Urban Studies Tourism Leisure and Hospitality Management Sociology Adaptation (computer science) 050703 geography adaptive reuse heritage urban renewal vernacular community initiative bottom-up Built environment Adaptive reuse |
| Popis: | Over the past few decades, the adaptive reuse of buildings—transforming them to meet new functional and aesthetic needs and requirements—has become a highly specialized domain within architectural and conservation practice, and is becoming a field of scholarly study in its own right. However, in juxtaposition with this highly specialized practice, people reuse and adapt all sorts of buildings in spontaneous and informal ways in a process we call “vernacular adaptation.” This paper investigates such vernacular adaptation of built heritage, along with its specific characteristics, opportunities, and threats as well as its influence on more formal adaptive reuse practice. As methodology, we examine relevant literature to review historical and contemporary examples of vernacular adaptation and reuse. In conclusion, we present the vernacular approach as a valuable alternative to the “formal” or specialized, top-down method to managing existing built environment, especially for buildings and sites that possess compelling social value. Moreover, our study indicates that in practice, the division between the vernacular and the formal is not rigid, elaborating on the possibilities and risks of joined initiatives between local communities and private or public developers. This joint research between Hasselt University and the University ofLodz has been supported by research grant by the ‘Fonds voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek Vlaanderen’, grant V432116N and by thespecial research fund of Hasselt University (R-7843). |
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