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Designing Adaptive Reuse Strategies for Cultural Heritage

A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Tourism, Culture, and Heritage".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 December 2018) | Viewed by 23868

Special Issue Editor

Prof. Dr. Marta Bottero

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Interuniversity Department of Regional and Urban Studies and Planning, Politecnico di Torino, Torino, Italy
Interests: sustainability; decision support systems; sustainable development; environmental impact assessment; urban planning; built environment; economic appraisal; planning evaluation
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Dear Colleagues,

The introduction of the sustainable development concept in the field of cultural heritage preservation has led relevant changes to traditional operations on historical buildings and areas.

In particular, in the context of interventions on cultural heritage, the idea of adaptive reuse is getting more and more important. This approach puts emphasis in conserving heritage buildings by giving them new functions, stressing important elements such as the accessibility and the usability of places and the valorization of both tangible and intangible elements. A fundamental role in the adaptive reuse paradigm is covered also by the search for a balance among different and interconnected elements, such as the improvement in materials and resources efficiency (Environmental sustainability), the cost optimization and the attention towards the generation of economic benefits (Economic sustainability) and the enhancement of intrinsic values (Social sustainability).

This Special Issue will collect high-quality papers that contribute to the methodology and application of both design approaches and evaluation and decision-making frameworks in the context of the definition of adaptive reuse strategies for cultural heritage interventions.

Prof. Dr. Marta Bottero
Guest Editor

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Keywords

  • sustainable architecture
  • heritage buildings
  • case studies
  • decision making
  • evaluation frameworks
  • reuse strategies

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Ranking of Adaptive Reuse Strategies for Abandoned Industrial Heritage in Vulnerable Contexts: A Multiple Criteria Decision Aiding Approach
by Marta Bottero, Chiara D’Alpaos and Alessandra Oppio
Sustainability 2019, 11(3), 785; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/su11030785 - 02 Feb 2019
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In recent years adaptive reuse has proven to be a promising strategy for preserving cultural heritage. When the adaptive reuse approach is used for cultural heritage, the expected outcome is not only the building protection, but the preservation of its historical and heritage [...] Read more.
In recent years adaptive reuse has proven to be a promising strategy for preserving cultural heritage. When the adaptive reuse approach is used for cultural heritage, the expected outcome is not only the building protection, but the preservation of its historical and heritage significance, and the trade-off between the retention of symbolic values and the adaptation to new alternative (economically profitable) uses becomes of paramount importance. Decisions on the allocation of resources for cultural heritage preservation or development are based on a set of multiple, often conflicting, criteria, as well on the preferences of various, and not always consensual, stakeholders, who attribute different relative importance to market and non-market effects of adaptive reuse proposals. In this context, multiple criteria approaches provide a proper theoretical and methodological framework to address the complexity which characterizes adaptive reuse strategies of cultural heritage. This paper aims to contribute to this strand of literature by proposing a multicriteria decision aiding approach for ranking adaptive reuse strategies of cultural heritage. In detail, we present a novel application of the Preference Ranking Organization Method for Enrichment of Evaluations (PROMETHEE) to support the design and implementation of adaptive reuse strategies of abandoned industrial heritage in vulnerable contexts, and evaluate relative tangible and intangible effects. Industrial sites are frequently left to deteriorate, as their preservation is not considered as important as other kinds of heritage structures. Nevertheless, they are characterized by special architectural and technical features as well as by huge spaces suitable to be redeveloped for new uses. The paper focuses on the potential reuse of nine different abandoned buildings located in an industrial valley in the North-West of Italy, with a strong presence of wool and silk factories starting from the 18th century. Full article
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Regeneration of Industrial Facilities into Cultural Facilities in Seoul: Studying Location Value
by Jun Sik EOM and Dai Whan AN
Sustainability 2018, 10(12), 4778; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/su10124778 - 14 Dec 2018
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Seoul is a rapidly developing city that attempted to keep up with the swift rate of industrialization by constructing large buildings with short life cycles to provide basic urban facilities. Today, however, these buildings are obsolete, and Seoul has become a cultural city [...] Read more.
Seoul is a rapidly developing city that attempted to keep up with the swift rate of industrialization by constructing large buildings with short life cycles to provide basic urban facilities. Today, however, these buildings are obsolete, and Seoul has become a cultural city rather than an industrial one. Rather than destroying these old buildings, many seek to transform them into cultural facilities, thereby giving them location value. This study examines both international and domestic case studies to determine five ways that such revitalization endows these spaces with location value. Through this, the study demonstrates that providing historic buildings with traditional Seoul architectural and urban characteristics with location value creates a meaningful city in which traces of past industrialization coexist with the present. As Seoul continues to develop as a cultural hub in South Korea, this paper’s findings suggest directions for future urban design. Full article
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Study on Design Strategy for Sustainable Development of Chinese Solar Term Culture
by Wen-Tao Li, Ming-Chyuan Ho and Chun Yang
Sustainability 2018, 10(12), 4355; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/su10124355 - 22 Nov 2018
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The 24 solar terms that form the traditional lunisolar calendar were created by ancient Chinese people. Through a literature review and semistructured interviews, this study clarified 19 key items of the design strategies for the sustainable development of solar term culture, and conducted [...] Read more.
The 24 solar terms that form the traditional lunisolar calendar were created by ancient Chinese people. Through a literature review and semistructured interviews, this study clarified 19 key items of the design strategies for the sustainable development of solar term culture, and conducted factor extraction through factor analysis using SPSS statistical software on four types of expert questionnaires, including production, government, learning, and research. Then, four target layers, including humanistic aesthetic value, social sustainable value, practical innovation value, and scientific development value, were formed, thereby establishing a solar term culture design strategy indicator model. Secondly, the detailed indicators of the design strategies for solar term culture were employed to verify and evaluate the existing three types of design products, namely, graphic visual design, handicraft design, and commodity packaging design to conduct an overall evaluation and design value judgment, as well as the sustainable development of solar term culture design. Finally, the target levels of the four major aspects of solar term culture design were compared using SWOT analysis, and then, this paper discussed the design strategies, improvement basis, and characteristic developments of three different design types of design products or commodities regarding their design and development, in order to improve and construct a sustainable nonmaterial solar term culture design model. Full article
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Heritage Value through Regeneration Strategy in Mapo Cultural Oil Depot, Seoul
by Jiae Han and Soomi Kim
Sustainability 2018, 10(9), 3340; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/su10093340 - 18 Sep 2018
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Regeneration projects are a crucial tool in helping cities improve their heritage value. This includes the rehabilitation of industrial facilities, a practical solution to increasing urban sustainability. Seoul’s Mapo Cultural Depot, launched in 2017 after and international competition in 2014, is a representative [...] Read more.
Regeneration projects are a crucial tool in helping cities improve their heritage value. This includes the rehabilitation of industrial facilities, a practical solution to increasing urban sustainability. Seoul’s Mapo Cultural Depot, launched in 2017 after and international competition in 2014, is a representative model of such industrial heritages. This winning design focused on rehabilitating the site throughout both the design and construction periods, valuing preservation over new construction even at the initial stages of the competition. In this study, we examine the Mapo Cultural Depot in terms of its balance with the natural surroundings, architectural tectonics, and emotional remnants. We argue that its physical appearance, landscaping, and tectonic relation, composed of a specific spectrum of time accumulation, help people experience a sense of collective memory. In this way, a sense of time and place are embedded in materiality and important to consider when moving toward urban sustainability. Our findings have implications for a new perspective on concrete regeneration strategies. Full article
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