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9783038215370 English 3038215376 Building in existing fabric generates world-wide more than half of design commissions. This book gives an advanced student / young practitioners introduction to a creative segment: Adaptive Reuse - the adaptation of existing structure to accomodate new functions, users and contexts. Comprised are the cultural, design, planning down to the construction phases of adaptive reuse, extending beyond architecture also into interior design., Building in existing fabric requires more than practical solutions and stylistic skills. The adaptive reuse of buildings, where changes in the structure go along with new programs and functions, poses the fundamental question of how the past should be included in the design for the future. Using vivid imagery from Frankenstein to Rem Koolhaas, the author provides a comprehensive introduction to architectural design for adaptive reuse projects.
9783038215370 English 3038215376 Building in existing fabric generates world-wide more than half of design commissions. This book gives an advanced student / young practitioners introduction to a creative segment: Adaptive Reuse - the adaptation of existing structure to accomodate new functions, users and contexts. Comprised are the cultural, design, planning down to the construction phases of adaptive reuse, extending beyond architecture also into interior design., Building in existing fabric requires more than practical solutions and stylistic skills. The adaptive reuse of buildings, where changes in the structure go along with new programs and functions, poses the fundamental question of how the past should be included in the design for the future. Using vivid imagery from Frankenstein to Rem Koolhaas, the author provides a comprehensive introduction to architectural design for adaptive reuse projects.