Re–Inhabiting. Thoughts on the Contribution of Interior Architecture to Adaptive Intervention: People, Places, and Identities

Lanz, Francesca

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“…In Italy, among the most emblematic examples of existing buildings converted into residences are the Murate in Florence [27], the Ex Tobler in Turin, and the Galfa Tower in Milan [28]. The Murate convent, built in the 15th century and later used as a male prison complex, underwent adaptive reuse from 1997 to 2014 to create a functional mix that includes social housing, commercial areas, and offices.…”

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Efficiency and Sustainability: The Role of Digitization in Re-Inhabiting the Existing Building Stock

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Cities are complex and constantly evolving systems where changing social needs have always reshaped the built environment. Considering recent evolutionary trends in housing emergencies, amplified by the COVID-19 pandemic, and environmental sustainability goals, a rethinking of the building heritage is fundamental. This article aims to promote the conversion of buildings designed initially for nonresidential uses as a process and project strategy based on energy efficiency and a holistic and integrated vision of the circular economy. The methodological approach is based on two main phases: definition of evaluative parameters for the potential reuse of a building, and integration of the evaluation system in a BIM and GIS environment. The result is a tool for rapid automatic pre-evaluation of the potential conversion of a building into a residential space. Applying the developed methodology allows for a practical approach to the significant issue of sustainable construction, with particular attention to energy improvement and the reduction of environmental impact related to the construction of new buildings. The originality of the contribution lies in the systematization of various digital technologies to provide fundamental support for managing and transforming the varied and widespread unused real estate assets in a state of abandonment and degradation.

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“…We must explore, adopt, and adapt new methods to read, understand and engage with the site. This is also an invitation to stop considering adaptive reuse solely as a design “act” but rather as a cultural “process” of transformation of the built environment; a “re-inhabitation” and resignification deed, involving “the reuse and revaluing of a place – and by extension its associations, memories, and behaviours – which have been inactive or dormant” (Lanz, 2018; Lanz and Pendlebury, 2022).…”

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The building as a palimpsest: heritage, memory and adaptive reuse beyond intervention

Lanz¹

2023

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PurposeThis paper contributes to this special issue on the ethics and aesthetics of adaptive reuse with a reflection on the specific case of the reuse of those sites and buildings that can be regarded as “difficult”, “uncomfortable”, or “neglected” heritage (MacDonald, 2009; Logan and Keir, 2009; Pendlebury et al., 2018; Lanz, 2021). By doing so it is the author's intention to add to the most recent research-driven and theory-oriented strand of the contemporary architectural debate on adaptive reuse (Lanz and Pendlebury, 2022). They also intend to encourage increased research engagement within such a debate, both across disciplines and with methods and approaches that may be able to bring in greater critical consideration of the more-than-architectural aspects involved in adaptive reuse practices.Design/methodology/approachBuilding equally on a comprehensive literature review on the subject and extensive field work, the paper works through one paradigmatic example – the San Girolamo mental asylum in Volterra, Italy – and combines on-site observation, field notes, qualitative interviews and archival research with theory-driven reflections to discuss the ramifications of adaptive reuse processes in place-based memory and heritage practices.FindingsThe case of the former mental asylum San Girolamo in Volterra, today abandoned and decaying on the landscape, is discussed via the metaphor of the building as palimpsest to explore the significance of this built heritage in both its materiality and meanings. The San Girolamo asylum demonstrates the value, complexity and potential of this heritage site, and other alike, to act as a powerful place which connects the past and present that might serve as a platform to promote productive discourses about contemporary sensible topics, ethics of care and human rights. Drawing on these observations, the paper concludes by expanding on how the case of the San Girolamo former asylum both showcases and advocates the need for developing more creative, explorative, trans-disciplinary and collaborative approaches and methodologies to the study and implementation of adaptive reuse projects for these site “beyond intervention”.Originality/valueThis paper draws on and contributes to the more recent research-driven and theory-oriented corpus of studies focussing on adaptive reuse.

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Interior Media Architecture: Using Social Media as a Tool for Data Informed Design Solutions

Huang,

Fredericks,

Maalsen

2023

Proceedings of the 6th Media Architecture Biennale Conference

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Re–Inhabiting. Thoughts on the Contribution of Interior Architecture to Adaptive Intervention: People, Places, and Identities

Cited by 4 publications

References 5 publications

Efficiency and Sustainability: The Role of Digitization in Re-Inhabiting the Existing Building Stock

Efficiency and Sustainability: The Role of Digitization in Re-Inhabiting the Existing Building Stock

The building as a palimpsest: heritage, memory and adaptive reuse beyond intervention

Interior Media Architecture: Using Social Media as a Tool for Data Informed Design Solutions

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