The Attitude of the Local Community to the Impact of Building Reuse: Three Cases in an Old Neighborhood of Tehran

Rezaei, Naimeh; Rasouli, Mahsa; Azhdari, Bahareh

doi:10.1080/2159032x.2019.1583805

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“…The results of the study are in agreement with Movahedi et al (2017), who state that accessibility and architectural values of buildings can play a significant role in converting historic buildings into boutique hotels. In line with Rezaei et al (2019), it can be concluded that the Ministry of Cultural Heritage has not enacted a specific legal framework regarding boutique hotels (and AR in general), and more attention has been paid to the physical restoration of the buildings rather than their reuse. What is also important in this process is the preservation of ornaments and aesthetic values.…”

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confidence: 95%

“…Little research has been carried out on AR in Iran. For example, Rezaei et al (2019) evaluated the effects of the AR of three historic buildings from the viewpoint of residents in Tehran. In another research, Movahedi et al (2017) discovered the manner of establishing experience-centric accommodations via revitalizing the historic houses in Isfahan (Iran).…”

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Postoccupancy evaluation of historic buildings after their adaptive reuse into boutique hotels: an experience from Yazd, Iran

Farashah

Aslani

Yadollahi

et al. 2021

IJBPA

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PurposeIn the early 2000s, a wave of new practices concerning the adaptive reuse (AR) of historic buildings into boutique hotels began in Yazd, Iran. This study presents the findings of a postoccupancy evaluation (POE) of adaptively reused historic buildings into boutique hotels. It aims to explore and prioritize the main factors of architecture's physical aspects in the adapted buildings.Design/methodology/approachIn order to carry out a POE, hotel guests' written reviews from online international and national travel platforms were analyzed. According to this preliminary analysis, a questionnaire was designed and randomly distributed among 300 hotel guests. The data obtained from the questionnaire were analyzed using SPSS software. Principal component analysis (PCA) was used to reduce a set of indicators into the main components.FindingsThe findings revealed that “preliminary physical feasibility study and evaluation of building's functional potential” is the most important component with a weight of 0.709. Then, “adaptive reuse design” and “quality of building conservation” are placed with a weight of 0.232 and 0.058, respectively. The results show the mere attention of practitioners to architectural restoration rather than adapting historic buildings into boutique hotels in Yazd. Also, the lack of a specific framework for this purpose is felt in Iran.Research limitations/implicationsFuture research could evaluate the architectural aspects of historic buildings that have been converted into various functions from the main users' views.Practical implicationsThis research's main contribution is to recommend guidelines for more user-friendly boutique hotels. This includes principal components and their sub-indicators that should be considered in the AR process of historic buildings by conservators, investors and hoteliers. Also, the extracted factors can be implemented for boutique hotels' improvements in operation because they determine the order of priority from the users' viewpoint.Originality/valueThis study introduces a new application of POE in the field of conservation of heritage assets and the hospitality industry; it focuses on the evaluation of the users' feedback regarding the architectural aspects of adaptively reused historic buildings into boutique hotels based on original empirical data.

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Postoccupancy evaluation of historic buildings after their adaptive reuse into boutique hotels: an experience from Yazd, Iran

Farashah

Aslani

Yadollahi

et al. 2021

IJBPA

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“…The impulse to move research beyond the metropolis is also part of a wider shift in exploring the geographies of adaptive reuse beyond the Global North. While reuse is an historically global practice, critical geographic research has only recently begun to seriously engage with these issues in the rapidly changing contexts of the Global South and East (Altrock & Ma, 2014; Chen et al., 2016; Li et al., 2018; Rezaei et al., 2018; Woods, 2013; Yoon & Lee, 2019; Yung et al., 2014; Zhang et al., 2020). Across much of Asia, for instance, accelerating urbanization and infrastructural development, along with deep societal shifts in response to the complex pressures of globalization, have intensified practices of revitalization and encouraged alternative methods in building design.…”

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Remaking the obsolete: Critical geographies of contemporary adaptive reuse

Lynch

2021

Geography Compass

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Adaptive reuse, the repurposing of buildings for new uses, is an age‐old practice designed to reimagine, remake and revitalize local economies, cities and communities. In more recent decades, reuse has become part of a systematic process of contemporary city building and a globalized practice of placemaking. As such adaptive reuse is much more that a technical or practical application but is rather a complex process that engages with and transforms the social, cultural and spatial dynamics of cities and their communities around the world. This article focuses on the contemporary geographies of adaptive reuse and highlights three key themes: reuse in the post‐industrial city, reuse on the ‘edges’ and ‘peripheries’ of the global built environment, and reuse as part of the global sustainability discourse. Overall, this review highlights the rich and growing research across urban, cultural and environmental geography and exposes a number of ways in which this process operates as a powerful tool in shaping local and regional contexts.

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“…First, the participatory processes fostered by local administrations may enhance people's trust in democratic institutions [8] and their role in local innovation. Second, their thorough knowledge of the territory and its resources may help design a suitable and sustainable plan that locals would likely accept [9,10]. Third, local inhabitants have a strong interest in managing resources sustainably [11].…”

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What Is the Relationship between Collective Memory and the Commoning Process in Historical Building Renovation Projects? The Case of the Mas di Sabe, Northern Italy

2022

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In Italy, an increasing number of historical buildings have been abandoned in the last decades. As a response, some local administrations decided to foster renovation projects to preserve their heritage for future generations. Among them, the northern municipality of Val di Zoldo (Veneto) relies on the European Shelter Project, which covers a part of the costs of renovating an ancient private barn called Mas di Sabe, which the community considers an identity symbol of local history and culture. For this reason, the local administration decided to acquire the structure through donations and expropriation, activating a commoning process of the Mas di Sabe. This process is based on the involvement of local inhabitants to identify the building’s future uses, which will inform the renovation project and the integration of renewable energy plants. Through thirteen semi-structured interviews, the study investigates how the collective memories of the building influence and are influenced by the commoning process of the Mas di Sabe. By analyzing the results and identifying five categories (future visions, collective memory, commoning process, energy, and resources), the study shows that collective memory and commoning process have a crucial role in determining people’s visions and imaginaries on historical buildings’ renovation.

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The Attitude of the Local Community to the Impact of Building Reuse: Three Cases in an Old Neighborhood of Tehran

Cited by 18 publications

References 17 publications

Postoccupancy evaluation of historic buildings after their adaptive reuse into boutique hotels: an experience from Yazd, Iran

Postoccupancy evaluation of historic buildings after their adaptive reuse into boutique hotels: an experience from Yazd, Iran

Remaking the obsolete: Critical geographies of contemporary adaptive reuse

What Is the Relationship between Collective Memory and the Commoning Process in Historical Building Renovation Projects? The Case of the Mas di Sabe, Northern Italy

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