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Designing the Sustainable Adaptive Reuse of Industrial Heritage to Enhance the Local Context

Year: 2020

Type: article

Abstract: Since the European Year of Cultural Heritage, adaptive reuse is considered a strategy for intervention on historical buildings and territories to preserve and enhance artifacts, cities, and communities. Adaptive reuse can also generate social and economic benefits. This work looks at adaptive reuse in the context of industrial heritage, which represents an excellent test benchmark because of its intrinsic architectural characteristics and its localization in the city suburbs. The paper puts forward a methodological approach, verified through the application to a case study, which analyzes both the local context and the building. This study concludes using the data obtained to define an adaptive reuse project with positive repercussions for the community, the environment, and the local economy.

Source: Sustainability

DOI: 10.3390/su12219059

Authors: Stefania De Gregorio, Mariangela De Vita, Pierluigi De Berardinis, Luis Palmero, Alessandra Risdonne

Institutions: University of L'Aquila, Construction Technologies Institute, National Research Council, Universitat Politècnica de València

Language: English

Topic: Cultural Heritage Management and Preservation

Subfield: Archeology

Field: Arts and Humanities

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Sustainable cities and communities, Responsible consumption and production, Industry, innovation and infrastructure

Open Access status: gold

Estimated APC paid: $1,901