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41840
Type
conference item
Titre
The adaptive re-use of buildings: Remembrance or oblivion?
Langues
English
Auteurs
Casal, Stella Maris
Date
2003
Pages
5 p.
Titre de conférence
14th ICOMOS General Assembly and International Symposium: ‘Place, memory, meaning: preserving intangible values in monuments and sites’
Lieu de conférence
Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe
Date de conférence
27 – 31 oct 2003
Mots-clés
adaptive re-use / industrial architecture / conservation of architecture / intangible values / conservation of historic monuments / intangible heritage
Résumé en anglais
When a building or a site loses its original function, it canbe rescued them from abandonment or demolition by
adapting them to a new use, specially if their architectureis remarkable and remains in good condition, the areas
are flexible and/or the settlement is of special interest.Monuments, from the most important to the humblest
ones, are on top of the list of these adaptive re-usepolicies. Some of them are transformed into museums of
themselves, but most of them suffer a renovation based onparameters that preserve their material values with more
or less success in order to host a new function. Still, theirintangible dimension is seldom fully understood so as to
include it into the “spirit” of the new function. If theirmessage is forgotten or shadowed by the revitalisation
work, can we call it “giving a new cycle of life” to thosemonuments?
The aim of my proposal is to introduce these points ofdebate when adapting industrial heritage buildings to
new uses, focusing on what concerns cultural andarchitectural criteria.
adapting them to a new use, specially if their architectureis remarkable and remains in good condition, the areas
are flexible and/or the settlement is of special interest.Monuments, from the most important to the humblest
ones, are on top of the list of these adaptive re-usepolicies. Some of them are transformed into museums of
themselves, but most of them suffer a renovation based onparameters that preserve their material values with more
or less success in order to host a new function. Still, theirintangible dimension is seldom fully understood so as to
include it into the “spirit” of the new function. If theirmessage is forgotten or shadowed by the revitalisation
work, can we call it “giving a new cycle of life” to thosemonuments?
The aim of my proposal is to introduce these points ofdebate when adapting industrial heritage buildings to
new uses, focusing on what concerns cultural andarchitectural criteria.
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