Adaptive Reuse: Extending the Lives of Buildings

Liliane Wong

Published by Birkhäuser 2016

Adaptive Reuse

Extending the Lives of Buildings

Liliane Wong

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783038213130

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About this book

Creative building in existing fabric

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.

On the background of long years of teaching and publishing, and using vivid imagery from Frankenstein to Rem Koolhaas and beyond, the author provides a comprehensive introduction to architectural design for adaptive reuse projects. History and theory, building typology, questions of materials and construction, aspects of preservation, urban as well as interior design are dealt with in ways that allow to approach adaptive reuse as a design practice field of its own right.

Fundamental introduction to an important field of architectural design
For those who teach and those who learn
Versatile and vivid presentation

Author / Editor information

Liliane Wong, Head of Interior Architecture Dept., Rhode Island School of Design

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	1
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	5
Preface Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	6
00. Babel Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	8
01. New Order: The Frankenstein Syndrome Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	30
02. Plunder: Erasure & Redemption Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	42
03. The Quest for Immortality Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	58
04. Battle of the Immortals Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	72
05. Immortality Redefined Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	80
06. Immortality Codified Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	90
07. Hosts [and Guests] Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	102
08. Considering DNA Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	122
09. Ghosts Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	136
10. Fitting In Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	148
11. The Impassive Host Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	162
12. Sited Interventions Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	176
13. The Mathematics of Reuse Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	190
14. A New and Distant Frontier Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	224
15. Second Violin Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	240
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About the Author Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	252
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Language: English
Publisher: Birkhäuser
Audience: Those who learn and those who teach design in existing structures
Pages
- Main content: 264
Illustrations
- Coloured Illustrations: 300

eBook

Published: November 21, 2016
ISBN: 9783038213130

Paperback

Published: November 21, 2016
ISBN: 9783038215370