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2.  INTRODUCTION
 ADAPTIVE REUSE
 INDUSTRIAL HERITAGE
 OPPURTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES
 ADAPTIVE REUSE VS DEMOLITION
 ADVANTAGES
 WHAT IS AN APPROPRIATE REUSE?
 ADAPTIVE REUSE IN INDIA
 CONCLUSION
 REFERENCES
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3.  Aging is a common parameter for all mortal beings
 Prolong its life to the best possible time it can survive
 Buildings outlive their function
 Adaptive reuse gives an option here
 Adaption gives new life to the building
 Industrial buildings can be subjected to reuse
 Important part of environment and landscape
 Reuse of such structures can provide better opportunities
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4.  Conversion of a building, site or surroundings from one use to
another
 A way to preserve the heritage significance
 Explores the options that lie between demolition or turning
site into a museum
 Adding a new layer without erasing earlier layers
 Just another stage, not final outcome
 Not restricted to individual buildings alone
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5.  Important part of built environment and landscape
 Links the contemporary world to work of past
 Sites may have been abandoned long ago or may have ceased
for their original purpose
 Best suited for adaption
 Gives ongoing life while retaining memories
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6.  SOCIAL VALUES AND EXPECTATIONS
 Industrial heritage provided livelihood for substantial section
of the community
 Community and individual value heritage differently
 Can create new stories and identity to the community
 So community support is necessary for effective reuse
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7.  Reuse is valued for sustainability initiatives
 Energy is saved in rehabilitating an existing building
 Retention of building’s embodied energy
 Reuse of building materials saves 95% of embodied
energy
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8.  Not always possible to find a long term reuse
 Way to maintain sites in use and to avoid demolition by
neglect
 This include retail shops, exhibition spaces, art and
craft studios, storage spaces etc…
 Parameters should be clearly established and rights and
responsibilities clearly understood
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9.  Planning policy makes adaptive reuse viable
 Zoning also have significant impact on reuse
 Changes in zoning can lead to change in land values
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10.  Significant challenge to adaptive reuse
 Develop creative approaches to remediate
contamination at industrial sites
 Should be done in project planning stage
 Research approaches which have been successfully used
in other sites with similar issues
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11.  More beneficial than demolition
 Can give a new breath into the life of a building
 Many factors affect process of decision making of reuse over
demolition
 Factors may be aesthetics, economics, social values,
sustainability etc…
 There are drivers and barriers for adaption
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13.  ENVIRONMENTAL
 Reduce waste generated
 Energy efficiency can be improved
 Preserves natural environment
 Reduces urban sprawl
 SOCIAL
 Rejuvenates the heritage and cultural values
 Creates a diverse community
 Reduce crime rate and antisocial behaviors
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14.  ECONOMICAL
 Beneficial both for municipality and developer
 Lower construction costs
 Increased property tax
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15.  Different reuse impact differently on industrial heritage sites
 How to accommodate the new use within the existing
building?
 While exploring new uses questions to consider include:
 Will the original plan and spatial structure be able to be read within the
adapted building?
 Will the reuse involve substantial changes to the building fabric?
 Will the reuse respect the heritage associations and meanings of the place?
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16. Some of the most common reuses for industrial
heritage sites are:
ARTS AND CREATIVE INDUSTRIES
River studios, Melbourne
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17. TERTIARY EDUCATION
University of Tasmania: warehouse to university studio
adaption
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18. RESIDENTIAL
Olympic Tyre Factory, Footscray
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19. RECREATION
A garage converted to performance space
Paddington reservoir park
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20.  Buildings in Indian history adapted to all sorts of new uses
 Various industries and their remains are being reused in India
 Mills of Mumbai and warehouses of Kolkata present great
opportunities for reuse
 Reuse gives a prominent option for the builders and
developers across the country
 Latest mission is the proposal of Indraprastha Power Plant,
Delhi to a modern art gallery
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21.  Globally accepted method against many of the problems like
urban sprawl
 Complex way of studying all the possibilities of innovative
reuse of a structure
 Sustainable technique and a tool for the heritage conservation
 Although India has its contribution, its potential is more
 Various decision making processes have been established
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22.  Bullen PA (2007) “Adaptive reuse and sustainability of
commercial buildings”, Facilities, 25(1),20-31
 Love P.E.D, Bullen P.A(2010), “The rhetoric of adaptive
reuse or reality of demolition”, Cities, 27(4), 215-224
 Yung H.K, Chan H.W (2012), “Implementation challenges
to the adaptive reuse of heritage buildings: towards the goals
of sustainable, low carbon cities”, Habitat International,
36(3), 352-361
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