TY - JOUR
T1 - Adaptive reuse in interior architecture
T2 - A case study in Famagusta, Cyprus
AU - Cordan, Özge
AU - Dinçay, Demet
AU - Teixeira, Frederico Fialho
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© Common Ground, Özge Cordan, Demet Dinçay, Frederico Fialho Teixeira, All Rights Reserved.
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - Concerns about adaptive reuse in the preservation of historical, cultural, and traditional environments remain a critical issue in the field of architecture. Protecting existing built environments through adaptive reuse proposals cannot be dismissed as a simple, nostalgic need to rebuild the past. On the contrary, seeing these proposals as an extension of a valuable architectural and cultural past allows greater insight into their aesthetic, structural, and cultural value. Within this perspective, the main aim of adaptive reuse proposals is to preserve contextual features, as well as the essence of existing spaces. This strategy of reclaiming original spatial conditions revises spatial norms through new technological improvements that take into account contemporary design issues, aspirations, and values. In this context, this paper focuses on the adaptive reuse of interior architecture in student projects produced during an exchange semester in the international master of interior architectural design (IMIAD) studio in Famagusta, Cyprus. In these projects, the students gave new functions to existing buildings and developed adaptive reuse proposals for five different locations, trying to find the essence of the existing buildings and transferring this to their design proposals. They also considered new architectural needs, programs, and relevant technological improvements.
AB - Concerns about adaptive reuse in the preservation of historical, cultural, and traditional environments remain a critical issue in the field of architecture. Protecting existing built environments through adaptive reuse proposals cannot be dismissed as a simple, nostalgic need to rebuild the past. On the contrary, seeing these proposals as an extension of a valuable architectural and cultural past allows greater insight into their aesthetic, structural, and cultural value. Within this perspective, the main aim of adaptive reuse proposals is to preserve contextual features, as well as the essence of existing spaces. This strategy of reclaiming original spatial conditions revises spatial norms through new technological improvements that take into account contemporary design issues, aspirations, and values. In this context, this paper focuses on the adaptive reuse of interior architecture in student projects produced during an exchange semester in the international master of interior architectural design (IMIAD) studio in Famagusta, Cyprus. In these projects, the students gave new functions to existing buildings and developed adaptive reuse proposals for five different locations, trying to find the essence of the existing buildings and transferring this to their design proposals. They also considered new architectural needs, programs, and relevant technological improvements.
KW - Adaptability
KW - Interior architecture
KW - Reuse
KW - Studio project
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U2 - 10.18848/2325-1662/cgp/v08i01/38376
DO - 10.18848/2325-1662/cgp/v08i01/38376
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84909971127
SN - 2325-1662
VL - 8
SP - 1
EP - 15
JO - International Journal of Architectonic, Spatial, and Environmental Design
JF - International Journal of Architectonic, Spatial, and Environmental Design
IS - 1
ER -