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Feasibility study of adaptive reuse of old buildings

Vijayalaxmi Singh

Abstract


The majority of structures are intended to meet the needs of current uses; they are rarely designed to
accommodate future needs. Furthermore, the majority of the buildings that will be required in the
next 25 years have already been built by this time. The question is whether they can be modified to
accommodate changing needs. The expenses incurred while developing a new structure is high and it
will be impossible that existing stock will be eradicated completely and replaced with new one. This
signifies that a significant portion of the building demand must be satisfied by existing construction.
One of the method of achieving this is adaptive reuse. It is also important to remember that not only
does building service life expire with time, but functional service life does as well. The loss in
functional service life resulted in changes in user expectations and demands. There has not been
much research done on this aspect of building service life. As a result, a decision-making framework
that links the functional service life of a building with its adaptive reuse is necessary. The
methodology provided in this study will first assist the user in determining the building’s functional
service life and whether it is appropriate for adaptive reuse or not utilising the adaptive reuse
checklist. The second stage would then describe the degree of intervention required to enhance the
FSL, and finally, the effect and benefit of these interventions could be assessed using the multi criteria
assessment model.


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DOI: https://doi.org/10.37628/ijhhsp.v8i1.912

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