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Adaptive Re-Use - BENV2101
 Adaptive Re-Use in Buildings

   
 
School:  Interior Architecture Program
 
   
 
Campus: Kensington Campus
 
 
Career: Undergraduate
 
 
Units of Credit: 3
 
 
EFTSL: 0.06250 (more info)
 
 
Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 2
 
 
Fee Band: 2 (more info)
 
 
Further Information: See Class Timetable
 
  

Description

An examination of the trend to find new uses for existing buildings rather than demolish and rebuild. Issues of conservation, preservation and heritage value of buildings; the role of other interested parties (media, community groups) in determining options for re-use. The course will address such issues as: surveying and assessing buildings for their suitability for adaptive re-use; measuring adaptive re-use in terms of environmentally sustainable design (ESD); assessing building forms and finding suitable compatible new functions; working within the Burra Charter; building conservation techniques; writing a "Heritage Conservation Report". Case studies selected from recent local examples of adaptive re-use. A design exercise involving adaptive re-use.

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