Adaptive Reuse of Historic Buildings for Preserving the Past

Abstract

Making an item from completely new raw materials has a significant negative impact on the environment. This can be significantly reduced by recycling or reusing items for purposes other than those for which they were designed. This logic also applies to buildings, where the structure may be retained even if the user is modified. Modifying existing structures—those that were once used for one purpose but are now employed for another—while preserving their original historic elements is known as adaptive reuse. It changes and revitalizes the historic fabric of the city. A building's adaptive reuse should preserve the building's and its surroundings' historical relevance while having as little of an adverse effect as possible on the environment. Adaptive reuse explores the alternatives between destruction and recreation by providing a location with a new cycle rather than locking it down in a particular moment. Adaptive reuse maintains its lengthy history by tackling the issue of land scarcity and adding a new layer without undermining the foundations of earlier levels. Countries tend to protect their historic monuments that symbolize their legacy in order to help communities keep their diverse environmental personality and heritage because of the world's rapid growth and development. The adaptive reuse technique is used for this purpose, and the phrases "adaptive reuse" and "renovation, refurbishment, and rehabilitation" are occasionally used interchangeably. This study intends to distinguish each word in relation to a framework that has been investigated in the literature while adaptively utilizing historic structures and determine the potential value that can be achieved by considering the three sustainability pillars.