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Dalhousie University School of Architecture summer 2016ARCH 5220.03: Adaptive Re-Use Austin Parsons

1adaptive reuse – the conversion of an old building into something better suited to contemporary requirements.

Calendar Description

Through examples and case studies, this course introduces the issues of

authenticity, sustainability, and relevant principles of practice as they apply to the adaptive re-use of heritage buildings. Once introduced, these issues are put into practice via re-designing an authentic, sustainable heritage building.

Additional DescriptionAt its core, this course is an exercise in design thinking. It asks you to think about your design decisions from the perspective of judging both their authenticity and sustainability as they relate to the adaptive re-use of a building. The added complexity in this course is that you will also be asked to judge the authentic-ity of sustainability.

A subtheme of the course will be a focus on how to make a heritage building sustainable and at the same time maintain its authenticity through its adaptive re-use. Re-designing a heritage building brings with it a set of principles of practice that do not apply to new designs. You need to respect the building and the cultural values it represents and the practice of heritage conservation. As such, your re-design would be bounded by the ideas of minimal intervention, reversibility and differentiation to name three. One ques-tion posed in the course is how do you deal with the construction methodologies prevalent at the time the building was built. Through this issue, you will be introduced to the idea of intangible authenticity and cultural sustainability.



Course Learning Objectives & Methodology

At the end of the course, you will have an understanding of the concepts of adaptive re-use, authenticity and sustain-ability as well as an awareness of how to judge the authen-

ticity and sustainability of your design decisions as they relate to the adaptive re-use of a building.

The course is divided into three modules.

The first module introduces the principles of adaptive re-use. The second module focuses on the adaptive re-use of heritage designat-ed buildings. The third module applies the ideas of sustainability to adaptive re-use.

ScheduleWednesday mornings 9:30 AM-12:00 PM in HB2. Office hours are by prior arrangement.

Module 1: Adaptive Re-use1 May 4 what, why & when 2 May 11 extending time: themes and examples

Module 2: Adaptive Re-use and Heritage Designated Buildings3 May 18 the power of the past: authenticity and hertage 4 May 25 dogma 5 June 1 assignment 1 due: the difference between a historic building and a heritage designated building 6 June 8 no class (Montreal)

Module 3: Adaptive Re-use and Sustainability7 June 15 the four pillars and the full measure of time 8 June 22 the passive state, community change and cultural symbols 9 June 29 assignment 2 due: design a sustainable wall 10 July 6 your thesis



assignment 1: comparing a historic building to a heritage designated building

Consider the following hypothetical situation. You have been asked to complete an adaptive

Re-use of a power station into an office complex for two identical buildings on identical sites. The difference between the buildings is that one is his-toric, the other is a designated heritage property.

Take a similar design strategy for both buildings recognizing one is heritage designated. The crux of the assignment is to understand and articulate what you can do with a historic building and what you can do with a heritage designated building given Nova Scotia’s heritage discourse.

The assignment’s deliverable is a pin up of several hand drawings and a storyboard of written words.

The work will be graded as if you are presenting your assignment to a jury for a hypothetical design competition. Once the work is pinned up, all you can do is listen.

2 assignments to be done individually

assignment 2: a sustainable wall for a heri-tage designated building

You have been asked to design a “sustainable” wall for the heritage designated power plant described in assignment 1. Start with a typical power plant wall and re-design it so it is sustain-able.

The assignment’s deliverable is a pin up of sev-eral hand drawings.

The work will be graded as if you are present-ing your assignment to a jury for a hypothetical design competition. Once the work is pinned up, all you can do is listen.



Course Evaluation Your grade will be based on the results of two assignments that are done individually (see the Grading Rubics). Assignments 1 represents 40% of your grade, assignment 2 the remaining 60%. Each assignment is due at the beginning of class on the assigned due date. Late work will be penalized 10% per weekday. AP will grade the work. See Dalhousie University’s graduate grade scale: http://tinyurl.com/lcwlfdw > 7.6.2.

letter grade numerical (%) equivalent A+ 90-100 A 85-89 A- 80-84 B+ 77-79 B 73-76 B- 70-72 F < 70

assignment 1& 2 Grading Rubics

A+ 90-100The work exceeds expectations. It shows consider-able command of critical and other secondary mate-rial. The work could be considered publishable in an academic journal.

A 85-89The work constitutes excellent graduate work. It shows considerable command of critical and other secondary material. In theory, it could be published, but would need significant revision.

A- 80-84The work constitutes very good graduate level work. Both the drawings and writing is well done and throughly researched. The work offers a good under-standing of the primary material and the scholarly discussion thereof.

B+ 76-79The work may be considered good graduate work, but shows weaknesses in terms of research, argu-mentation or writing.

B 73-75The work is satisfactory graduate work, but with substantial flaws in one or more areas of research, argumentation, drawing or writing.

B- 70-72The work is passable graduate work, showing consid-erable weaknesses or errors in research, argumenta-tion, drawings and writing.

F 0 Work is absent.



course references (1)1 what, why and whenwhatBrand, Stewart. 1994. How Buildings Learn: what happens after they’re built. New York. Viking Books.

Hassard, Frank. 2009. “Towards a New Vision of Restoration in the Context of Global Change”. Journal of the Institute of Conservation 32:2: 149-163.

Plevoets, B. and K.van Cleempoel. 2011. “Adaptive Re-use as a Strategy Towards Conservation of Cul-tural Heritage: a Literature Review”. in Structural Studies, Repairs and Maintenance of Heritage Archi-tecture XII edited by C. Brebbia and L. Binda. Chianciano Terme, Italy: WITpress https://www.academia.edu/919968/Adaptive_Re-use_as_a_strategy_towards_conservation_of_cultural_heritage_a_literature_re-view

Preservation Green Lab, 2011. The Greenest Building: Quantifying the Environmental Value of Building Re-use. Washington, D.C. National Heritage Trust.

Walter, Nigel. 2013. “From Values to Narrative: a New Foundation for the Conservation of Historic Build-ings”. International Journal of Heritage Studies, DOI: 10.1080/13527258.2013.828649. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13527258.2013.828649

WBDG (Whole Building Design Guideline). Historic Preservation Subcommittee. 2012. Washington, D.C.: National Institute of Building Sciences. www.wbdg.org/design/historic_pres.php

case studiesFixler, David N. 2001. “The Renovation of Baker House at MIT: Modernism, Materiality, and the Factor of Intent in Preservation” APT Bulletin, Vol. 32, No. 2/3 (2001), pp. 3-11

whyhttp://www.thestar.com/news/insight/2013/02/22/architects_turn_to_adaptive_Re-use_to_save_heritage_buildings.html

Park, Sharon C. 2006. “Respecting Significance and Keeping Integrity: Approaches to Rehabilitation”. APT Bulletin, Vol. 37, No. 4 (2006), pp. 13-21

Tainer, Joseph, A. and G. John Lucas. 1983. “Epistemology of the Significance Concept”. American Antiq-uity, Vol. 48, No. 4 (Oct., 1983), pp. 707-719

whenJackson, Mike. 2005. “Embodied Energy and Historic Preservation: A Needed Reassessment”. APT Bul-letin 36(4). Association for Preservation Technology International (APT). pp. 47-52

https://savingplaces.org/stories/how-to-support-adaptive-Re-use-of-historic-buildings#.VvqMDNfj5l8

2 extending time: themes and architectsthemeshttp://www.andysowards.com/blog/2012/30-epic-adaptive-Re-use-architecture/

https://www.architonic.com/en/story/alyn-griffiths-help-the-aged-innovative-adaptive-Re-use-in-architec-ture/7000565

http://www.bdcnetwork.com/15-stellar-historic-preservation-adaptive-Re-use-and-renovation-projects



http://www.gardinergreenribbon.com/adaptive-Re-use-toronto/

http://www.urbanghostsmedia.com/2014/09/10-clever-examples-adaptive-Re-use-design/

examplesTate Modernhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tate_Modern#The_Tanks_2

http://www.archdaily.com/429700/ad-classics-the-tate-modern-herzog-and-de-meuron

architectshttp://www.carusostjohn.com/

http://www.haworthtompkins.com/

https://www.herzogdemeuron.com/index.html

https://www.google.ca/search?q=Malcolm+Fraser+Architects&tbm=isch&imgil=kbPWsaFVLBnLTM%253A%253BOoVpsuKDNUOF9M%253Bhttp%25253A%25252F%25252Farchello.com%25252Fen%25252Fcompany%25252Fmalcolm-fraser-architects&source=iu&pf=m&fir=kbPWsaFVLBnLTM%253A%252COoVpsuKDNUOF9M%252C_&usg=__TU2jD_5CKD_gb_zW0TplcwNM6pI%3D&biw=1218&bih=662&ved=0ahUKEwiC98b6w_LLAhWGtIMKHQd9AOkQyjcIfQ&ei=xxQBV8L3IIbpjgSH-oHIDg#imgrc=kbPWsaFVLBnLTM%3A

http://en.neriandhu.com/index.html

http://perkinswill.com/service/adaptive-Re-use

3 the power of the past: authenticity and heritageAhmad, Yahaya. 2006. “The Scope and Definitions of Heritage: From Tangible to Intangible”. Internation-al Journal of Heritage Studies, Vol. 12, No. 3, May 2006, pp. 292-300.

Authenticity: A Bibliography. 2010. UNESCO-ICOMOS Documentation Centerhttp://www.international.icomos.org/centre_documentation/index.html

Araoz, Gustavo. 2013. “Conservation Philosophy and its Development: Changing Understandings of Au-thenticity and Significance”. Heritage & Society, Vol. 6 No, 2, November, 2013, pp. 144-154

Jerome, Pamela. 2008. “An Introduction to Authenticity in Preservation”. APT Bulletin, Vol. 39, No 2/3 (2008), pp. 3-7

Jokilehto, Jukka. 2006. “Considerations on Authenticity and Integrity in World Heritage Context”. City & Time 2(1):1 [online] URL: http://www.ct.ceci-br.org

Plevoets, B. and K.van Cleempoel. 2011. “Adaptive Re-use within the retail design discipline: exploring the concept of authenticity”. in First International Congress on Architectural Design, Teaching and Re-search, Bari, Italy, Mai 3-7, 2011. https://uhasselt.academia.edu/BiePlevoets/Papers

Stovel, Herb. 2007. “Effective Use of Authenticity and Integrity as World Heritage Qualifying Conditions”. City & Time 2(3):3 [online] URL: http://www.ct.ceci-br.org

Van Balen, Koenraad. 2008. “The Nara Grid: An Evaluation Scheme Based on the Nara Document on



Authenticity”. APT Bulletin, Vol. 39, No.2/3 (2008), pp. 39-45

http://issuu.com/erotenberger/docs/restoring_authenticity_through_adaptive_Re-use

4 dogmaPetzert, Michael, 2004. “Principles of Preservation: An Introduction to the International Charters for Con-servation and Restoration 40 Years after the Venice Charter”. In: International Charters for Conservation and Restoration. Monuments and Sites, 1. ICOMOS. Munchen. Pp. 7-29.

Charter and ConventionsCanadaCanadian National Committee of the International Council on Monuments and Sites.http://canada.icomos.org/

Standards and Guidelines for the Conservation of Historic Places in Canada. 2010. Ottawa: Government of Canada. http://www.pc.gc.ca/agen/~/media/docs/pc/guide/nldclpc-sgchpc/pdfs/Standards-and-Guidelines.ashx

InternationalICOMOS (International Council on Monuments and Sites)http://www.icomos.org/en/

International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS). 1964. The Venice Charter (1964): Internation-al Charter for the Conservation and Restoration of Monuments and Sites. http://www.icomos.org/charters/venice.pdf

International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS). 2003. Principles for the Analysis, Conser-vation and Structural Restoration of Architectural Heritage (2003) http://www.icomos.org/charters/structures_e.pdf

Intergovernmental Committee for the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage. 2013. Operational Guidelines for the Implementation of the World Heritage Convention. WHC 13/01 July 2013. Paris: UNESCO World Heritage Committee. http://whc.unesco.org/archive/opguide13-en.pdf

UNESCO (United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organization)http://www.unesco.org/new/en/

United StatesU.S. Department of the Interior. National Park Service. Standards and Guidelines http://www.nps.gov/history/standards.htm

Authenticity: Charter and ConventionsInternational Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS). 1964. International Charter for the Conserva-tion and Restorations of Monuments and Sites (The Venice Charter) (1964)http://www.international.icomos.org/charters/venice_e.htm

International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS). 1994. The Nara Document on Authenticity (1994). http://www.icomos.org/charters/nara_e.htm

International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS). 1996. Declaration of San Antonio. InterAmeri-can Symposium on Authenticity in the Conservation and Management of Cultural Heritage



http://www.icomos.org/docs/san_antonio.html

7 the four pillars and the full measure of timehttp://sustainableantigonish.ca/4-pillars/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melbourne_Principles

Powter, A. and S. Ross. 2005. “Integrating Environmental and Cultural Sustainability for Heritage Prop-erties.” APT Bulletin 36(4). Association for Preservation Technology International (APT). pp. 5-11

http://www.tasdesignbuild.com/our-story/our-four-pillars-of-sustainability/

https://www.mcgill.ca/jsdlp/files/jsdlp/4_2_3_wilkins_2.pdf

8 the passive state, community change and cultural symbolsRyan, C. 2011. Traditional Construction for a Sustainable Future. London: Spon Press

9 your thesishttps://writing.wisc.edu/Handbook/thesis_composedraft.html

http://classroom.synonym.com/difference-between-thesis-statement-research-question-1830.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7eQ_x_AVSzI

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