AR Explainer 12 | Spencer de Grey - Foster + Partners

AR ExplainerHugo Chan21 December 2019architect, architecture, adaptive reuse, adaptive, adaptation, conservation, preservation, design, designer, interview, built environment, environment, buildings, demolition, conserve, preserve

AR Explainer 11 | Rob Rogers - Rogers Partners

Rob Rogers, Partner at Rogers Partners Architects + Urban Designers shares with us his experiences of working in New York, and explains the complexities of dealing with a building's second, third or even fourth lives of adaptation.

AR Explainer 09 | Lee Bennett - Sheppard Robson

Lee Bennett, Partner at Sheppard Robson speculates on the nature of a building's endurance, and the ability for adaptive reuse as a modus operandi to facilitate a building's second, third or even fourth lives.

AR Explainer 08 | Michael Moir - The Hong Kong Jockey Club

Taking a temporary turn away from architects, to project coordinators, Michael Moir, Project Director of the Central Police Station renewal in Hong Kong shares his thoughts and recollections on how adaptive reuse has been used to conserve the most important concentration of historic Colonial buildings in Hong Kong.

AR Explainer 07 | Morris Adjmi - Morris Adjmi Architects

In this episode, Morris Adjmi, Director of MA explains the importance of understanding the essence of existing structures and places as being at the core to approaching adaptive architecture.

AR Explainer 06 | Tim Greer - Tonkin Zulaikha Greer

In this episode, Tim Greer, Director of Tonkin Zulaikha Greer Architects shares his thoughts on why we love old buildings, considering their associative memories and how they become part of the collective cultural consciousness as one of the reasons for adaptive reuse in architecture.

AR Explainer 05 | Elizabeth Leber - Beyer Blinder Belle

In this explainer, Elizabeth Leber, Partner at New York based practice Beyer Blinder Belle shares her views on what adaptive reuse of architect means, and outlines the importance of designing with sustainability in mind in this day and age.

AR Explainer 04 | John McElgunn - Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners

John McElgunn, Partner at RSH+P explores why adaptive architecture is not bound exclusively within heritage, but should actually influence the thinking of new buildings, and honestly recognise that the functional use of buildings changes over the course of their built lives.

AR ExplainerHugo Chan12 March 2019architect, architecture, design, conser, preservation, buildings, podcast, interview

AR Explainer 03 | Peter Lonergan - Cracknell & Lonergan

Peter Lonergan, Director of Cracknell & Lonergan Architects in Sydney, Australia shares his thoughts on why adaptation of buildings helps to maintain the vocabulary of architecture which exists and helps to support a city dialogue which speaks of its past, present and future.

AR Explainer 02 | Richard Southwick - Beyer Blinder Belle

Richard Southwick, Partner at New York based practice Beyer Blinder Belle and Director of Heritage Preservation, shares his views on what adaptive reuse of architect means, explores the reasons behind why we conserve our buildings and outlines the 'preservation toolkit' which he uses to approach the design and adaptation of historic buildings.

AR Explainer 01 | Paul Appleton - Allies & Morrison

Paul Appleton, Partner at London based practice Allies & Morrsion shares his views on what adaptive reuse of architect means, its socio-cultural significance and our interest in time as the basis for conservation and adaptation of buildings.

Alternative Realities | What does Adaptive Reuse Mean?

Alternative Realities is a forthcoming Youtube Explainer and Podcast Series dedicated to examining the significance and importance of adaptation in architecture.

The explainer series on Youtube features short video interviews with twenty leading designers, architects and practitioners from across the globe and poses the question: 'What is Adaptive Reuse?' The Podcast series will explore in detail, the role which architects play in reshaping our cities for the future, whilst keeping and preserving the buildings of our past.

AR ExplainerHugo Chan28 February 2019architecture, design, building, adaptive reuse, adaptation, conservation, preservation, architects

Welcome to Alternative Realities | Question: What is Adaptive Reuse?

Alternative Realities is a forthcoming Youtube Explainer and Podcast Series dedicated to examining the significance and importance of adaptation in architecture.

The explainer series on Youtube features short video interviews with twenty leading designers, architects and practitioners from across the globe and poses the question: 'What is Adaptive Reuse?'

AR ExplainerHugo Chan25 February 2019architecture, design, adaptive reuse, adaptation, conservation

Alternative Realities | Adaptive Reuse Praxis: Current Trends in Global Practice

We can no longer contemplate architecture within an unsustainable paradigm of construction and demolition - #AdaptiveReuse across all scales and typologies mixes in a balance of heritage conservation, sustainable building and innovation to encourage us to rethink how we approach design our urban areas.

A summary video of my much more extensive research on Adaptive Reuse in architecture, presented at the Univeristy of Sydney’s Centenary Symposium, held at Carriageworks Sydney, Australia in August 2018

Video courtesy of University of Sydney.

AR ExplainerHugo Chan19 February 2019architecture, lecture, design, adaptive reuse, adaptation, preservation, conservation