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.
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In this explainer, Richard Johnson, Founding Director of Johnson Pilton Walker explains how adaptive architecture, as a mode of architectural thinking offers to us the idea of cultural sustainability - the continuation of a city's identity and presence over time.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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