Re-imagining Amsterdam new west: improving resident satisfaction through adaptive reuse of Christian religious heritage: Adaptive reuse of the disused ‘Kerk van het nieuwe verbond’ in Slotermeer to improve resident satisfaction

This report researches the adaptive reuse of Christian religious heritage to improve resident satisfaction in Amsterdam New West. As the adherents of Christian denominations are decreasing in Western nations, the contemporary use of Christian religious heritage is becoming one of the greatest challenges of sustainable development. The resident...

Heritage Policy based Rehabilitation Scenarios: Limits of Acceptable Change of Heritage Housing in São Luís, Faro

Thisgraduation project that explores the boundaries of acceptable policy change through three redesign scenarios. Its objective is to create and evaluate values-based models for the transformation of built heritage. The MSc3 Graduation Studio: Revitalising Heritage comprises three key phases: a survey to assess cultural significance, a values...

Revitalising Through Interaction: Using community values to turn vacant heritage in a place for intergenerational interactions

This project focusses on the relationship between nature in cities and the values conveyed by local communities in Faro, Portugal. With economic and health crises leading to increased stress and depression, society has begun paying more attention to mental and physical health, and the role of nature in cities has become increasingly important....

Values and attachment: Social and ecological spaces in value-based redesign of former milling factory, Estação, Faro

This graduation project is the heritage design of an abandoned factory in the Estação neighborhood, Faro, Portugal. The aim of MSc3 Graduation Studio: Revitalising Heritage is to develop and test values-based models for redesigning built heritage. There are three main phases: cultural significance survey, values-based redesign, and heritage...

An architecture of possibilities: Co-creation design as a tool for embracing well-being in creating alternative futures for vacant heritage in Estação neighborhood, Faro, Portugal

The role of nature in historic cities has been a growing debate in creating healthier environments as society pays more attention to mental and physical health. The relationship between nature, city, and community is growing in understanding but is still limited in practice. Recent research evidence that the high cultural significance of green...

Capture Nature: Exploring emotional attachment towards nature with a photographic walking tour for a nature-inclusive redesign of two former warehouses in Faro, Portugal

This graduation project explores emotional attachment toward nature in the city of Faro, Portugal. A photographic walking tour had been used as a participatory method to identify values and attributes that are related to the community’s emotional attachment. The research resulted in a values-based redesign of two former warehouses at the...

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Rethinking the ruin: Redesigning based on values conveyed by locals and tourists in Faro, Portugal

This paper describes the method followed in the intervention project<br/>following the analysis of façade attributes and value in the neighborhood of Sao<br/>Francisco in Faro, Portugal. It is composed of three main parts: Research results,<br/>Intervention bases and architectonic project. Following the work described on<br/>the research (Herck,...

Revealing built Heritage through social media: Comparing attributes and values conveyed by tourists and locals in Faro, Portugal

Society conveys values to cities and their buildings, the key to sustainability, only in part recognized as heritage values, when protected by urban and/or heritage planning. There is a growing recognition of the importance of acknowledging the values conveyed by locals and tourists in heritage management and urban planning. However, the...

The added value of Heritage: Strategy making for public heritage

“Tangible and intangible heritage are sources of social cohesion, factors of diversity and drivers of creativity, innovation and urban regeneration – we must do more to harness this.” This was the message of Irina Bokova, the Director-General of UNESCO, during the World Urban Forum in Napels in 2012. Her statement provides the basis of this...