Category: Adaptive Reuse

Architecture, conservation, adaptive reuse, heritage, Istanbul
Conservation

Inside Kanaal: Axel Vervoordt’s new ‘city’ outside Antwerp

A cluster of partially empty but highly valuable industrial structures on the Albert Canal near Antwerp is transformed into a mixed-use project. Along with a program of workshops, offices, underground car park and showrooms for Axel Vervoordt, the majority of the site is reallocated to housing.  BOGDAN & VAN BROECK

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Architecture, vernacular, climate, architectural heritage, Istanbul
Conservation

Adaptive Reuse: Istanbul Salt Repository

Erginoğlu & Çalışlar Architects study the cohesive elemets in the global language of architecture. In this adaptive reuse project the firm used their design to find the cohesive elements of time. The coding of the different elements creates a heigherarchy in the building by categorizing the different design ideaologies. The load bearing masonry

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