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Aga Khan Trust for Culture Education Programme - <div>In this lecture you will learn about: </div><div><ul><li>adaptive reuse of historic buildings and sites as a response to the human need for continuity and change in the built environment;</li><li>definitions, rationale and relevance, methodological approach, design operations and tools for adaptive reuse. This theoretical framework is illustrated through examples from both grand and vernacular Islamic architectural traditions, with the aim to showcase a wide spectrum of strategies and operations;</li><li>the strategic role adaptive reuse plays in the rehabilitation of both settlements and individual buildings, illustrated by the conversion of the <a href="https://archnet.org/sites/5325">Shigar Fort</a> in Pakistan and Bait as-Sail in Oman, by the <a href="https://archnet.org/collections/54">Aga Khan Historic Cities Programme</a> (AKHCP) and <a href="https://archnet.org/authorities/6430">ArCHIAM</a> respectively.</li></ul></div>

Type

presentation slides

Year

2018

In this lecture you will learn about:

adaptive reuse of historic buildings and sites as a response to the human need for continuity and change in the built environment;
definitions, rationale and relevance, methodological approach, design operations and tools for adaptive reuse. This theoretical framework is illustrated through examples from both grand and vernacular Islamic architectural traditions, with the aim to showcase a wide spectrum of strategies and operations;
the strategic role adaptive reuse plays in the rehabilitation of both settlements and individual buildings, illustrated by the conversion of the Shigar Fort in Pakistan and Bait as-Sail in Oman, by the Aga Khan Historic Cities Programme (AKHCP) and ArCHIAM respectively.

ArCHIAM. “Lecture 8: Adaptive Reuse and Human Agency.” Part eight of 10 presentations developed for the Aga Khan Trust for Culture Education Programme, 2018.

Aga Khan Trust for Culture Education Programme

client

Centre for the Study of Architecture and Cultural Heritage of India, Arabia and the Maghreb

United Kingdom

author/editor

ArCHIAM: Architectural and Urban Forms of the Islamic World

Aga Khan Trust for Culture Education Programme

Oman

Pakistan

English

Aga Khan Historic Cities Programme

education

Lecture 1: The Great Urban Centres of the Islamic World

Type

presentation slides

Year

2018

In this lecture you will learn about:

adaptive reuse of historic buildings and sites as a response to the human need for continuity and change in the built environment;
definitions, rationale and relevance, methodological approach, design operations and tools for adaptive reuse. This theoretical framework is illustrated through examples from both grand and vernacular Islamic architectural traditions, with the aim to showcase a wide spectrum of strategies and operations;
the strategic role adaptive reuse plays in the rehabilitation of both settlements and individual buildings, illustrated by the conversion of the Shigar Fort in Pakistan and Bait as-Sail in Oman, by the Aga Khan Historic Cities Programme (AKHCP) and ArCHIAM respectively.

ArCHIAM. “Lecture 8: Adaptive Reuse and Human Agency.” Part eight of 10 presentations developed for the Aga Khan Trust for Culture Education Programme, 2018.

client

United Kingdom

author/editor

Aga Khan Trust for Culture Education Programme

Oman

Pakistan

English

Aga Khan Historic Cities Programme