Liliane Wong Knihy

Liliane Wong's latest volume on adaptive reuse in architecture presents 50 spectacular conversion and reuse projects worldwide, including buildings such as the TWA Hotel at NewYork's John F. Kennedy Airport, the CaixaForum in Madrid, and the New Museum in Berlin. The projects are presented using a new classification system that addresses practitioners as well as academics. The author's introductory essay provides a comprehensive overview and historical context for the enormous evolution and expansion of adaptive reuse over the past 50 years.

Building in existing fabric requires more than practical solutions and stylistic skills. The adaptive reuse of buildings, where changes in the structure go along with new programs and functions, poses the fundamental question of how the past should be included in the design for the future. Using vivid imagery from Frankenstein to Rem Koolhaas, the author provides a comprehensive introduction to architectural design for adaptive reuse projects.

Design interventions for the reuse of existing structures must face the question of the past and the extent to which it should be included in the design for the future. This is the point of departure of Int | AR, a yearly publication on current issues in international adaptive reuse. When and how is material from an existing building the catalyst for art? When does art create function and program within adaptive reuse projects? How can art transform the economics of a built context? When and where does art become building and building become art? This Int | AR volume presents essays, built or unbuilt projects and ideas that investigate the relationship of art and building reuse.

Entwurfliche Eingriffe in bestehende Bauten stehen immer vor der Frage nach der Gegenwart der Vergangenheit: Wie soll das Alte im Neuen aufscheinen? Dies ist der Ausgangspunkt von Int AR, einer jährlichen Publikation zu aktuellen Fragen von Umbau und Umnutzung in den Entwurfsdisziplinen. Wasser hat immer als Inspiration, als Material, als Katalysator für Stadt und Architektur gedient - von Carlo Scarpas poetischem Umgang mit dem Element, über die städtebauliche Revitalisierung urbaner Flussufer, bis hin zu technisch innovativen Gründungen von Gebäuden bei steigenden Meeresspiegeln. Dieser Band von Int AR zeigt Projekte und Ideen, die unentdeckte Potenziale in der architektonischen Nutzung dieses natürlichen Elements entfalten - und den Baubestand dadurch neu in Wert setzen.

Narrative environments are a compositional strategy to re-present the times in a life of a building. Narratives associate the many different times and spaces inherent in a particular space at a specific time. The reuse of materials, transformative interventions and the continuation of cultural phenomena result in densely woven narratives. The buildings, projects andessays of the current Int AR volume explore the stories that inhabit spaces.

Adaptive reuse is a design practice where changes in the building structure go along with new programs and functions. Many concerns of the day that are the hallmark of current social discourse can equally be communicated through the vocabulary of design and reuse. Six common themes mirroring those of society in the new millennium are discernable in the current adaptive reuse practice: appropriation, ecology, equity, memory & redemption, identity and authenticity. Selected articles from the IntAR Interventions and Adaptive Reuse Journal of the last ten years speak to the social issues of the recent decade. The introductory essay positions shifting norms of working from home or remote learning in the light of their revision through adaptive reuse, for example the post-pandemic repercussions on office towers and the classroom.