Eine Plattform für die Wissenschaft: Bauingenieurwesen, Architektur und Urbanistik
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Reuse or renew – Office building conversion under different scenarios in Brussels EU District
Converting offi ces to housing is one of the main challenges western cities are currently facing. Brussels leads as a trailblazer in the fi eld since its high administrative presence and its huge offi ce stock. First offi ce conversions took place in the early 1990s and the rate has since progressively accelerated. An estimated 20% of the new dwelling developed these last 3 years came from offi ce building transformation. In the past 25 years, more than 1.6 million square meters changed use. However, the majority of the offi ce buildings are transformed into luxurious fl ats, mainly because of high transformation costs. As a result, converting outdated offi ces is rarely a solution to meet affordable housing needs. The region’s authorities are now imposing limitations on demolition (developers need to prove that the existing building in unsuitable for adaptive reuse). The research’s goal is to establish a benchmark based on a genuine and typical case study building from the mid-sixties and to compare the factors that infl uence an offi ce building reconstruction or reuse, with or without change of use. The case study of Rue d’Arlon 104 in 1000 Brussels is the subject of an investigation in the fi rst stage that considers its fi nancial, technological, environmental, and legal concerns. The building was designed by Philippe Dumont and José Vandenbossche, the same architects that built the famous Generali Building (Louise 521) and Arts 56 in Brussels. Empty for 20 years, the building is nowadays under scrutiny. Four scenarios were defi ned: (1) renovating the building to maintain workspaces; (2) converting the building into housing; (3) demolishing and rebuilding the existing structure to put it back on the offi ce market; and (4) demolishing and rebuilding housing. The scenarios are applied to the building in order to compare the different programs outcomes, in terms of architectural layout, space use, vertical and horizontal circulations, fi re regulations, volumes and heights, surfaces gain and losses, etc. ...
Reuse or renew – Office building conversion under different scenarios in Brussels EU District
Converting offi ces to housing is one of the main challenges western cities are currently facing. Brussels leads as a trailblazer in the fi eld since its high administrative presence and its huge offi ce stock. First offi ce conversions took place in the early 1990s and the rate has since progressively accelerated. An estimated 20% of the new dwelling developed these last 3 years came from offi ce building transformation. In the past 25 years, more than 1.6 million square meters changed use. However, the majority of the offi ce buildings are transformed into luxurious fl ats, mainly because of high transformation costs. As a result, converting outdated offi ces is rarely a solution to meet affordable housing needs. The region’s authorities are now imposing limitations on demolition (developers need to prove that the existing building in unsuitable for adaptive reuse). The research’s goal is to establish a benchmark based on a genuine and typical case study building from the mid-sixties and to compare the factors that infl uence an offi ce building reconstruction or reuse, with or without change of use. The case study of Rue d’Arlon 104 in 1000 Brussels is the subject of an investigation in the fi rst stage that considers its fi nancial, technological, environmental, and legal concerns. The building was designed by Philippe Dumont and José Vandenbossche, the same architects that built the famous Generali Building (Louise 521) and Arts 56 in Brussels. Empty for 20 years, the building is nowadays under scrutiny. Four scenarios were defi ned: (1) renovating the building to maintain workspaces; (2) converting the building into housing; (3) demolishing and rebuilding the existing structure to put it back on the offi ce market; and (4) demolishing and rebuilding housing. The scenarios are applied to the building in order to compare the different programs outcomes, in terms of architectural layout, space use, vertical and horizontal circulations, fi re regulations, volumes and heights, surfaces gain and losses, etc. ...
Reuse or renew – Office building conversion under different scenarios in Brussels EU District
Stiernon, Dorothée (Autor:in) / Bos, Morgane (Autor:in) / Böhlke, Anders (Autor:in) / As Found - International colloquium on adaptive reuse (Autor:in) / UCL - SST/LAB - Louvain research institute for Landscape, Architecture, Built environment
01.01.2023
Aufsatz (Konferenz)
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
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