Application of multinomial logistic regression toward adaptive reuse of pre-war shophouses

Abstract Pre-war shophouses are among the national heritage buildings that require conservation efforts, among others through adaptive reuse. Adaptive reuse of building assets is considered to be a sustainable way of bypassing the wasteful processes of demolition and reconstruction. However, adaptive reuse is not an easy decision because there are many factors affecting it. Therefore, the criteria for adaptive reuse need to be considered before choosing the potential adaptive reuse. There are six broad aspects to the criteria of adaptive reuse, which are economic, environment, social, architecture, technology, and legislative. A questionnaire survey among five (5) different backgrounds of respondents, also known as stakeholder, consists of a town planner from local authorities, a valuer from the valuation and property service department (JPPH), architects, researchers, and building owners to achieve the objectives. From the analysis, three (3) potential new uses, which are new shophouses, restaurants and hotels are identified as very suitable alternatives and represent an independent variable. This paper aims to identify the relationship between the decision made by stakeholders and the potential alternative adaptive reuse.