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January 21, 2019SustainabilityOpen Access

Assessment of Adaptive Reuse Practices through User Experiences: Traditional Houses in the Walled City of Nicosia

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KGKağan GünçeDMDamla Mısırlısoy

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Overview

Comparative case evaluation finds public adaptive reuse improves sociocultural and economic vitality in traditional houses, suggesting holistic conservation strategies.

Key Points

  • To measure, compare, and evaluate the appropriateness and success of adaptive reuse practices in traditional residential heritage buildings across divided urban zones using user experiences.
  • Conducted a comprehensive literature review on adaptive reuse parameters alongside on-site observational surveys to assess the physical condition of selected historic houses.
  • Administered structured user questionnaires categorizing building performance across sociocultural, economic, and physical dimensions.
  • Heritage houses adapted for public purposes, including cultural, commercial, and educational functions, achieved greater success in supporting urban sociocultural continuity and economic vitality compared to less accessible reuses.
  • Preserving and repurposing abandoned residential structures positively reinforced urban livability and continuity across both sectors of the city.
  • Successful long-term building conservation depended on simultaneously balancing physical integrity with sociocultural and economic requirements through a holistic framework.

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Günçe et al. (2019) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a10dcfcb1f64a72d7645632https://doi.org/10.3390/su11020540
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