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May 31, 20260 citationsOpen Access

CONTEXURE : Architecture as its own system of renewal

WLWing Nam Lam

Key Points

  • The aim is to explore how architectural grafting can facilitate adaptive reuse and sustainable design.
  • Interpreted adaptive reuse through case examples of architectural grafting.
  • Analyzed the interplay of spatial operations and material joinery in concrete structures.
  • Investigated the negotiation of old and new architectural elements.
  • Demonstrated that embedding sustainability transforms structural configurations.
  • Revealed new spatial conditions emerging from the fusion of past and present architecture.

Abstract

CONTEXURE interprets adaptive reuse through architectural grafting, exemplified by a concrete office tower acting as its own system of renewal driven by spatial operations and material joinery. By embedding sustainability within processes of structural transformation, new spatial conditions and tectonic poetics emerge through negotiation between old and new.

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Wing Nam Lam (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a1bd1b05783ba022b6fd2d0https://doi.org/10.14288/1.0452604
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