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Adaptive Reuse of High-Rise Buildings for Housing: A Study of Istanbul Central Business District

Urban planning, 2024, Vol.9 (2) [Peer Reviewed Journal]

2024. This work is licensed under http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 (the “License”). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License. ;EISSN: 2183-7635 ;DOI: 10.17645/up.7698

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  • Title:
    Adaptive Reuse of High-Rise Buildings for Housing: A Study of Istanbul Central Business District
  • Author: Aydemir, Ayşe Zeynep ; Tomris Akın
  • Subjects: adaptive reuse ; Affordable housing ; Architecture ; building conversion ; Business districts ; Case studies ; COVID-19 ; design studio ; High buildings ; High rise buildings ; housing ; Norms ; Office buildings ; office vacancy ; Pedagogy ; spatial norms ; Students
  • Is Part Of: Urban planning, 2024, Vol.9 (2)
  • Description: The abrupt shift to remote work due to the Covid-19 pandemic increased vacant office spaces globally, especially in high-rent central business districts (CBDs). These vacant office spaces offer the potential for conversion into housing, addressing the shortage of affordable housing in central areas. Additionally, this topic presents a unique experimental ground for architecture students. This study focuses on the Istanbul CBD as a case study, examining the historical developments that led to a rise in office vacancy rates and housing inequality, and exploring the potential for adaptive reuse of these vacant office buildings. A key focus of this study is to underline the pedagogical value of adaptive reuse, highlighting how such projects can inspire more diverse and equitable housing models, fostering experimental and sustainable design approaches. It systematically evaluates the outcomes of a 4th-year architectural design studio that focuses on the adaptive reuse of the Tat Towers in the Istanbul CBD, a structurally vacant high-rise office building, and asks: How does the context of adaptive reuse enable a different design approach, and, potentially, new spatial norms and standards to emerge, and how might this hold a pedagogical value for architecture education? Following these questions, the article discusses how norms and standards are not only culturally but also typologically contextual, and how the students have explored how norms and standards might change, outlining new design approaches to adaptive reuse.
  • Publisher: Lisbon: Cogitatio Press
  • Language: English
  • Identifier: EISSN: 2183-7635
    DOI: 10.17645/up.7698
  • Source: Coronavirus Research Database
    ProQuest Central
    DOAJ Directory of Open Access Journals
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