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Adaptive Re-use in Europe: Cities and Buildings


  • Term: Semester
  • Type: Elective Course
  • Major discipline: Architecture, Interior Architecture, Urban Studies
  • Related discipline: Interior Design, Urban Design
  • Available: Fall, Spring
  • Location: Copenhagen
  • Credits: 3

About this course

Adaptive re-use is an integral component of contemporary design practice in Europe. Conversion of urban areas and old buildings into something better suited for contemporary purposes requires knowledge of our built heritage in the broadest sense. Cultural, site-specific, and material aspects play a key role, as do sustainable strategies for future-proofing our built environment. This course is about the design challenges and the wider economical, sustainable, and political issues at stake when dealing with adaptive re-use.

Syllabus

Syllabus – Fall 2024

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Faculty

Heitor Garcia Lantarón

Faculty

Ph.D. (Department of Architectural Design, Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain, 2016). Architect. Doctoral Thesis: Danish Examples of Housing for the Elderly. Academic and professional interests focused on housing challenges related to the ageing process and addressing challenges to enhance the domestic space quality for any age and (dis)ability. Previously employed at Nieto Sobejano Archietcts, 2008-2009, and Herzog & de Meuron, 2006-2008. With DIS since 2017.