Adaptive reuse architecture

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Illustration, Architecture

A recent wave of large-scale projects is transforming five Dutch cities and encouraging creative reuse of derelict industrial sites around the world.

Barcelona architecture studio Josep Ferrando Architecture has converted a former prison in Tarragona, Spain, into the El Roser Social Centre.

Image 1 of 10 from gallery of A Layered Architecture: Adaptive Reuse Projects That Reframe the Past Through Bold Material Contrasts. © Hong Seokgyu

Adaptive reuse, or adaptive re-use in architecture, is the process of repurposing buildings that have outlived their original purposes for different reasons and adapting them to receive new different uses or functions while at the same time retaining and emphasizing their historic features.

Seoul-based architecture firm Studio One-Aftr transforms abandoned buildings in South Korea into a sanctuary that blends architecture and nature.

Circular openings in an existing brick wall offer views into exhibition spaces in this shoe museum designed by Civic Architects in the Netherlands.

With Paulo Mendes da Rocha set to receive the Golden Lion at the Venice Architecture Biennale, here's a look at some of his best projects