- ReUso 2026 - New heritage and future strategies. Perspectives on conservation and promotion
- A cura di Alessandro Scarnato, Marisa García Vergara, Ángeles Layuno Rosas
Adaptive Reuse as a Heritage Practice. Challenges in Post-Industrial Landscapes
- Graziella Trovato
- © 2026 Author(s) |
- CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
- DOI: 10.36253/979-12-215-1113-0.04
This article advocates the practice of adaptive reuse, drawing on the origin, meaning and significance of the term. In contrast to reutilización, a common term in Spanish, it highlights the radical nature of the word reúso, which emerged in response to social movements against the demolition of significant buildings – particularly industrial ones – affected by obsolescence, deterioration and neglect. Currently, adaptive reuse encompasses everything that has lost a function, regardless of its social and cultural significance or its heritage value. In response to the progressive gutting of buildings, this paper argues for interventions that reactivate intrinsic material and immaterial values, understanding heritage as a system of living beings—human and non-human—that coexist and cooperate.
- Keywords:
- Adaptive reuse,
- Critical reuse,
- Postindustrial heritage,
- Reutilization,
- Heritage values,
Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain - ORCID: 0000-0002-0254-4867
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Titolo del capitolo
Adaptive Reuse as a Heritage Practice. Challenges in Post-Industrial Landscapes
Autori
Graziella Trovato
Lingua
Inglese
DOI
10.36253/979-12-215-1113-0.04
Opera sottoposta a peer review
Anno di pubblicazione
2026
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© 2026 Author(s)
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Titolo del libro
ReUso 2026 - New heritage and future strategies. Perspectives on conservation and promotion
Sottotitolo del libro
14th International Congress Barcelona-Girona, 4-7 November
Curatori
Alessandro Scarnato, Marisa García Vergara, Ángeles Layuno Rosas
Opera sottoposta a peer review
Anno di pubblicazione
2026
Copyright
© 2026 Author(s)
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Firenze University Press
DOI
10.36253/979-12-215-1113-0
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979-12-215-1113-0
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