- ReUso 2026 - New heritage and future strategies. Perspectives on conservation and promotion
- A cura di Alessandro Scarnato, Marisa García Vergara, Ángeles Layuno Rosas
In-Between Neighborhoods: The “How” of Adaptive Reuse in Bogotá
- Claudia Silva Yepes
- © 2026 Author(s) |
- CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
- DOI: 10.36253/979-12-215-1113-0.76
Bogotá is widening its answer to the housing challenge: alongside building new units, the city is looking again at what it has already built. This article examines a public reuse and revitalization strategy that adapts, subdivides, reinforces and activates vacant, underused or obsolete buildings in the Historic Center, turning them into housing solutions, mixed uses and local commerce. Through the concept of “barrios entre barrios” (in-between neighbourhoods), it examines the regulatory, heritage, technical, financial and institutional conditions that make reuse viable, and the risk-reduction route and urban marketplace that sustain it. Reuse is a concrete tool for housing on well-located land, climate action and circular economy: a way of building city within the city.
- Keywords:
- Adaptive reuse,
- Vacant buildings,
- Urban revitalization,
- Housing solutions,
- Historic Center of Bogotá,
Bogotá Urban Renovation and Development Company (ERU), Colombia - ORCID: 0009-0008-1861-1228
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Titolo del capitolo
In-Between Neighborhoods: The “How” of Adaptive Reuse in Bogotá
Autori
Claudia Silva Yepes
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Inglese
DOI
10.36253/979-12-215-1113-0.76
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
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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
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© 2026 Author(s)
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Firenze University Press
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10.36253/979-12-215-1113-0
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