Undoing buildings : adaptive reuse and cultural memory /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Stone, Sally (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Routledge, 2020.
Subjects:	Architecture > Conservation and restoration. Buildings > Remodeling for other use. Architecture and society.

Table of Contents:

Reading and recognition : landmarks of memory
The perception of the past : the task of the translator
Site specific art : unintentional monuments
The problem of obsolete buildings: a society can only support so many museums
Memory and anticipation : the existing building and the expectations of the new users
Conservation : a future orientated movement focussing on the past
Sustainable adaptation
Spatial agency or taking action
Smartness and the impact of the digital
On taking away
On making additions : assemblage, memory and the recovery of wholeness
Itinerant elements
Nearness and thinking about details.