• Beleid
• Economie
• Gebied en Ruimte

The establishment of the architectural office in the neglected port area has attracted so much attention from other companies that the municipality is now in the process of adjusting its zoning plan. In this way, a private adaptive reuse project served a public interest

• Economie
• Sociaal en Maatschappelijk

According to the survey Counting on Adaptive reuse, adaptive reuses of monuments that succeed in making these kinds of connections generate an added value - an added value which also can be expressed in other terms than the real estate economics term 'profit'.

• Sociaal en Maatschappelijk

Old buildings provide meaning. In a turbulent political and social era in which large groups of people are getting more footloose, this might be what people increasingly need: no tabula rasa, but being part of a layered history

• Sociaal en Maatschappelijk

They also frequently offer a crucial extra quality: an identity that comes with the history. A story that appeals to people and ensures that they can enter into a relationship with the building

• Economie
• Gebied en Ruimte

Monuments that have been adapted for reuse generate new vitality in villages affected by demographic decline. They attract visitors and entrepeneurs, and become meeting places for the residents to be proud of.

• Gebied en Ruimte

Objects of little relevance as such can represent crucial links in a cityscape.

• Ontwerp en Gebouw
• Sociaal en Maatschappelijk

Monuments can have different meanings that are linked directly to the historical building substance: as a relict which reminds us of the past, as an outstanding work of art or craftwork, and as a historical source.

• Sociaal en Maatschappelijk

These days, the experience of heritage is important.

• Ontwerp en Gebouw

Judging by projects for restoration, adaptive re-use or transformation of heritage over the past twenty years, an awful lot of things can be done with monuments these days, varying from detailed conservation to complete reconstruction, partial demolition or radical change, all with the consent of the heritage authorities.

• Gebied en Ruimte
• Ontwerp en Gebouw

The architect is strongly challenged to make a visible and prominent contribution to bringing the heritage back to life and putting it into (healthy) operation. Architecture can put heritage back on the map, as it were, and give it a right to exist.

• Beleid
• Economie
• Gebied en Ruimte

Now that the vacancy rate is a structural problem in the Netherlands, adaptive re-use has become a political priority.

• Economie

Although restoration and adaptive re-use still involve additional costs when compared to (large scale) new developments, they produce added value in different ways, also money-wise.