A suburb in the Irish city of Cork sets the standard for involving the community in heritage building conservation. Public engagement is the key to managing the inevitable conflicts.
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Adaptively re-using buildings can preserve heritage while enabling new uses that help make cities more liveable and sustainable.
When talking about heritage, we need to be clear about our definitions and our objectives for each building. Then we can work on achieving the optimum balance of heritage and sustainability.
Social housing can certainly have heritage significance. Over more than 100 years, it has been shaped by contemporary architectural and political ideas, sometimes in an exemplary way.
Adaptive reuse and recycling of heritage architecture may be all the rage, but are not new. Making new buildings from old has a long history in the ancient world.
The concept of living heritage can help us make decisions that go beyond preserving historical facades to protect and add to, rather than freeze, the stories and layers of the past.
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Senior Lecturer in Urban and Environmental Planning, Griffith University
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Professor, School of the Built Environment, University of Technology Sydney
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Senior Research Fellow, City Futures Research Centre, UNSW Sydney
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Research fellow, University of South Australia
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Professor, Queensland University of Technology
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Acting Senior Curator, Nicholson Museum, University of Sydney
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Professor of Human Geography and Planning, University of Tasmania
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Associate Professor of Real Estate Management, Delft University of Technology
