RE-USA
Subtitle: 20 American stories of adaptive reuse : a toolkit for post-industrial cities
By: Matteo Robiglio ; foreword by Donald K. Carter
Contributors: Carter, Donald K., writer of foreword
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 239
ISBN-13: 9783868594737
Copyright date: 2017
Subjects: City planning; Community development; Urban renewal
Other titles: 20 American stories of adaptive reuse; Twenty American stories of adaptive reuse
Description: Based on best-practice examples in American cities such as Detroit, New York, or Pittsburgh, this book shows successful cases of adaptive reuse that preserve the legacy of the industrial past while turning it into a key ingredient for urban regeneration. An aquaponics farm in a former meatpacking facility or a freight train railroad converted into a linear park: these are just two successful examples of the creative and effective reuse of abandoned industrial infrastructure. Culture, leisure, sport, research, education, design, services, production, housing, and even agriculture regenerate former factory sites and upgrade cities economically and culturally. Eight steps guide the way through the process of adaptive reuse from choosing an existing site to the vision, design, and funding, and finally their implementation. Professionals, activists, decision-makers, as well as entrepreneurs and committed citizens worldwide are therefore provided with a practical toolkit to discovering the unused potential of their city.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Part one: 20 American stories of adaptive reuse; title: Part two: The adaptive reuse toolkit; title: Part three: Adaptive reuse architecture.