Porkar, M J; Khakzand, M and Mardanlou, N (2025) Achievement to adaptive reuse strategies of industrial heritage: Learning from Iranian cases. International Journal of Building Pathology and Adaptation, 43(3), pp. 463-481. ISSN 2398-4708
Abstract
Purpose: The adaptability of multi-functional industrial buildings can be an important factor in their reuse. This utility requires the evaluation of factors that are effective apart from physical interventions. Therefore, this study used a combined method to investigate the factors affecting the reuse of the case studies of Iran and their adaptation to the theories proposed in the field of industrial heritage. This study aims to achieve effective strategies in adaptive reuse of industrial heritage buildings. Design/methodology/approach: Hence, six factors in the economic, social, technological, environmental and legal sectors were analyzed based on PESTEL analysis and the interactions of the proposed matrix factors were evaluated. The results from this evaluation were integrated based on conceptual similarities and examined by SWOT technique as the main factors. Finally the criteria obtained from SWOT analysis has been approved by a Delphi survey. Findings: Consequently, the interaction of the findings to determine the strategy was multiplied in a matrix and the resulting concepts were identified. Finally, 23 strategies were extracted as the factors affecting the reuse of industrial heritage buildings and dealing with future issues. According to the results, the most important strategies are government policies and interventions. Also, the determination of the status of ownership, supervision by the Ministry of Cultural Heritage over the preservation and revitalization of industrial heritage buildings and intervention policies for defining the uses related to an industrial building fall into this category. Originality/value: The findings of this study indicate that an adaptive view of the above strategies and the indicators of each factor could affect the adaptive reuse of the industrial heritage.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | adaptive reuse; industrial heritage; pestel analysis |
| Index terms: | supervision, interaction, ownership, government policy, adaptation, adaptive reuse, Delphi survey, case study, heritage building, adaptability, methodology, strategy |
| Subjects: | sustainable design, research methods, behavioral psychology, construction type, user focus, public policy, management, economics, control systems, data collection methods |
| Topics: | Business Strategy, Research Practice, Governance, Construction Technology, Design Practice, Organizational Design, Project Management, Sustainability |
| Descriptive scope: | 4 PCTE |
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