Research Article

Adaptation of Modern Housing Heritage: A Review through Cultural Significance

Volume: 7 Number: 1-2 December 28, 2024
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Adaptation of Modern Housing Heritage: A Review through Cultural Significance

Abstract

Focusing on the modern housing heritage, one of the most numerous typologies of twentieth-century architecture at risk of demolition, this study aims to identify the thresholds of change and continuity of different adaptation strategies, from conservation to transformation, through good practices of this typology. Three case studies from Western Europe, representing two turning points in modern housing architecture, are grouped according to the hierarchy of cultural significance. Accordingly, Unité d'Habitation Marseille with global significance, La Tour Bois-le-Prêtre with local significance and Wallisblok with socio-cultural significance are analysed through literature review and on-site observations. The results show that each case prioritises different forms of values, such as architectural value, social value and economic value, respectively, and that change gradually increases as the hierarchy of cultural significance decreases.

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

Architectural Heritage and Conservation

Journal Section

Research Article

Publication Date

December 28, 2024

Submission Date

November 21, 2024

Acceptance Date

December 18, 2024

Published in Issue

Year 2024 Volume: 7 Number: 1-2

APA
Özmen, A. (2024). Adaptation of Modern Housing Heritage: A Review through Cultural Significance. Modular Journal, 7(1-2), 73-94. https://doi.org/10.59389/modular.1588832
AMA
1.Özmen A. Adaptation of Modern Housing Heritage: A Review through Cultural Significance. Modular Journal. 2024;7(1-2):73-94. doi:10.59389/modular.1588832
Chicago
Özmen, Ayça. 2024. “Adaptation of Modern Housing Heritage: A Review through Cultural Significance”. Modular Journal 7 (1-2): 73-94. https://doi.org/10.59389/modular.1588832.
EndNote
Özmen A (December 1, 2024) Adaptation of Modern Housing Heritage: A Review through Cultural Significance. Modular Journal 7 1-2 73–94.
IEEE
[1]A. Özmen, “Adaptation of Modern Housing Heritage: A Review through Cultural Significance”, Modular Journal, vol. 7, no. 1-2, pp. 73–94, Dec. 2024, doi: 10.59389/modular.1588832.
ISNAD
Özmen, Ayça. “Adaptation of Modern Housing Heritage: A Review through Cultural Significance”. Modular Journal 7/1-2 (December 1, 2024): 73-94. https://doi.org/10.59389/modular.1588832.
JAMA
1.Özmen A. Adaptation of Modern Housing Heritage: A Review through Cultural Significance. Modular Journal. 2024;7:73–94.
MLA
Özmen, Ayça. “Adaptation of Modern Housing Heritage: A Review through Cultural Significance”. Modular Journal, vol. 7, no. 1-2, Dec. 2024, pp. 73-94, doi:10.59389/modular.1588832.
Vancouver
1.Ayça Özmen. Adaptation of Modern Housing Heritage: A Review through Cultural Significance. Modular Journal. 2024 Dec. 1;7(1-2):73-94. doi:10.59389/modular.1588832