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What characterises a convertible building? Which existing buildings can be adapted well, and why? How can the future transformation already be considered in the planning stage - in the refurbishment of existing buildings as well as in the planning of new buildings, in an urban context as well as in rural areas? The new buildings of today are the existing buildings of tomorrow. Floor plans must be organised as flexible, open-use room units to facilitate repeated adaptations with different allocations. If buildings represent robust structures in terms of design and construction, if they offer spatial qualities that are also conveyed to the layman, this decisively improves the potential and architectural repertoire of later conversions. Durable materials and the non-destructive replacement of components are also essential. Treating the supporting structure, envelope and building technology as separate elements of architecture does justice to their different lifespans and facilitates individual upgrading and adaptation in the future. Exemplary projects will be presented under the title "re:buildable". The presentations will be complemented by guided tours. These joint tours to selected exhibitors at the trade fair follow the themes "With system: modular - serial" and "In existing buildings: refurbish - remodel". While the first tour will focus on modular construction, serial and systemic construction and prefabrication, the second tour will focus on the topics of durability, flexibility, resource conservation, retrofitting, accessibility/threshold-free transitions, circular construction and renewable, recyclable materials.
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German
Session description
The continued use of existing buildings is gaining importance in the face of increasing refurbishment pressures. Retrofitting and building further is ecologically sensible and continues the architectural and spatial history in our cities. Terms such as conversion culture, sustainable transformation and adaptive re-use dominate architectural discourse. But what distinguishes a convertible building? Which existing buildings can be well adapted, and why? How can future transformation already be considered in the planning stage, both in the refurbishment of existing building and in new construction planning, in urban as well as rural contexts? The new buildings of today are the building stock of tomorrow. Floor plans must be organised a ...
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