Abstract
With rapid economic development and restructuring, there are an increasing number of aged or obsolete buildings in large cities, such as Hong Kong. Adaptive reuse of these buildings provides an alternative for property stakeholders towards more sustainable practices instead of redevelopment or destruction. Adaptive reuse can also make great contributions to sustainable development by reducing construction waste and saving natural resources. As a result of industrial restructuring, manufacturing plants were migrated from Hong Kong to Mainland China during the 1980s and 1990s. Many industrial buildings then became vacant or under-utilised. Adaptive reuse of these industrial buildings is considered a viable way forward for all parties, including government, property stakeholders and the community. However, the problem is how to deal with multiple criteria to assess how these buildings can be reused for residential living, retail, training centres, or other purposes. Adaptive reuse of industrial buildings is discussed in this paper, and a fuzzy adaptive reuse selection model is developed for decision-making. A hypothetical example is used to demonstrate the application of the method and show its effectiveness.
Highlights
As one of the most densely populated places in the world, Hong Kong has a well developed property market
The built environment is responsible for 40% of world materials usage, a third of energy consumed by the world economy and 40% of greenhouse gas emissions (Worldwatch Institute 1995)
Adaptive reuse of industrial buildings can decrease new building construction with faster project delivery time and make corresponding contributions to GGE reduction, and the need for building adaptation is increasing with relevant policy drivers, such as the ‘1200 building program’ developed by the City of Melbourne (Wilkinson, Reed 2011), and ‘Wholesale Conversion of Industrial Buildings’ scheme in Hong Kong (HKSAR, 2009)
Summary
As one of the most densely populated places in the world, Hong Kong has a well developed property market. New construction adds less than 2% per annum to the built environment stock in Hong Kong (Langston et al 2008). A fuzzy approach for adaptive reuse selection of industrial buildings in Hong Kong. Adaptive reuse of industrial buildings can decrease new building construction with faster project delivery time and make corresponding contributions to GGE reduction, and the need for building adaptation is increasing with relevant policy drivers, such as the ‘1200 building program’ developed by the City of Melbourne (Wilkinson, Reed 2011), and ‘Wholesale Conversion of Industrial Buildings’ scheme in Hong Kong (HKSAR, 2009). The paper aims to: (1) examine the adaptive reuse potential of industrial buildings in Hong Kong; (2) develop a fuzzy decision making method for adaptive reuse of industrial buildings, and (3) demonstrate its application in practice via a hypothetical case study
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