Abstract
Adaptive reuse is a common formula for reliving life in spaces that are no longer used for their original function, whether through physical adjustments or by incorporating virtual environments into space to Create hybrid spaces with a new dimension in which the data of memory, culture and space identity interact. Although the trends of the studies vary in their approach to deal with the concept of adapting architectural spaces, they remain in the same theme that the process of space adaptation is seen to be based on either one or the other, Oblivious to the fact that the process of building adaptation generates tension and creates hybrid spaces which belong to neither. Thus, the studies that focused on this subject does not reach the creation of a clear and specific theoretical framework for adapting architecture to changing cultural and social requirements and desires. This research attempts to examine the possibility of investing the concept of hybrid to consider different dimensions of architectural adaptation. The relevance of hybridity theory to understanding architectural adaptation is a subject that has hardly been explored. An objective of this research is to investigate this research gap represented of absence of specialized studies help to understand the relationship between the concept of hybrid and architectural adaptation and lack of the proposed concepts that accommodate new patterns of adaptation to preserve more than one characteristic (perhaps in conflict) within the original space. In light of this, the research problem is represented in the absence of a clear and comprehensive theoretical framework that enables the identification of forms of adaptation that respond to changing cultural and social requirements and desires. Hence, this research seeks to combine Bhabha's concept of hybrids and adaptation of architecture to build a clear and comprehensive perception of this concept, by using architectural studies that dealt with these subjects.
Highlights
The discussion of space returns back to a Greek philosophy and has been seen in significant changes over time
The identities of people that can be determined by difference from the other more than the similarities as Huyssen indicates (Huyssen, 1995) can lead to identify hybrid spaces, it corresponds to a cultural diversity that creates hybrid images and drives the need for a building adapted to these requirements rather than denied them
The question is raised about how and under what conditions the processes of Building adaptations occur in a manner that aligns with the concept of hybrid space as an image of the cultural diversity and cultural difference that associated with modern design methods and practices
Summary
The discussion of space returns back to a Greek philosophy and has been seen in significant changes over time. Architecture buildings, cities, spaces - can be conceived according to Bhabha, as a subject in the "hybrid space”, that area where culture is at its most productive, because buildings (and cities) are always metaphorically in the middle between architects’ interests, developers’ economic expectations and planning laws, while being continually re-signified by users (Hernández, 2010) For this reason, the question is raised about how and under what conditions the processes of Building adaptations occur in a manner that aligns with the concept of hybrid space as an image of the cultural diversity and cultural difference that associated with modern design methods and practices. Qualitative research typically aims “to develop a complex picture” that “involves reporting multiple perspectives, identifying the many factors involved in a situation, and generally sketching the larger picture that emerges” (Creswell, 2007)
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