Abstract
The paper discusses an interior architectural design model to enable the accomplishment of sustainable design strategy of efficient resources/waste management. The proposed design concept, referred to as interior architectural design for adaptive reuse, is based on the reintroduction of reclaimed or salvaged building construction materials and products acquired from demolished or refurbished building structural portions, into the structure of interior components. The presented design approach puts circular design methods and techniques in interior design practice at the core of environmentally responsible architectural design. To achieve its objectives, the implementation of resources efficiency strategy into the interior design scheme should remain a decisive interior design quality criterion. Meanwhile, the issues related to the environmental contextualization of interior spaces and their constitutive components, in fulfilment of sustainable design requirements for the conservation of natural resources, are neither sufficiently recognized by interior designers, nor appropriately highlighted in the current design practice. The main purpose of this concept paper is to develop a theoretical scheme for systemic inclusion of interior architectural design for adaptive reuse into the environmentally sustainable interior architectural design framework. This study provides interior designers with the concept of interior components design for the fulfilment of resources efficiency and waste management effectiveness.
Highlights
The reuse of reclaimed building construction materials and products should be treated as the supporting method for the reduction of construction and demolition waste [1] produced as the result of cyclical building activities associated with forming the built environment, and responding to the environmental ethical questions that are to be addressed by architects, as well as interior designers
Design methods for effective waste management are situated between preventing construction and demolition waste production as the most favored and effective method, and the disposal of waste in landfills which is destructive to the natural environment
The objective of this study is to present a conceptual model of interior architectural design for adaptive reuse defined as the process of acquisition of reclaimed building materials and products from refurbished or demolished buildings, and their incorporation into new spatial and functional contexts of the indoor environment
Summary
The reuse of reclaimed building construction materials and products should be treated as the supporting method for the reduction of construction and demolition waste [1] produced as the result of cyclical building activities associated with forming the built environment, and responding to the environmental ethical questions that are to be addressed by architects, as well as interior designers. The environmental context of a building and its internal spaces influences the design decision-making process with regard to the consequences of potential repetitive remodeling processes of building structural components or the interior environment These procedures related to refurbishment, modification or adaptation due to the changing of functional or formal requirements, leads to deconstructed, dismantled, removed or demolished components. The goal is to transform the design process, stakeholders’ involvement, and knowledge on the principles of sustainable design for the built environment These combine with life cycle assessment, and ensure the minimum amount of embodied energy, regarding the specification of building materials and products to form interior components, is retained. The objective of this study is to present a conceptual model of interior architectural design for adaptive reuse defined as the process of acquisition of reclaimed building materials and products from refurbished or demolished buildings, and their incorporation into new spatial and functional contexts of the indoor environment. The interior architectural design for adaptive reuse concept is clarified, with regard to implications, strategies, and determinants of its effectiveness in shaping interior constitutive components
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