Abstract
It is common for the original use of heritage buildings to become obsolete which in some cases can result in them becoming vacant and subject to deterioration. Adaptive reuse is an essential policy for achieving sustainability as it keeps a continuous building life cycle and avoids building destruction. It is one approach to sustainability where it retains the tangible and intangible values, resilience of the original building materials, and reduces waste and time. The decision-making criteria for compatible new use includes several criteria that affect sustainable development: economic, environment, social, legislative, and architecture. Several Multi-Criteria Decision Making (MCDM) methods have been established in order to aid the process of cultural heritage preservation. This research aims to present an assessment model to support the establishment of appropriate new use by employing an Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP). The decision-making software used was Expert Choice 11. The administrative hospital in Kyrenia, Cyprus, was selected as the case study in this research. Using the application of AHP with the participation of different stakeholders (experts and locals), a more compatible use as a community centre is proposed and supported by the research methodology.
Highlights
Received: 4 January 2021The cultural heritage of cities is the main driver of development, they are especially subjects for possible transformations
Cheng and Li [73], the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) approach is a subjective methodology that does not necessarily require a large number of experts to participate in the process
Two different teams, 10 experts and 10 locals, were selected for the decision-making; the experts and locals were responsible for evaluating the criteria with respect to their importance in achieving the overall goal
Summary
The cultural heritage of cities is the main driver of development, they are especially subjects for possible transformations. It can be relatively divided into movable or immovable heritage [1]. Cultural heritage can be used as a potential element for achieving sustainable environment since it can redefine, sustain, and reproduce itself through adaptive reuse. From this perspective, adaptive reuse can play a decisive role in terms of increasing the life cycle of the heritage and as a sustainable urban strategy that provides economic, aesthetic, cultural, educational, and political values. Extending and improving the life of the cultural heritage through adaptive reuse entails less use of money, energy, waste, and time that makes a substantial support to sustainability [3]
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