Have you ever wondered what makes buildings or neighbourhoods “historic” and why we preserve them? And when is a building just an old building that should be demolished? These questions can be complicated. A simple answer to the question is that historic preservation takes place, when an old building is judged to be of value to us today or in some other way. Often it has a story to tell about our history, or it was built with a very traditional design, and even though the building may be very rundown, it has great value to its environment. Preservation is about restoring and saving these memories and trying to keep them as they were, and not to change or modernise them.
Sometimes older buildings can be very beautiful to look at, or they have a good structure, and are worth the effort of preserving. These kinds of older buildings, that may not have historical value, can be put to “adaptive re-use”. This is a form of recycling, which provide the option of avoiding to have to demolish and build something new. This kind of recycling is good for the environment, as you do not have so much waste to send to the landfills. It is also more economical to re-use buildings than to build new ones.
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