Architectural Rehabilitation Built as Living Heritage

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https://doi.org/10.54338/27382656-2025.si.1-03

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Landscape, architecture, city, cultural heritage, architectural rehabilitation, intervention criteria

Abstract

In the paper "Public space built as living heritage", the same authors argued the substantial condition of public space as cultural heritage. In this paper, we are going to discuss heritage buildings that, having lost their original use, undergo a rehabilitation process that includes a change of use. Only a small part of the inherited architectural heritage can be preserved in a more or less consolidated ruined state. The majority, however, has to recover its usefulness through a new function that satisfies new needs. A key concept in this process is the compatibility of the new intended use with the existing building's shell. It is, in general, the recovery of utility that brings architectural heritage back to life. The selected examples are three different-scale buildings, located in Galicia, that have been rehabilitated with changes to their former use.

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José Luis Martínez Raído, University of A Coruña

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Architecture (Spain, A Coruña) - University of A Coruña, Assistant Professor of the Department of Architectural Design, Urban Planning and Composition of the University of A Coruña, Member of the Research Unit pARQc (Landscape, Architecture and City)

Luis W. Muñoz Fontenla, University of A Coruña

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Architecture (Spain, A Coruña) - University of A Coruña, Contracted Professor of the Department of Architectural Design, Urban Planning and Composition of the University of A Coruña, Coordinator of the Research Unit pARQc (Landscape, Architecture and City)

Felipe Peña Pereda, University of A Coruña

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Architecture (Spain, A Coruña) - University of A Coruña, Doctor Honoris Causa from NUACA, Full Professor of the Department of Architectural Design, Urban Planning and Composition of the University of A Coruña, Currently Honorary Professor of the UDC, Member of the Research Unit pARQc (Landscape, Architecture and City)

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08/06/2025

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Martínez Raído, J. L., Muñoz Fontenla, L. W., & Peña Pereda, F. (2025). Architectural Rehabilitation Built as Living Heritage. Journal of Architectural and Engineering Research, 19–35. https://doi.org/10.54338/27382656-2025.si.1-03

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