Title: Smart adaptation. Modernistic heritage for sustainability of the future
Chair: Prof. Izabela Mironowicz
Faculty of Architecture, Gdańsk University of Technology and Faculty of Architecture, RWTH Aachen University
Description:
2018 was the European Cultural Heritage Year under the theme of „Sharing Heritage”. Key actors in this context are cities and towns which provide important assets to the built environment. Successful transformations and adaptive reuse of urban built environment are vital in the context of developing more innovative urban ecosystems. These days there is a vibrant debate about values and future of post war modernistic structures across Europe. This session will focus on possible use and adaptation of existing post-war urban structures in Europe and adaptive reuse of the building stock of this kind. The session will also elaborate the notion and values of modernity in the past and today.