Nov 18 2007

ADAPTIVE REUSE

Published by Emperor Karl

Adaptive reuse is the process where old buildings are being adapted for new uses while retaining their historic features. For example, an old house may become a restaurant or an old factory may become an apartment building. Adaptive reuse is a key to preserving a structure while propping it up for new use.

This page contains photos of old structures in Cebu that have been adaptively reused. This is an experimental page, no further information about the structures presented below is provided as of the moment. We encourage our readers to contribute more photos and share anything they know.

Below: An old house in the northern city of Bogo, now a Pizza restaurant (Pizza Pub).

Below: An old house in Barangay Guadalupe, Cebu City, now a Mexican-themed restaurant (Mooon Cafe).

Below: A pre-World War II building near City Hall, now occupied by a commercial establishment (MC Square).

Below: The former parish house of the Cebu Cathedral, now an ecclesiastical museum (The Cathedral Museum of Cebu).

5 responses so far

5 Responses to “ADAPTIVE REUSE”

  1. 1
    James Says:

    Try the food in mooon cafe its quiet good. I even have a post for that.hehehe

  2. 2
    Gabriel Says:

    Adaptive reuse is still a renovation of the old buildings with modern ones, at least.

  3. 3
    astrelle Says:

    do we have any ordinances, guidelines on adaptive reuse here in the philippines?

  4. 4
    Neil Ryan E. Manigsaca Says:

    there’s this policies and guidelines from NHI. but it depends on the LGU if they are going to adapt certain ordinances tackles about the heritage structures.

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    Neil Ryan E. Manigsaca Says:

    dah di na priority sa mga local governemnt ng mgas ingon-ana..up to now heritage conservation is still dubbed as elite kind of works. and as long as most of our planning offices in our localities is headed by civil engineers who doesn’t know anything about conservation expect for more heritage resources to be destroyed

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