The Queen Victoria museum and art gallery Location - Inveresk, Australia Function -Museum, and gallery Architect-Peddle thorp and walker This was a railway workshop during the colonial period. This was closed in 1868. Adaptive reuse project starts in the year 2001 to transform the place into a new cultural hub and a museum. This was the best example of practicing adaptive reuse principles. The old function of the building and new function of the building was very different.in the old time, it was acting as a railway workshop. But now it was a cultural hub. They preserve the blacksmith shop and weighbridge for interpreting the history of the building. And transform the old stone building to an art gallery, exhibition space, and a visitor’s area. Adaptive reuse tries to signage industrial background with the new building and old structure. As an example yellow walk away, new entrance of the building. The geothermal system was introduced to the building to get an international standard. (Double glazing facade). It was able to maintain a suitable environment inside the museum. This was won royal institutes of architect’s award for a best adaptive reuse.in the year 2002.

please correct me if i'm wrong Social sustainability Every old building has got links with the past. These links were built by the cultural and social environment. That links made the building familiar to the people. When doing an adaptive reuse project for that kinda building, it has to enhance the social sustainability. Reusing the old building is more effective to secure those links with the past rather than design a new alien building to the context. Past of the history can’t be forgotten while designing a building. It has to connect with the new future of the building. Social value and memories have to be kept with the building after the remodeling it.

Please correct me Environmental sustainability of a building When constructing the building it was highly cost. But reusing the building is a different thing. It’s reduce the construction energy rather than demolish old building. Energy used for construct the old building is also useful for the new purpose. Most adaptive reuse projects are low cost than a building new one. Because it’s save the materials and the construction energy lot. Adaptive reuse is a good option to reduce the cost of energy for a project.

Memory and place Every Building has got a value .This value consist with few elements call history, culture architecture and social .after years of usage any building represented those values with in it. Also that building creates a set of cultural and personal memories with in it. Very old building can be a place that connect with the culture and social environment. When reusing this kind a building it has to be done by minimal damage to its values. After re thinking re working and reusing this building has to continue the same values it had in past. The character of the building can’t be destroyed after the re using. Sense of the place has to be same after all

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