Adapting and Improving
The Frosty Morn: A New Model for Conceptualizing Community Design Projects through the Lens of Education, Social Impacts, Sustainability, and the Adaptive Reuse of Existing Building Infrastructure View Digital Media
Paper Presentation in a Themed Session Anthony Monica
A Belmont University 3rd-Year Architecture Design Studio class partnered with AIA Middle Tennessee and the Clarksville Mayor's office to develop conceptual approaches for the adaptive reuse of the abandoned and dilapidated former Frosty Morn meatpacking plant. Working in teams, students regularly collaborated with local professionals and presented their final proposals to mayor Joe Pitts in Clarksville’s City Hall. Seeking a vision for breathing new life into the once-iconic, yet now-neglected building, the mayor intends for the renovation to uniquely serve its community and hopes the project will spur similar socially-conscious projects in neighboring areas. This poster illustrates how the unique student design project structure framed the students' processes and outcomes in conceptualizing the adaptive reuse of the old meatpacking building. It describes how the students developed socially-impactful projects celebrating the neighborhood’s highly diverse and culturally rich population, serving its people with community-identified programs, and re-establishes the formerly beloved building as a new sustainable community center. Finally, it illustrates how this project structure can serve as a model for future studies in conceptualizing the built environment through the lens of social impacts, sustainability, and the adaptive reuse of existing building infrastructure.
Adaptive Reuse of the Ruins of Casa Tribunal de Malolos View Digital Media
Paper Presentation in a Themed Session Isabelita Enriquez
Damages in any built heritage due to biological colonization like algae, lichens and mosses are inevitable and subject to deterioration and material loss especially when the building is abandoned for a long period of time. The Casa Tribunal de Malolos is one among the abandoned Spanish colonial structures located in the municipality of Malolos in the province of Bulacan. It was originally built in 1673, served as a second municipal hall in 1859 and converted into a jail house during the Philippine revolution in 1898. The objective of the study is to re-purpose the former Casa Tribunal de Malolos to a new hub. This paper shares information concerning the transformation of the Casa Tribunal without compromising the original Spanish structure. Archival research, structural observations, face to face and online interviews with the concerned individual, archival research were applied to gather holistic and comprehensive results. Adaptive reuse is a creative means of heritage structure conservation, giving new life to the structure that has long been forgotten. Inside the prison structure will be the art hub, activities that can be accommodated are poetry reading, art sessions, photography sessions, balagtasan, dance, music and other activities related to arts.
Revitalization of the Historical Town Center View Digital Media
Paper Presentation in a Themed Session Ma. Teresa Gopez
Conservation of heritage sites and structures has brought a lot of tensions to different individuals, organizations, and even authorities due to differences of their point of view about preservation of vintage built environment. To conserve or to reconstruct would often be a subject of debates among planners and decision-makers. Because of these struggles, historical sites and structures were left abandoned and neglected, and will soon vanish away. Malolos, Bulacan being rich with historical and cultural significance worthy for conservation was declared as National Historical Landmark in 2001. Its contribution to our identity as Filipinos is remarkable. The site has many ancestral houses, important political and administrative structures that do not only tell the past but display the artistry, craftsmanship and ingenuity. But through the years, its glory is gradually fading and its importance is slowly being forgotten. Revitalization of the Malolos Town Center should be done before it loses living testimonies of the past. Participatory approach is used to encourage community engagement and ensure commitment of authorities for the successful revitalization program. Archival research and site reconnaissance provide the needed information to further develop the study.
Prevention of Transit-induced Gentrification in Transit-oriented Developments Through the Usage of Community-focused TOD-Suitability Index View Digital Media
Paper Presentation in a Themed Session Angelo Paulo Mogul
Transit-oriented developments (TOD) that are not focused on the considerations for the local community often lead to Transit-induced gentrification (TIG) together with its positive and negative effects. The study aims to capacitate local government units and local communities for the creation of community focused policies and plans to reduce the negative effects of gentrification. The primary method of research is the integration of community planning concepts into the existing TOD planning tools, the TOD-Suitability Index (TSI) to focus on the management of gentrification. The modified TSI will be used in a previously tested area and determine if the recommendations will vary and lean towards community-focused approach. Since the TSI is originally a qualitative planning framework, the addition of a community-focused criteria will help users of the tool envision TODs that are more mindful of the potential occurrence of gentrification.
