The rebuilt of loft and the reuse of old industrial buildings

Author

Liu, Qiang ; Shi, Nan ; Liu, Hanfang ; Yu, Jiang

Author_Institution

Sch. of Civil Eng. & Archit., Univ. of Jinan, Jinan, China

fYear

2011

fDate

15-17 July 2011

Firstpage

7031

Lastpage

7033

Abstract

The commercialization of LOFT solves the major problem of capital source that occurred in the former process of historic building reconstruction. At the same time, the spatial characteristics of LOFT marked by strong senses of nature, authenticity, and romance help us to see the possibility of the potential development concerned with buildings´ self-growth and city´s organic renewal. This article explores the reasons of why LOFT culture was being created and chronicles its development history. Besides, combined with certain architectural cases, this article analyzes the influences on residential buildings and commercial buildings exerted by LOFT in terms of its spatial patterns, formal styles, and commercial values.

Keywords

architecture; cultural aspects; history; structural engineering; town and country planning; LOFT culture; architecture; city organic renewal; commercial buildings; historic building reconstruction; old industrial buildings reusing; residential buildings; spatial patterns; Architecture; Buildings; Civil engineering; Communities; Educational institutions; History; Recycling; city updating; loft culture; sustainable development;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Mechanic Automation and Control Engineering (MACE), 2011 Second International Conference on

Conference_Location

Hohhot

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-9436-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MACE.2011.5988668

Filename

5988668