Adaptive reuse and urban regeneration are multidisciplinary and integrated approaches to heritage preservation and development, built around community engagement and empowerment. Rehabilitation and reprogramming of built assets should be complemented by infrastructural provisions as well as initiatives for local social and economic development.
This presentation focuses on the following case studies: Shigar Fort, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan, and Misfat al-Abriyin, Oman.
ArCHIAM. Lecture 21: "Adaptive Reuse, Buildings and Infrastructure Part 2 (narrated version)” Part of the presentation series developed for the Aga Khan Trust for Culture Education Programme, 2021.
Aga Khan Trust for Culture Education Programme and the Centre for the Study of Architecture and Cultural Heritage of India, Arabia, and Maghreb (University of Liverpool)