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The following are good examples of adaptive reuse in Ireland.<\/p>\n
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St. Mary’s Abbey, Kilkenny<\/strong><\/p>\n Conversion to Museum –\u00a0McCullough Mulvin Architects<\/p>\n
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These Irish examples offer a positive approach for re-imagining historic buildings while following best conservation practices.<\/p>\n
Introducing change into the historic built environment requires sensitivity and high standards of design. Often it is necessary to find an appropriate use in order to prevent a building\u2019s decay or destruction, this being one of the hardest problems to solve in the practice of architectural conservation.<\/p>\n
The creative challenge is to find appropriate ways to satisfy the requirements of a structure to be safe, durable and useful on the one hand, and to retain its character and special interest on the other.<\/p>\n
Rehabilitation has social, cultural and economic advantages. Social, in that people and towns keep their identity; cultural, in that artistic, architectural, archaeological and documentary values can be preserved both for their intrinsic value and their contribution to the identity of the town; economic, in that (a) existing capital is used, (b) energy is saved, (c) demolition costs are avoided, and (d) the existing infrastructure of roads and services is utilized. (B. Feilden, 2003<\/em>)<\/b><\/i><\/u><\/p>\n <\/p>\n The following are good examples of adaptive reuse in Ireland.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n St. Mary’s Abbey, Kilkenny<\/strong><\/p>\n Conversion to Museum –\u00a0McCullough Mulvin Architects<\/p>\n
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