The Transformation of Offices into Residential Projects: Tackling Vacancies and Housing Shortage
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Oct 08 2021 at 7:30 AM GMT
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- The housing shortage has long been the catalyst for architectural speculation over adaptive resue scenarios or the valorisation of underused places in cities.
- At the same time, the health crisis and its work from home imperatives have brought into sharp focus the adaptive reuse potential of offices spaces into housing.
- The probability that some office buildings remain vacant post-pandemic opens up the possibility of bringing back housing to city centres, enabling the implementation of a 15-minute city vision.
- The following discusses the challenges and opportunities of transforming office spaces into housing, highlighting this limited phenomenon's long-term feasibility and impact.
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- Published Oct 8, 2021 7:30 AM GMT