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ADAPTIVE REUSE OF THE ABANDONED BUILDINGS:

A CASE STUDY OF VISAKHAPATNAM
 AIM
The aim of this research is to find out how abandoned buildings that have
undergone adaptive reuse in Visakhapatnam are and evaluate their
advantages in environmental, economic, and social sustainability, which are
some of the major challenges in creating a future for the past and how it
should be encouraged towards creating a sustainable future. LIMITATIONS
OBJECTIVE •In this research paper, we will not go
•To critically review the literature on adaptive into details about how it will be built as
reuse. structures that are usually reused or
•To study the buildings that have undergone conserved, one of the many issues
adaptive reuse and analyze them becomes the inaccuracy of information
•To propose the idea of implementing adaptive available.
reuse strategies on the buildings selected.
•To determine if adaptive reuse contributes to an
economically and culturally sustainable society.

SCOPE NEED TO STUDY

To know how abandoned buildings in •Maintenance of cultural heritage
Visakhapatnam have undergone adaptive reuse •Slowing down urban sprawl.
and its impacts on the social, economical, and •Creating new community beacon.
environmental aspects of society.
METHODOLOGY

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INTRODUCTION LITERATURE STUDY CASE STUDY DISCUSSION PROPOSED BUILDINGS CONCLUSION

INTRODUCTION:
• Adaptive reuse in buildings is the process that retains as much as possible of the original building while
upgrading the performance to suit modern standards and changing user requirements. Adaptive reuse of
abandoned buildings has been an important strategy to preserve neglected and historic buildings which
act as a symbol of heritage and as an effective
• From a socio-economic perspective, the adaptive reuse of buildings can provide benefits through creating
a community resource from an unutilized property, revitalizing local communities, retaining visual
amenities and cultural heritage, and maintaining a sense of place Some of these benefits can also be
realized in new projects, and as such it is important to distinguish between impacts that occur specifically
because of the choice of adaptive reuse as a building practice, rather than because of the revitalization of a
site. Numerous studies have focused on the success factors required for adaptive reuse and the
environmental and economic benefits compared to demolishing and building new structures using a
costing methodology.

• One of the nation's oldest port cities is Visakhapatnam, also referred to as Visakhapatnam. Located in the
center of Andhra Pradesh, Visakhapatnam is renowned for its beautiful beaches, quiet surroundings, and
rich cultural history, making it the perfect destination for an amazing coastal vacation. The oldest shipyard
in India is located in the port city of Visakhapatnam, also home to numerous man-made marvels and
breathtaking natural sights. renowned for being home to the oldest shipyard in all of India, and with a
plethora of manmade wonders and natural spectacles, Visakhapatnam is a must-visit tourist destination in
South India.
• Its history stretches back to the 6th century BCE and was considered a part of the Kalinga Kingdom.
Visakhapatnam is surrounded by ancient Buddhist sites, most of which have been excavated recently and
illustrate the legacy of Buddhism in the region
• A lot of European merchants from France, Holland, and the East India Company used the natural port to
export tobacco, paddy, coal, iron ore, ivory, muslin, and other textile products during the 18th century the
British developed Visakhapatnam as a prominent harbor of the east coast Because of this a lot of buildings
built during that time were influenced by the European architecture style. Today most of these buildings are
abandoned.
LITERATURE STUDY: VINCENT VAN GOGH

IMPRESSIONISM 1853-1890
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WHY ADAPTIVE
REUSE ?
There are several reasons for this question. Here are
a few:
• It offers a chance to encapsulate past design ideas
while moving forward with modern-day ideas.
• It serves as a conduit between the established and
the experimental.
• It opens a discussion between conventional design
approaches and contemporary theories in science,
philosophy, architecture, and technology

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PRINCIPLES OF
ADAPTIVE REUSE
• Redesign buildings should perform well as per
the functional requirement.
• Should adapt changes and alterations done and
should create connections to the new users. •
Respond well to the existing surroundings and
enhance their context
• Should be sustainable, least-polluting, energy-
efficient, conveniently accessible, and have a
minimal impact on the environment. (Ahmad, 210)
• Should make a visual statement by offering
visual coherence and pleasing users and
bystanders.

IMPRESSIONISM 1853-1890
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ADAPTIVE REUSE
AND CONSERVATION
OF BUILDING
• In adaptive reuse, a building is transformed to

WHY ADAPTIVE
accommodate a change in use required by new or
existing owners. Existing buildings or structures
may need to be renovated completely or just
cosmetically to accommodate the change in use.

REUSE ?
Building modifications
interior space reorganization, service replacement,
or service upgrading.
may

Instead,
require

little
extensive

restoration
tasks may be needed for adaptive reuse, with the
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MAINTAINING
ABANDONED
HERITAGE BUILDINGS
• To improve quality of life
• maintain local identity
• diversity, and vitality
• minimizes the loss of non-renewal heritage
assets
• develop collective responsibility for heritage
assets, encourage community action and
involvement
• provide a strong policy framework for
integrating conservation objectives with
regeneration goals, it is extremely important
that historic buildings be preserved

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CASE STUDIES :
ZAMINDARI
RESTAURANT
The restaurant opened on 23 February 2022.
This is set in a bungalow with interiors that
transport us to the age of Zamindaris. It is
popular for its royal south cuisine. It is
located in Maharani Peta, Visakhapatnam. It
was a hundred-year abandoned family
residential building in a south Indian cuisine
restaurant. It’s a half-acre site, our first
impression was to preserve the original
characteristics of the property, with a
contemporary language in the courtyard.

Maritime Museum( Dutch

Bungalow)
Locals in Visakhapatnam refer to an ancient
bungalow that is nearly falling apart on the beach
road in Waltair as a "Dutch Bungalow." Nobody
could have imagined that this structure, which
was occupied by several families until the late
1970s, would one day house "The Visakha
Museum."
In the 1980s, the bungalow and the surrounding
property were taken away from VUDA for
development. The Bungalow was once
anticipated to be demolished to create room for a
luxury hotel. The founding members of the
Visakha Historical Society and other civic-minded
citizens banded together to lobby the
government to save the structure and use it for a
public use.
 ASSESSMENT OF CONSERVATION AND PRESERVATION OF
1 BUILDINGS

CRITERIA OF ASSESSMENT OF THE SUCCESS OF THE NEW

SUCCESSFUL
ADAPTIVE REUSE
2 FUNCTION

3 EFFECTIVENESS OF LOCAL COMMUNITY'S DEVELOPMENT

LIST OF BUILDINGS THAT CAN BE PROPOSED FOR ADAPTIVE
REUSE IN VISAKHAPATNAM:

1. OPEN-AIR AMPHITHEATRE 2. VISAKHAPATNAM TOWN

AT ANDHRA UNIVERSITY. HALL
 CONCLUSION
• The worldwide clinical network and the principal global establishments recognize
the position of cities and their cultural history for our future sustainability. Abandoned or under-
used homes are each a chance for the city to nice and a useful resource for
triggering neighborhood improvement processes. According to the round economy
model, adaptive reuse complies with sustainable control techniques for city
regeneration, because it facilitates to lessen of the intake of soil and sources that would
be had to assemble new homes. The studies mentioned withinside the present
the paper investigates the influences of the adaptive reuse of historical homes, in
phrases of maintaining the identification of cultural history, protecting its intrinsic
values, and enhancing, at the identical time, the improvement dynamics of the city
region wherein the reuse mission is implemented. In particular, in the preceding research the
authors pick out signs capable of describing the influences of conservation, rehabilitation, and
adaptive reuse of historical homes and the city context. These studies research have represented
the place to begin to confirm the following particular factor of constructing reuse: how a whole
lot of a brand-new feature in a city region can alternate its nice and cause new cost chains.
The signs decided to permit verifying the compatibility of the mission transformations
in phrases of safeguarding a construction’s identification, through maintaining its shape, its
production systems, its materials, and above all the dating among the construction and
the city context. This research has been made feasible by deciding on case research that
permits some of the variables worried in adaptive reuse projects, including the city context,
the layout approach, the implementation date, the client, and the public/non-public use to
be saved constantly. The outcomes spotlight that the selection of a brand-new feature for
a deserted construction ought to be primarily based totally on the enchantment electricity of
the construction to its users, in addition to on an extended and continuous attractiveness, each at
some stage in the day and over the years. The unsuccessful reuse of phrases of electricity of
enchantment condemns the construction to a brand-new abandonment.
Therefore, a reuse project does not necessarily have positive impacts on the abandoned building
and its context. The quality of the reuse intervention depends on the quality of the architectural
project and on the adequacy of the new intended use both in relation to the building itself and the
urban context in which it is located. It has to be able, in a circular perspective, to satisfy the needs
of the community, keep the building “alive” and, at the same time, preserve its intrinsic value