The Most Appropriate Reuse of Historic Buildings

Abstract

A widespread tendency is the adaptive reuse of historic buildings, which has an impact negatively or positively on their heritage significance. The aim of the current paper which depends on an analytical descriptive approach is to analyze several global experiences that have adopted "Most Appropriate Reuse" of historic buildings to provide a theoretical basis for a comprehensive methodology for this policy through analyses and comparisons to derive the most important methodologies for reuse in general and “Most Appropriate Reuse” in particular, using criteria and indicators from studies to build the theoretical framework of the proposed methodology, which could serve as a basis for future practical studies. Contributors to the project will benefit from this paper by learning about reuse mechanisms and gaining more knowledge about the best reuse mechanism and how to access and implement it in accordance with predetermined criteria and indications.