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Adaptive Reuse (HIP 570)

Term: Academic Year 2010-11 Spring

Description

This studio course presents specific historic sites in need of rehabilitation for continued use. Students are responsible for researching a site, conducting feasibility studies and generating design criteria goals and solutions. Particular emphasis is given to the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for the Rehabilitation of Historic Structures. Students combine design and drawing skills with technical knowledge in order to solve problems in creative, appropriate and economical ways.
Prerequisite: HIP 589