Re-architecture: lifespan rehabilitation of built heritage

Re-Architecture: Lifespan Rehabilitation of Built Heritage was born in 2002 as a
concept and is now being developed in a PhD research in the BTO Department - TU/e; co-orientated
by Prof. Ir. Jouke Post and Dr. Ir. Peter Erkelens. There was a mutual desire from all involved
technicians; to join Architectural and Technological knowledge’s, and to develop a conscious building
rehabilitation, that for its heritage value (architectural, technological, material or even economical)
didn’t present the imperative need of being demolished.
This renewal system under development, consisting of methods and techniques as how to approach
the problem of installing temporary structures and building components into built heritage, originally
constructed without lifespan limit; will allow, beyond the research and design cases results, the
development of a toolkit (containing procedures, guidelines and details specific for the intervened
building) that can be used for all interested technicians, designers; but profit by promoters and
consumers. Following this new concept, technicians believe in a true contribute for existent buildings
interventions; more flexible, sustainable and with its life spanned; adaptive to consumer/user
expectations and needs.