Open AccessAdaptive reuse approaches of Shophouses at Cannon Street in George Town, Penang.
Author(s) -
Noran Abduljabbar Mohammed Abdulhameed,
Mohd Jaki Mamat,
Safial Aqbar Zakaria
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
iop conference series. materials science and engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1757-899X
pISSN - 1757-8981
DOI - 10.1088/1757-899x/636/1/012014
Subject(s) - adaptive reuse , george (robot) , reuse , intervention (counseling) , civil engineering , architectural engineering , archaeology , environmental planning , engineering , computer science , geography , artificial intelligence , waste management , psychology , psychiatry
George Town has many heritage buildings as a UNESCO World Heritage Site that need to be preserved due to their status. Adaptive reuse of heritage buildings is a common method of building conservation and should be done in maximum retention with minimal intervention by applying the right materials with the appropriate approach. This paper focuses on the four approaches of adaptive reuse that were applied to Shophouses at Cannon Street in George Town, Penang. The data was collected from a survey on ten Shophouses in Cannon Street, Penang. The findings of this research point to the common approach of adaptive reuse in Shophouses that has been used as the Preservation approach.