Hybrid space as a conceptual framework for adaptation

Authors

  • Eman Al Braifkani Eastern Mediterranean University

    Eman Al-Braifkani holds a master's degree in interior architecture at Eastern Mediterranean University (EMU) in N. Cyprus, 2019. She has authored a book on history of interior design and number of research papers in the field of architecture and interior design. Her research interests include issues of architecture philosophy and interior spaces, sustainability, and hospitality design. She is a member of the Iraqi Engineers Syndicate / Architectural Engineering since 2003.

  • Kağan Günçe Prof. Dr. Eastern Mediterranean University, N.Cyprus

    Kagan Gunce is Professor of Interior Architecture at Eastern Mediterranean University (EMU) in N. Cyprus. He also serves as Vice Chair of the Institute of Graduate Studies and Research at EMU. He holds bachelor's degree, master's and PhD degrees in Architecture from EMU. His research interests include architectural & interior architectural spaces issues, environmental psychology, architectural theory, conservation of industrial heritage and traditional housing.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.47818/DRArch.2020.v1i1001

Keywords:

adaptation, adaptive reuse, culture, hybride space, hybridity, identity

Abstract

Adaptive reuse is a common formula for reliving life in spaces that are no longer used for their original function, whether through physical adjustments or by incorporating virtual environments into space to Create hybrid spaces with a new dimension in which the data of memory, culture and space identity interact. Although the trends of the studies vary in their approach to deal with the concept of adapting architectural spaces, they remain in the same theme that the process of space adaptation is seen to be based on either one or the other, Oblivious to the fact that the process of building adaptation generates tension and creates hybrid spaces which belong to neither. Thus, the studies that focused on this subject does not reach the creation of a clear and specific theoretical framework for adapting architecture to changing cultural and social requirements and desires. This research attempts to examine the possibility of investing the concept of hybrid to consider different dimensions of architectural adaptation. The relevance of hybridity theory to understanding architectural adaptation is a subject that has hardly been explored. An objective of this research is to investigate this research gap represented of absence of specialized studies help to understand the relationship between the concept of hybrid and architectural adaptation and lack of the proposed concepts that accommodate new patterns of adaptation to preserve more than one characteristic (perhaps in conflict) within the original space. In light of this, the research problem is represented in the absence of a clear and comprehensive theoretical framework that enables the identification of forms of adaptation that respond to changing cultural and social requirements and desires. Hence, this research seeks to combine Bhabha's concept of hybrids and adaptation of architecture to build a clear and comprehensive perception of this concept, by using architectural studies that dealt with these subjects.

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Al Braifkani, E., & Günçe, K. (2021). Hybrid space as a conceptual framework for adaptation. Journal of Design for Resilience in Architecture and Planning, 1(1), 01–14. https://doi.org/10.47818/DRArch.2020.v1i1001 (Original work published December 29, 2020)

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