International Journal of Building Pathology and Adaptation: Volume 38 Issue 5

The conundrum of professionalising building surveying in Malaysia

Abdul-Rashid Abdul-Aziz, Subashini Suresh, Suresh Renukappa

The purpose of this study is to track the series of setbacks by a few like-minded persons since the early 1990s to entrench building surveying as a profession in Malaysia.

Identifying building obsolescence: towards increasing buildings' service life

Mohammad Pourebrahimi, Seyed Rahman Eghbali, Ana Pereira Roders

Obsolescence is a decline or loss of utility of an object, building or product. Different types of building obsolescence decrease buildings’ utility and shorten their service…

Building maintenance practices in Malaysia: a systematic review of issues, effects and the way forward

Ali Hauashdh, Junaidah Jailani, Ismail Abdul Rahman, Najib AL-fadhali

In recent years, there have been many concerns about issues surrounding building maintenance, which are continually increasing. However, there is a lack of comprehensive studies…

The technical issues associated with algae building technology

Sara Wilkinson, Nimish Biloria, Peter Ralph

As the impacts of climate change become more evident, the need to adopt new ways of constructing buildings becomes more urgent. The Earth has experienced hotter climates globally…

The importance of place and authenticity in adaptive reuse of heritage buildings

Shabnam Yazdani Mehr, Sara Wilkinson

In adaptive reuse, the importance of place referred to as “genius loci,” whereas authenticity refers to the design, materials, setting and workmanship of a building or place…

Adaptive reuse of open spaces in historical buildings

Hatice Kıran Çakır, Dinçer Aydın, Selin Arabulan

This study aims to evaluate the use of open and green spaces (OGS) of a historical building after the adaptive reuse of the building. The relationship between the use of OGSs and…

Resolving deterioration of heritage building elements using an expert system

Mohamed Marzouk, Maryam ElSharkawy, Pakinam Elsayed, Aya Eissa

The maintenance of original building materials is crucial to extending their lifetime and avoiding their repeated replacement in heritage buildings. In order to maintain the…

Roles and functions of stakeholders in implementing energy retrofits in the hotel sector

M.F.F. Fasna, Sachie Gunatilake

The success of energy retrofits (ER) projects is highly dependent on the involvement of right stakeholders at the right stage. So far, little insight is available from previous…

Existing apartment buildings as a spatial reserve for assisted living

Tapio Kaasalainen, Satu Huuhka

Ageing populations induce needs to adapt existing housing. With ageing, the number of frail old people, who require assistance in daily life, is also increased. Converting…

Evaluation of the future adaptive reuse of Mashrooteh house using the adaptSTAR model

Ali Asghar Sharifi, Amir Hossein Farahinia

The concept of adaptive reuse is an effective strategy in enhancing the heritage assets economic, cultural and social values. The main purpose of this research is to determine how…

Energy-saving parameterized design of buildings based on genetic algorithm

Kele Zhang

With the problem of environment and energy becoming prominent, energy conservation and emission reduction have received more attention. In the using process, buildings not only…

Post-occupancy evaluation of research and academic laboratory facilities

Mohammad A. Hassanain, Muizz O. Sanni-Anibire, Abubakar Sadiq Mahmoud, Wahhaj Ahmed

The purpose of this paper is to present the post-occupancy evaluation (POE) of academic and research laboratory facilities. This is based on the premise that the performance of…