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Recycling Catholic Convents and Religious Institutional Buildings Into Affordable and Alternative Housing

其他書名	Three Case Studies
出版	Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation, 2008
URL	http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=Nq-3XwAACAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api

註釋This research project chronicles innovative and conventional approaches to converting religious residences and institutions into affordable and alternative housing in Québec City. Using three case study projects selected from a wider inventory of conversion projects, it documents the roles of various players, identifies the "best practices" in creating this form of housing, and evaluates the successes and failures of the case studies. The study uses interviews with occupants and neighbours as well as key actors and direct observation to make post-occupancy evaluations of the case studies in addition to written records to contextualize the adaptive reuse projects. The findings reveal that although institutional building types can accommodate housing functions relatively easily and that they are generally well-situated in proximity to public transportation and local services, the greatest factor in ensuring its success remains the level of funding or investment in the conversion project. Too often, much usable building fabric is destroyed due to lack of financial resources, inflexibility in the application of building codes, lack of understanding of the original building's performance and the proper ways of taking advantage of its inherent qualities in terms of natural ventilation and thermal comfort, and the expectations of future users as to what constitutes good housing. Yet, creating new housing in old buildings such as convents and Catholic religious institutional buildings can preserve the built heritage of a city in keeping with the tenets of sustainable development and can help solve the affordable and alternative housing challenges in many Canadian urban centers if the proper financial, technical and policy tools are developed.