ArchDaily | Broadcasting Architecture Worldwide https://www.archdaily.com/ Thu, 9 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://assets.adsttc.com/doodles/archdaily-logo-feedly.svg 026CB6 https://www.archdaily.com/1036211/design-ethos-of-subtraction-and-addition-10-adaptive-reuse-projects-for-commercial-and-social-spaces-in-asia Fri, 21 Nov 2025 07:30:00 +0000 Miwa Negoro https://www.archdaily.com/1036211/design-ethos-of-subtraction-and-addition-10-adaptive-reuse-projects-for-commercial-and-social-spaces-in-asia While adaptive reuse has been increasingly acknowledged as a vital architectural strategy worldwide, its discourse and implementation in Asia are still expanding—driven by growing ecological awareness and a shifting understanding of architectural knowledge. Rather than accelerating a developmentalist model centered on demolition and new construction, architects today are confronted with a different approach to the built environment: treating the existing structure as a resource—an archive of materials, spatial organizations, and informal histories.

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