Abstract:Urban areas of historical value are spatial structures that express the evolution of the local society and local identity. Urban regeneration strategies are encouraged by local authorities to attract people. The transformation of historic urban buildings and their wider environment through reconstruction and aesthetic investments are some of the regeneration strategies for revenue-generating potential and more sustainable urban forms. Contemporary urban regeneration projects aim to create vital spaces by reintegrating historic complexes and buildings in the city urban fabric and to highlight decayed urban areas and the sense-of-a place. Place-making is an inherently collaborative and inclusive planning approach compared to the envisaged planning model. As a concept it refers to the process of place production aiming to advance the living quality of a space. People are attracted to places which can become focal points of economic, social activity and attractiveness including various functions.
The present paper faces an important challenge in the field of sustainable urban heritage regeneration. The paper focuses on a listed building of Xanthi, an urban centre in Northern Greece with rich built heritage. The case study building is the Hadjidakis residence (former Garrison Headquarters). The paper explores a series of issues associated with the regeneration and rehabilitation of abandoned historical buildings and their reintegration in the urban fabric through place-making strategies. The main goal is to provide a holistic methodology for a community-based regeneration scheme and new aspects of urban historic building upgrade through new creative uses.
Keywords:building regeneration; cultural heritage; listed buildings; placemaking; sustainability; urban revitalization.

Title:Historic buildings and urban area revitalisation through placemaking: A case study
Author:Samir M. Bagiouk, Evina Sofianou
ISSN 2394-7357
International Journal of Novel Research in Civil Structural and Earth Sciences
Novelty Journals

Abstract:One of the factors of sustainable development is the protection of cultural heritage and local identity. The urban building stock with its connotative meanings is an important part of the city as historical and cultural evidence. Contemporary regeneration projects reflect a turn towards a rapid transformation of urban buildings and areas of historical value and revenue-generating potential. The present paper focuses on a listed building in the historic center of Thessaloniki, a metropolitan urban centre of Northern Greece. This paper describes a heritage impact assessment and regeneration methodology. More specifically, the paper explores a series of issues associated with the regeneration and rehabilitation of the historical building as a characteristic example of neoclassic architecture with a significant internal decor, which survived through time in a congested city centre. There is an attempt to analyse the methodological approach of a regeneration and rehabilitation project for its protection from further decay, and its reintegration into the modern urban fabric. The main goal is to investigate the prospects of regeneration of listed buildings through mild interventions based on the principles of sustainable development, as unique urban cultural heritage assets.
Keywords:building conservation; cultural heritage; historic urban areas; listed buildings; regeneration; rehabilitation; sustainability.

Title:Cultural Heritage Building Sustainable Regeneration: A case study from Northern Greece
Author:Samir M. Bagiouk, Evina Sofianou
ISSN 2394-7357
International Journal of Novel Research in Civil Structural and Earth Sciences
Novelty Journals