As Found Network

The researchers involved in the Scientific Research Network Read.Adapt.Reuse share an interest in exploring innovative methods for reading and interpreting the cultural layers of the built environment and activating tangible and intangible traces of the past. Given that the built environment is an interdisciplinary field, an innovative and integrated approach to reading and transforming the ‘as found’ – the existing architectural fabric – is needed. This requires the involvement of a critical number of researchers from various disciplines, including architectural design and theory, interior architecture, construction history, material culture, heritage conservation, landscape architecture, and urban design. By bringing researchers together, we aim to exchange and borrow perspectives, findings, and concepts, which would enable synergies and create added value for each discipline involved. Furthermore, coordinated integrations would facilitate innovative methods and facilitate a better connection between reading and interpreting the cultural layers of the built environment.