heritage and themselves, thereby, providing a sense of security and laying necessary groundwork to enhance the standards of living. Nonetheless,the author has further argued that although reconstruction may preserve heritage, it may be criticized as it acts as a way of falsifying history by only incorporating into the buildings, only those elements that are desirable. The assertion is understood from the fact that some reconstructed architectural buildings are not re-developed using their original building materials. 2.5.3 Adaptation Finally, the adaptation of built heritage describes the processes of repairing and restoration of existing buildings for new or continued use (Plevoets and Van Cleempoel, 2019). As illustrated in figure 7, the destroyed buildings are restructured for new uses. In this study, various architectural buildings were observed to be adapted for new uses, for instance, the Anti villa refurbishment shown in figure 10 below.
2.6 Examples of adaptive reuse of built heritage from all over world In order to understand how adaptive reuse strategies have been utilized in the preservation of built heritage, this section reviews case studies from different parts of the world. This enables the researcher to gain important insights on approaches that have been utilized to restore built heritage. 2.6.1 Australian war memorial
Figure 8Australian War Memorial (Harrouk, 2019)
21
