Bie Plevoets holds a PhD in architecture and works on theory of adaptive reuse in the research group Trace - Adaptive Reuse and Heritage in the Faculty of Architecture and Arts at Hasselt University, Belgium. She teaches courses on adaptive reuse at BA and MA levels.

Koenraad Van Cleempoel is Professor of Art History in the Faculty of Architecture and Arts at Hasselt University, Belgium, where he is also a member of the research group Trace. He was previously holder of the Pieter Paul Rubens Chair at the University of California, Berkeley, USA.

Introduction. Part 1. 1. Historical Background. 2. Intervention Strategies. 3. Adaptive Reuse for Urban. Regeneration. 4. Genius Loci. 5. Concluding reflections. Part 2. 1. Diocletian Palace, Split (vernacular transformation from the 7th century onwards). 2. Santa Maria degli Angeli e dei Martiri, Rome (Michelangelo, 1553-1556). 3. Castelvecchio Museum, Verona (Scarpa, 1959-1973). 4. SESC Pompeia, Sao Paulo (Lina Bo Bardi, 1977-1986). 5. Attocha Station, Madrid (Moneo, 1984 - 1992). 6. Kunsthaus Tacheles, Berlin (squatter community, 1990-2014). 7. Palais de Tokyo, Paris (Lacaton & Vassal, 2000-2002 and 2012-2014). 8. Library Escuelas Pias San Fernando, Madrid (José Ignacio Linazasoro, 1996-2004). 9. Kolumba Art Museum, Cologne (Zumthor, 2003-2007). 10. Neues Museum, Berlin (David Chipperfield & Julian Harrap, 1997-2009). 11. C-Mine, Genk (51N4E, 2011). 12. Park Spoor Noord, Antwerp (2006-2011). 13. Park Avenue Armory, New York (Herzog & De Meuron, 2006 - ungoing). 14. Sir John Soan Museum, London (Caruso St John, 2009-2012). 15. Former Prison, Hasselt (NoAarchitecten, 2008-2012). 16. OFF Piotrkowka, Lodz (2011-ungoing). 17. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam (Cruz y Ortiz Arquitectos, 2000-2013). 18. Fondaco Dei Tedeschi, Venice (OMA, 2009-2016). 19. De Flat Kleiburg, Amsterdam (NL Architect & XVW architectuur, 2012-2016). 20. St Joseph church, Ghent (TV TRACE, feasibility study 2017). Index.