COMPARATIVE INVESTIGATING OF ADAPTIVE REUSE an‎d SUSTAINABLE ARCHITECTURE WITH SOCIAL APPROACH

The construction of new buildings consumes significant amounts of materials and natural resources that can impose large costs. Adaptive reuse of historical buildings, besides the economic savings can be as lively historic centers. an‎d also the urban centers can be more active, and as memory recall. This study is a comparative investigating that integrates the principles of sustainable design (social approach) and reuse of historic buildings. This research is an applied research, which has been investigated by correlation research. Material for the study was obtained through field studies and library studies and by choosing Heidarzadeh House (Renovated building function: Cultural) and Ordoubadi House (Renovated building function: Official) as the case studies; it is used for hypothesis testing. Analyzing historic houses shows that Tabriz s historic houses are based on existent cultures, the principals that can be seen less in our contemporary architecture. Five features of social sustainability are determined and analyzed in case studies. This paper is aimed at expressing social historical message of the adaption and seeing which functions are suitable to define in historic houses. Preserving and reusing historic buildings has long-term benefits for the communities that value them. When done well, adaptive reuse can restore and maintain the heritage significance of a building and help to ensure its survival, (memorial centers) and also the societal value of a given site; that is, the importance to the community of the use of a site by community members or visitors (a place for social interaction). It is obvious that new relationships between human and architecture is settled through reuse. It seems social approach consideration in choosing new user is an applicative way to answer to user s needs.