Deserted Dilapidated Zombie Masonry Buildings: Are They Architectonic Rubbish or They Transmogrify a Role With Time?

International Journal of Civil Engineering

© 2021 by SSRG - IJCE Journal

Volume 8 Issue 10

Year of Publication : 2021

Authors : Jovana Jovanovic, Suzana Koprivica

10.14445/23488352/IJCE-V8I10P105

How to Cite?

Jovana Jovanovic, Suzana Koprivica, "Deserted Dilapidated Zombie Masonry Buildings: Are They Architectonic Rubbish or They Transmogrify a Role With Time?," SSRG International Journal of Civil Engineering, vol. 8,  no. 10, pp. 31-34, 2021. Crossref, https://doi.org/10.14445/23488352/IJCE-V8I10P105

Abstract:

Nowadays, a lot of care is imparted to the aesthetics of surroundings. Buildings can be sighted as material banks,'' and a lot of foreign governments and funds are leveraging investments in buildings' adaptive reuses and refurbishments. In a discrepancy between removal and new, adaptive reuse of a building, many of them are devoured by nature. Deserted dilapidated masonry buildings are left to the time and become the natural habitats for many creatures. This manuscript peeks into the pieces of evidence (deserted, dilapidated masonry buildings live) from the reality and scientific literature and tries to create a bond between the two of them. In that way, a person is conscious of how much these buildings are consumed and how much they are around us.

Keywords:

leveraging investments, buildings adaptive reuses, deserted, dilapidated masonry buildings, natural habitats, a bond.

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