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Table 2
Physical building characteristics affecting adaptive reuse potential.
| Positive | Negative | |
|---|---|---|
| Structure and floors | Large floor spans | Dense grids |
| Columns; free plans | Low ceilings under existing beams | |
| Constructed for heavy carriage | Thin floors: acoustic insulation insufficient | |
| Facade | Small grid | Inadequate technical state, no attachment-points for interior walls |
| Good technical state | Cantilevering floors: complicates adding balconies | |
| Floor lay-out, length and depth | Deep buildings | Location of elevators and staircases |
| Stairs and elevators | Excess number of elevators | Insufficient number of escape routes |
| Excessive space occupied by cores | ||
Source: Remøy and Wilkinson [50].
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