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Table 4 Assessment of the suitability of buildings for adaptation to a hotel, exhibition spaces, administrative spaces and sports and recreation-related functions

From: The Boyen Fortress: structural analysis of selecting complementary forms of use for a proposed adaptive reuse project

No

Building name

V1

V2

V3

V4

V5

Floor area (m2)

Suitability for a hotel

Suitability for an exhibition space

Suitability for a commercial function

Suitability for an administrative function

Suitability for a sports and recreation function

1

Barracks

3

3

3

3

2

2779.7

2

Barracks

3

3

3

3

2

2779.7

3

Granary

3

3

3

3

2

940.0

4

Granary

3

3

3

3

2

940.0

5

Arsenal

2

3

3

3

3

1953.6

6

Exercise building

2

3

3

3

3

499.1

7

Artillery workshop

2

3

3

3

2

210.7

8

Homing pigeon station

2

3

2

2

2

305.2

9

Black powder laboratory

1

3

3

3

2

399.4

10

Coach house and stable

2

3

3

3

3

371.6

11

Wartime barracks

2

3

2

2

2

227.3

12

Wartime barracks

2

3

2

2

2

211.3

13

Wartime barracks

2

3

2

2

2

294.0

14

Wartime barracks

2

3

2

2

2

217.1

15

Wartime barracks

2

3

2

2

2

219.0

16

Bakery complex

2

3

3

2

2

926.0

  1. Scale of the suitability for adaptation to a given function
  2. 3—high suitability (it is possible to adapt the structure to the given function while limiting interference with its material substance to a minimum), 2—conditional or low suitability (it is possibly to adapt the structure to the given function while significantly altering its substance and character), 1—very low or highly problematic suitability (the adaptation would cause an almost complete loss of the original character of the structure). Some of the Fortress’ structures were not included in this analysis—such as the spaces at the tips of its bastions or certain caponiers. Their layout, as well as other specific conditions, e.g. lack of access to sunlight, made them highly inflexible in terms of adaptation capacity, which is why including them in the analysis made no sense
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