Investigating the Effect of Adaptive Reuse of Historic Buildings on Environmental Sustainability; Case Study: Kazemian House in Tehran

Kazemian House is one of the historical monuments in Tehran; Which has been renovated and changed to the Tehran Museum House. In this research, the degree of stability in changing the use of Kazemian house as a sample of modern heritage which has experienced adaptive reuse by Tehran Beautification Organization and Municipality of Tehran.

This is an applied research and the data collection method is documentary and field studies. First, the principles and indicators of research are studied. Then, in order to analyze the indicators in Kazemian House, 15 experts and specialists in this field have been observed and interviewed.

The results indicate a high level of social stability due to maintaining and strengthening the  ense of time, sense of place, social vitality and collective recollection, high level of physical stability due to flexible changes and maintaining the principles, structure, and historical cultural values of the building, Low sustainability performance due to low diversity of use and activity and low adaptation to the needs of the inhabitants of the surrounding area, economic stability at a low level due to low economic profitability and environmental sustainability at medium level.

criteria such as an adaptive land use change in historic houses by observing specific principles and processes, paying attention to social and cultural values of the building, paying attention to environmental values and market values, and creating continuous economic prosperity in creating sustainable development in historic houses and moving along Sustainable development is considered adequate.