SLIDE 1 A Culture of Reuse: Deconstruction & Historic Preservation
Stephanie Phillips City of San Antonio Office of Historic Preservation
SLIDE 2 Hi, we're OHP!
We’re a City department charged with safeguarding the cultural, economic, and environmental sustainability that preserves San Antonio’s unique sense of place, economic competitiveness, and authenticity.
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Intersection of historic preservation & deconstruction San Antonio's policy initiative through a preservation lens
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In 1963, Penn Station in New York City was demolished.
SLIDE 5 State and Tribal Historic Preservation Offices (SHPOs & THPOs) The Secretary of the Interior's Standards
In 1966, the National Historic Preservation Act was passed.
National Register of Historic Places (NPS)
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Grants for programming, survey, education, and community revitalization Historic Tax Credit Projects Guidance for local Historic Design Guidelines & Standards
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What happens before a historic building comes down?
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Public hearings Community advocacy Documentation
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SLIDE 10 PRESERVATION LOSS
SLIDE 11 RELOCATION
DECONSTRUCTION & REUSE
Journal of Cultural Heritage Management and Sustainable Development: Heritage & Waste Special Issue
PRESERVATION LOSS
SLIDE 12 If a historic feature or material is deteriorated beyond repair or missing, it should be reconstructed
The Secretary of the Interior's Standards
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SLIDE 14 Like an organ donor, a structure may have reached the end of its life, but its pieces could help extend the lives of dozens of
- ther historic structures.
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San Antonio's Deconstruction & Salvage Policy Initiative
SLIDE 16 '09 '10 '11 '12 '13 '14 '15 '16 '17 '18 '19 500 400 300 200 100
SLIDE 17 WASTE REDUCTION SUSTAINABILITY & ENVIRONMENT PUBLIC HEALTH HISTORIC & CULTURAL PRESERVATION WORKFORCE & ECONOMY EQUITY
Salvage & Deconstruction D E C O N S T R U C T I O N A D V I S O R Y C O M M I T T E E
S o l i d W a s t e M a n a g e m e n t D e p a r t m e n t O f f i c e o f S u s t a i n a b i l i t y D e v e l o p m e n t S e r v i c e s D e p a r t m e n t N e i g h b o r h o o d a n d H o u s i n g S e r v i c e s D e p a r t m e n t M e t r o H e a l t h B u i l d S a n A n t o n i o G r e e n H a b i t a t f o r H u m a n i t y A l a m o A r e a C o u n c i l o f G o v e r n m e n t s ( A A C O G ) L o c a l d e m o l i t i o n , s a l v a g e , a n d h o u s e m o v i n g c o n t r a c t o r s D e v e l o p e r s a n d r e a l e s t a t e i n d u s t r y r e p r e s e n t a t i v e s U T S A C o n s t r u c t i o n S c i e n c e a n d A r c h i t e c t u r e e d u c a t o r s T h e C o n s e r v a t i o n S o c i e t y o f S a n A n t o n i o C o m m u n i t y a d v o c a t e s L o c a l a r c h i t e c t s a n d d e s i g n e r s
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This initiative is not about if a building comes down, but rather how a building comes down.
SLIDE 19 Conveying to the public and elected officials that deconstruction was historically common via archival research & images
SLIDE 20 Making it local - reuse was part of our history!
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A foundation for material circularity & circular economy policy
SLIDE 23 The laws of physics haven't
- changed. However, the quality
- f building materials has.
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Training a workforce
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Community Engagement
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SLIDE 27 Innovation & tech
How can the City quantifiably reduce the volume of reusable/recyclable building materials that end up in the landfill by developing a digital tool that connects sellers and buyers of salvaged materials?
Hi, Refinder team!
SLIDE 28 Engaging nationally across sectors
DECONSTRUCTION THINK TANK: FEBRUARY 2020
Link to Final Agenda: bit.ly/SAThinkTank
SLIDE 29 Engaging internationally in the growing Climate Heritage movement
CLIMATEHERITAGE.ORG
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- Rallying cry from French architects Lacaton & Vassal
“Never demolish, never remove
- r replace, always add, transform,
and reuse!”
SLIDE 31 www.SApreservation.com www.SAreuse.com - our brand new reuse website! Stephanie Phillips stephanie@sapreservation.com linkedin.com/in/stephaniemariephillips
Contact
@SApreservation
