RE Tactics: Renewal, Rehabilitation, Replanting, Restoration

RE (Renovation, Redevelopment, Replanting, Restoration) tactics represent key strategies in construction and urban redevelopment for the recovery of existing heritage. Renovation involves the replacement or modernization of obsolete or deteriorated elements of a building. Improving the aesthetic and functional appearance without necessarily altering the original structure includes replacing finishes, plaster or fixtures. Retrofitting aims to restore a building or area to optimum conditions of use lost over time, often focusing on structural, seismic or health and safety aspects. It adapts the building to modern regulations without altering its fundamental function. It often integrates solutions based on renewable energy sources (RES) to improve overall energy efficiency, while restoration is a conservative intervention aimed at protecting and preserving the historical, artistic or architectural value of a building, strictly respecting the typological, formal and structural characteristics of the pre-existing structure.