Framework for the complex and integrated refurbishment of multi-family housing stock of Serbia using volumetric additions

Abstract

This paper presents the framework for the application of complex and integrated refurbishment to the existing multi-family housing stock in Serbia. The subject of the research is the application of the strategy of complex and integrated refurbishment by adding volumes (increasing usable space) to existing multi-family buildings with the primary goal of achieving higher energy efficiency while remodeling and modernizing residential units and improving vertical building communications. The paper investigates the framework for the implementation of that strategy. The framework encompasses several interrelated aspects for complex and integrated refurbishments, such as determining the energy, spatial, organizational, and functional deficiencies of the building; an analysis of the urban planning parameters; a determination of the stakeholder roles; an analysis of the possibility of volumetric additions; an analysis of the use of environmentally friendly and natural materials; an analysis of the structural capacity of the building; and an analysis of the economic feasibility of the complex refurbishment. The research identified the advantages and limitations of applying the volumetric addition strategy to multi-family residential stock in Serbia.