A multicriteria model description for the refurbishment of abandoned industries

The refurbishment of abandoned industrial buildings is an important resource to give life to urban regeneration actions. The adaptive reuse allows to lengthen the constructions useful life, conferring new use destinations suitable to satisfy the changing needs of contemporary society. The stages of organizing, monitoring and programming procedures for the development of building resilient strategies are complex and dynamic. The implementation of the VARM (Virtual Adaptive Reuse Multicriteria) platform as a virtual model of decision making, based on multicriteria analysis, helps to synthesize and manage the components involved in building conversion. This facilitates the stakeholders choices and guarantees to undertake policies for the revitalization of degraded urban areas. The same can be used to assess economic, social, environmental and architectural aspects, analysing the risk factors that may compromise the decision-making framework. The control of the entire life cycle of the building, through the planning of adaptive reuse strategies, is becoming a very important option to maximize the performance of the construction, enabling its use to the society.