Understanding the contribution of hospitality to the sustainable redevelopment of the historic built environment using Actor Network Theory.

Dr Ian Elsmore

Tanya Rountree

"The lightest touch"

Brewery Yard East Elevation Source: Hotel Architect

Sustainable Development?

Sustainable Development?

What is the UK development process?

Punters Flow Diagram of the Development Process: Source Punter (1990:13)

Who are the players/actors?• Developer• Architect• Urban designer• Real estate investor• Hotel operator

• Local Authority• Planning committee• Planning officer• Conservation officer• Building control officer• English Heritage• Highways Authority• Environmental Health• Town Council

• Public• Clients• Neighbouring business• Local residents• Civic trust• Conservation bodies

• The building• The setting• The curtilage

Who are some of the players/actors?

Conflicting aims?

Sustainable Development?

• Conservation• Preservation• Implementation of

legislation & guidance• Access• Profit• Regeneration• Employment• Safety• Marketability• Uniqueness (USP)• Politics

& more

What is actor-network theory?

Case study: Henley Brewery

Where hospitality outlets & character buildingsinteract

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Why Actor-Network Theory?Why use actor-network theory?

Industrial features

Retaining characterfeatures

Moving characterfeatures

Where are you?

"The lightest touch"

Brewery Yard East Elevation Source: Hotel Architect

Dr Ian Elsmore Tanya Rountree

i.elsmore@shu.ac.uk tanya.rountree@ntu.ac.uk

+44 114 225 6129 +44 115 8482923