Suitability Evaluation of Old Industrial Buildings Transformed into Stadiums

Abstract

The regeneration and utilization of idle, old industrial buildings in urban areas has become a focus of urban development, owing to urban renewal and industrial structural adjustment. At the same time, the increasing demand for sports space has highlighted the insufficient supply of sports facilities in cities. To solve this dilemma, the transformation of old industrial buildings into sports venues has become another mode of recycling and reuse in recent years. Due to the many specialties, complex contents, and numerous influencing factors involved in the transformation process, the suitability of these buildings is uncertain. To ensure the suitability of the transformation project, the theory of old industrial buildings recycling and sports building design specifications was used. An index system was established for the evaluating the suitability of transforming old industrial buildings into stadiums, which included five first-level and twenty second-level indices. Based on the matter–element extension theory, a suitability evaluation model was constructed to transform old industrial buildings into sports venues. The correlation function of each evaluation index was calculated, and the index weight was determined using the entropy weight method to obtain the suitability grade of the renovation project, which was verified by the renovation project case. The research shows that the suitability level of the renovation project is level II, which is consistent with the actual situation, indicating that the evaluation model—based on entropy weight method and matter–element extension method—for the transformation of old industrial buildings and stadiums has high reliability.