[Tagging] Multiple purposes for buildings

[Philip Barnes]

In the UK many premiere inns are converted office buildings. 

 How does one go about mapping a row of terraced houses, where a single building will contain 20 our so houses, often with a corner shop at the end? I would have drawn each house to maintain numbering, is that the correct way?

Phil
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On 02/01/2013 10:16 Simone Saviolo wrote:

2013/1/2 Martin Koppenhoefer <dieterdreist at gmail.com>

2013/1/2 Simone Saviolo <simone.saviolo at gmail.com>:

> What you are trying to tag is the
> *use* of the building, and not a property of the building per se. Unless
> it's a mall, a retail store's interior is not structurally different from an
> office space or apartments - it could be converted, in fact.



well, true and not. [...]


I agree, what I said is not universally true. However, often those "mixed-use" buildings feature units that can be easily converted. In Italy for instance it is common to find apartments used as offices for small companies, and shops in the floor level of a building that could be converted to an apartment (I know because I did). While the use change doesn't happen at the blink of an eye, and you usually have to obtain permits to do that, I fail to see what makes those rooms a residential or a commercial building - especially considering, as you said, that "commercial" and "residential" may mean a lot of different things.  


Regards,


Simone

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