Circular design, as part of the circular economy (CE), aims to reduce the environmental impact of the production process. The city is an activity center where various levels of production to consumption ends in generating wastes. Lasem had significant historical victory stories, in social and cultural. Lasem was and is still a place for multiethnic life with all its dynamics. Over time the functional, visual and environmental qualities in Lasem have degraded or deteriorated, related to the decline in economic activity, including the production of batik in the walled house. Circular city design strategy is needed to overcome the challenge. Historical buildings need to adapt, where the functions in buildings consider contemporary needs and can be used optimally without having to change or renovate on a large scale and wastes energy. One of the strategies is adaptive reuse, propose framework, criteria and scheme that expect to be an alternative solution to achieve sustainable architecture of cultural heritage buildings functionally, environmentally and economically. Methodology used in this research is literature study to get brief comparative studies to enhance the value of cultural heritage buildings through circular design approach.

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circular design, adaptive reuse, sustainable architecture, cultural heritage building, Lasem