Modern Industrial Heritage

Modern Industrial Heritage: A catalyst to new sustainable development

Parejiya, Darshik (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment)

Offermans, T. (mentor)
Koskamp, G. (graduation committee)
de Krieger, J. (mentor)

Delft University of Technology

Architecture, Urbanism and Building Sciences

2021-06-30

To reduce carbon emissions and restrict global average temperature rise, coal power plants are being decommissioned in the EU under the Paris Agreement. In the next few decades, defunct coal-powered plants would pop up all over the EU and the world. This raises concerns regarding the modern industrial landscapes, their possibilities and opportunities. New strategies and frameworks are required to protect and highlight our modern industrial heritage. The thesis explores the possibilities of integrating defunct coal power plants into the city by using existing structures and materials on-site; an idea to conserve the local distinctiveness and landscape generating an enhanced sense of place. The thesis presents design principles to re-purpose non-functioning modern industrial landscapes (coal-powered plants) to integrate them within the expanding city and create a multi-cultural hot-spot promoting a circular and sustainable future.

Industrial Heritage
Circularity
Sustainable Design
Coal power plant
Material and structure harvest
Revival potential
Redevelopment timeline

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Student theses

master thesis

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