Arising From the Ruin

Arising From the Ruin: Turning an abandoned industrial mega-structure into a village in Belgrade, Serbia.

Granger-van den Brand, Sara (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment)

Mejia Hernandez, J.A. (mentor)
Staničić, A. (mentor)
Jennen, P.H.M. (mentor)
Gruis, V.H. (graduation committee)

Delft University of Technology

Architecture, Urbanism and Building Sciences | Methods and Analysis | Positions in Practice

2022-06-19

How to deal with the abundance of abandoned mega-structures in a city and where do these structures fit in modern society?

Rather than repelling or demolishing, this project deals with the structure of the abandoned factory of Belgrade by redefining its relationship to the human scale. The use of the age-old approach of roman and medieval village structures serves as the main strategy to allow for change and resilience. With the tools of excavation and fragmentation, the former Cotton Factory is transformed into a village community along with parameters to allow the 'anonymous' users to develop a variety of functions.

Industrial Heritage
Fragmentation
Human scale
Ruination
Excavation
Belgrade

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Student theses

master thesis

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