The Guidance and Control of Urban Planning for Reuse of Industrial Heritage: A Study of Nanjing

Industrial heritage is among the products of modern urban development, and the influencing factors of its regeneration and development are often complex. Due to different national conditions, the research progress and approaches in industrial heritage reuse in China are different from other countries. While industrial heritage sites in Europe...

Control Shift: European Industrial Heritage Reuse in review, Volume 1 and 2

This dissertation focuses on Industrial Heritage Reuse practice in Europe, with special emphasis on the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Spain and Greece. This vastly complex yet fascinating topic has not been studied holistically under the circumstances of the contemporary era. In the 21st century, Industrial Heritage Reuse is required to be...

Heritage-led regeneration in the UK: Preserving historic values or masking commodification? A reflection on the case of King’s Cross, London

Since the early 1990’s heritage-led regeneration has progressively become an important strategy for the revitalisation of urban areas. This<br/>revitalisation though, albeit its positive financial outcome, is not without side-effects, especially when carried out by commercial developers in<br/>the established socio-economic system. This paper...

Heritage and its role in revitalising the housing market

Due to the demise of traditional industry large industrial estates, often at central locations, become available for reuse. Municipalities have reacted by trying to attract new users who would need a lot of space, like big shopping centres, while strengthening the urban economy. However, these attempts have not always been successful. Also,...

Key issues in successfull tranformations of industral heritage

Much of our industrial heritage lost its function in the transition from an industrial to a more service-based economy. Meantime, changing consumer preferences have shortened the functional and economic life cycle of buildings to such an extent that many have become vacant and obsolete. Developers tend to prefer to demolish such buildings and...