Effects of adaptive vernacular reuse on historic industrial districts in densifying Dutch cities: Adaptive vernacular reuse deployed as design strategy to redevelop dilapidated Dutch heritage sites

This research studies the effects of adaptive vernacular reuse on industrial heritage sites. Hereby the studied effects are focused on industrial sites in Dutch cities. Within the Netherlands a trend can be seen of cities trying to densify the urban environment. This trend is the consequence of a housing shortage and a low availability of...

Revitalisering van industrieel erfgoed in Nederland: Hergebruik van het verleden om hedendaagse woonproblematiek op te lossen

Door het grote woningtekort en het dreigende ruimtetekort ontstaat er een groot probleem in Nederland, maar waarom zou de focus alleen op nieuwbouw liggen om dit probleem op te lossen als er ook nog een groot gedeelte van het industrieel erfgoed leeg staat en onbenut blijft? De hoofdvraag is daardoor als volgt: Hoe kan Nederlands industrieel...

Reapproaching historic post-industrial landscapes: The case of Edessa

The question of industrial buildings’ and complexes’ management has been a developing field of research and experimentation, especially over the last three decades. Despite the acknowledgement of industrial relics as factors that have largely contributed to the formation of regions’, communities’ and cities’ identity, in the 21st century there...

Discourses Behind Industrial Heritage: Exploring the Construction Process and Influence behind the Transformation of Industrial Heritage — By comparing 798 art zone in China and Zeche Zollverein in Germany

Industrial heritage is socially constructed in contemporary society, and diverse subjects and historical contexts create differentiated constructed outcomes. Taking 798 art zone in China and Zeche Zollverein in Germany as research objects, this paper explores and compares the diverse discourses behind the development of industrial heritage and...

(Re-)Framing Authenticity: Industrial Heritage Reuse Strategies in Review

The present essay examines the influence of authenticity’s notion on <br/>Industrial Heritage Reuse practices in Europe from the 1970’s onwards. This <br/>consideration formed the motive of the carried-out analysis. Initially, <br/>authenticity’s theoretical framework is being interpreted through its latent <br/>relation to intangible heritage....