Reapproaching historic post-industrial landscapes
The case of Edessa
P. SPYRIDONIDOU (TU Delft - Architecture and the Built Environment)
I Nevzgodin – Mentor (TU Delft - Heritage & Values)
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Abstract
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 are still vast underused post-industrial
areas. If dealt with in a large-scale context, these areas have the inherent potential to revitalize the adjacent urban areas. For the purposes of this research, the aforementioned potential is examined under the scope of Edessa’s historic industrial landscape, consisting of several complexes. Rather than dealing with each one separately, the present thesis aims at setting the ground for an inclusive, industrial heritage-led approach in the prospect of the
Historic Urban Landscape (2011). Towards this purpose, three case-studies, showcasing the dynamics that industrial heritage’s implementation in urban regeneration processes offers in different scales, were analyzed. Conclusively, this study suggests the management of Edessa’s industrial complexes as a network rather than as an assembly of individual units, that would stimulate an urban regeneration process, promoting and enhancing its urban landscape.