A Paradigm Shift in the Adaptive Reuse of Dutch Industrial Heritage in the 1990-2010s

Abstract

In the last three decades architects and urban planners, as well as politicians, preservation specialists and the general public have begun to recognize the importance of the transformation and re-use of the industrial heritage in The Netherlands. The development of new theoretical approaches and practical experiences with the renovation of factories and industrial territories will be described and analysed in this research paper.