Survey on Cultural Heritage Adaptive Reuse practices

Id Name Description Action
3611 14 | 15 Bata Institute, Czechia The 14 | 15 Ba?a Institute or buildings are part of the whole Ba?a factory or company complex that is now composed by public and social buildings, as well as residential buildings developed during the years of the greatest development of Zlin from the 1920s to the 1940s. In 1894, Tomáš Ba?a, along with his brother and sister launched the T. & A. Ba?a Shoe Company, a small startup in a town of what was then 3,000 people. Having overcome some financial hardships, Tomáš Ba?a and later on, his step-brother Antonín Ba?a took over the ownership. The factory was severely damaged by Allied bombing, and consequently, architect Ji?í Voženílek produced a new master plan for the factory (1946). The first buildings erected according to this new master plan were buildings Nos. 14 and 15, which were designed for shoe confection and rubber. The new Communist regime took over management of the factory until private investors took control over the factory and the region of Zlin over the buildings.
3612 2nd Chance - Waking up the sleeping Giants, Italy Naples is the third largest city in Italy. His historic center is the largest in Europe and was included in the “World Heritage List” of UNESCO in 1995. The origins of the city date back to the VI century B.C. The Greek-Roman road network was preserved until now in the old town centre but the stratification of the following ages enlarged its patrimony of many major monuments and remarkable urban layout of XIV-XVIII. Santissima Trinità delle Monache complex, also known as ex-Military Hospital, is an historical architecture with a high artistic value, a large building complex that dominates the Historic centre of Naples. The refunctionalization of this abandoned building complex could contribute both to the regeneration of surrounding areas by increasing the quality of life of its inhabitants, and to reduction of socio-spatial segregation of neighbourhood by giving the opportunity to the citizens to discover an unknown part of the UNESCO site.
3613 Creative space co-creation, Lithuania Four different sectors (public, private, NGO and church) have worked together in order to co-create a concept for revitalizing the building and together with other stakeholders (neighboring community, businesses, universities) to create a co-managed space open for everyone. The building has become a new landmark of Vilnius, attracting many people daily.
3614 C Mine, Belgium In 1900, Genk was a quiet village with around 2,000 residents. At that time, Genk was known for its beautiful nature, popular among artists and painters who used Genk as a setting for their pieces. In 1901, coal was discovered in Genk and three mining sites were developed: Zwartberg, Waterschei and Winterslag (C-mine today). As a result, the population grew exponentially: today Genk has about 65,000 inhabitants with 107 different ethnic backgrounds. The mines had some good years, but in 1966 the Zwartberg mine closed, followed by Winterslag (C-mine today) in 1986 and Waterschei in 1987.
3615 Grand Hornu, Belgium Grand-Hornu is one of the most beautiful sites of the Industrial Revolution, listed by UNESCO in 2012 on the World Heritage List. This neoclassical former mining complex was owned and envisioned by Henri De Gorge. It includes the workshops and offices of the colliery, the working city of some 450 exceptionally comfortable houses for the time, each with a private garden, and the residence of the administrators, called Castle De Gorge. The workers' city is also equipped with a school, a hospital, public places, a library, a dance hall, ... Henri De Gorge calls on the Swiss architect Bruno Renard for its construction, to the principles of the communitarian ideal defended by certain theoreticians and utopians of the time. Becoming a symbol of the coal industry throughout the Belgian and French Hainaut, Grand-Hornu was also a fabulous technological laboratory. Henri De Gorge uses new extraction techniques and new steam engines.
3616 Jægersborg Water Tower, Denmark The water tower with a cistern of 2000m3 was built as a multipurpose infrastructural building with apartments under the tank in the 1950s. Due to water noise, the use of apartment floors was later repurposed for archives, depo's and youth activity centre. The new transformation of the tower added 36 student apartments in the upper five floors, whereas the ground floor and first two floors, remained the social aspect of the youth activity centre. Large garage-style doors on the ground floor open up extending the indoor space into the outdoor playground. The rhythm of the original structure is preserved and embellished with the new sculptural layer emphasising the landmark character of the tower. The perimeter of the existing concrete structure is extended with crystal-like pods, which increase natural lighting and square footage of the residential unit and offers an unobstructed view of the landscape.
3618 Caballero Fabriek, Netherlands The CaballeroFabriek is a former tobacco factory, dating from 1953, which was recently acquired by the Municipality of Den Haag as part of the redevelopment plan of the entire Binckhorst industrial area. The CaballeroFabriek has been the first project to be realized within this program, in 2009. GROUP A was commissioned to redevelop the complex into a work-centre for offices, companies and ateliers in the fields of culture, IT and media. The Caballero Factory has been redeveloped in two phases, on the initiative of the municipality of The Hague and with financial support from the European Union. The first part was opened in 2006. At the beginning of 2009, the transformation of the former production halls was completed and the second phase was delivered. In total, around 100 - mainly smaller - companies are housed. The majority of companies are in the creative and innovative sector.
3619 Zeche Zollverein, Germany Zollverein was the world's largest and most modern coal-mining facility and a leading example of the development of heavy industry in Europe. At its peak, 8,000 miners worked day and night in the mines and the buildings above ground. Coal was mined and processed here for 135 years, before the mine was decommissioned in 1986. Today, with its Bauhaus-influenced design, the mine is a triumph of modern industrial architecture and a centre for art and culture. Now it is a large park combining industrial archaeology, green landscape, leisure installations, and cultural facilities. This building symbolizes the structural change in the Ruhr metropolis like no other. Along with its sheer size, the architecture of the Zollverein complex is important. It houses the Ruhr Museum, which is about the history of the region and the Red Dot Design Museum. It’s a touristic location for events, meetings, performing arts and festivals.
3620 Spirito Santo Palazzo Storico, Croatia The project of the Palazzo Storico Spirito Santo was developed in 2015-2017 by the adaptive reuse of 2 attached distinct buildings in the historic center of Rivinj, completely abandoned and ruined, to be converted into a charm hotel with ground floor public access, thus merging the needs of a boutique hotel to the ones of a local meeting place. The Hotel is privately owned. It was awarded as one of the most fascinating hotels in Croatia, as well as one of the best restoration projects in the country. The name of the hotel was given to recall a previouly existing church in front of the building, completely demolished in the 20th century.
3621 Scuola Holden, Italy The complex was born in 1580 to house the Regia Fabbrica delle Polveri e Raffineria dei Nitri. Around 1860 the Savoy government entrusted Giuseppe Castellazzi with the reconstruction of the building that housed part of the Regio Arsenale. A part of the former arsenal becomes, since 1983, the seat of the Sermig. The former Cavalli barracks, which now houses the Scuola Holden, constituted monumental access to the workshops. The building has a closed court layout and is inserted in the area adjacent to the market of Porta Palazzo, characterized by a strong multi-ethnic presence. Until 2012 owned by the state property, the ownership of the complex was transferred to the city of Turin. Since September 2013, following a concession contract, the former barracks has hosted the new headquarters of the Scuola Holden, a school of storytelling and performing arts. The concession guarantees a partial public use of the property.