Industrial heritage is one special type of cultural heritage, which in the last decades has gradually gained strategic and multifaceted importance – as a witness of urban pasts for the benefit of future generations, as a tourist attraction, as a trigger for local economic revitalization processes, as well as an opportunity to experiment with creative renovation practices, often intertwining conservation, transformation and exhibition stances. The Thesis aims at evaluating the effectiveness of innovative design strategies through their application on the Jiangmen Sugarcane Chemical Plant, which used to be the largest sugarcane chemical joint plant established in China. Due to de-industrialization policies, the site has been abandoned and now lies in a state of decay. However, the historical, technological, social, economic, and aesthetic values embedded in its tangible and intangible forms continue to have a special significance in the local and national heritage scape. In order to enhance the relevance and role of the former plant, the Thesis proposes an intervention aimed to repurpose the site and reconnect it to the social and physical texture of the city. The proposed architectural design choices – that were developed drawing on extensive research on the renovation of industrial heritage – are meant to balance the conservation and transformation of the original structures, in order to provide new functional and social possibilities and, at the same time, to allow the site’s history and identity to remain visible and resounding.
Il patrimonio industriale è un tipo speciale di patrimonio culturale, che negli ultimi decenni ha gradualmente acquisito un'importanza strategica e sfaccettata - come testimonianza del passato urbano a beneficio delle generazioni future, come attrazione turistica, come innesco di processi di rivitalizzazione economica locale, così come un'opportunità per sperimentare pratiche creative di ristrutturazione, spesso intrecciando conservazione, trasformazione e posizioni espositive. La tesi mira a valutare l'efficacia delle strategie di design innovativo attraverso la loro applicazione al Jiangmen Sugarcane Chemical Plant, che era il più grande impianto chimico congiunto di canna da zucchero stabilito in Cina. A causa delle politiche di de-industrializzazione, il sito è stato abbandonato e ora giace in uno stato di decadenza. Tuttavia, i valori storici, tecnologici, sociali, economici ed estetici incorporati nelle sue forme tangibili e intangibili continuano ad avere un significato speciale nel paesaggio del patrimonio locale e nazionale. Al fine di valorizzare la rilevanza e il ruolo dell'ex stabilimento, la tesi propone un intervento volto a riqualificare il sito e a riconnetterlo al tessuto sociale e fisico della città. Le scelte architettoniche proposte - che sono state sviluppate sulla base di un'ampia ricerca sulla ristrutturazione del patrimonio industriale - hanno lo scopo di bilanciare la conservazione e la trasformazione delle strutture originali, al fine di fornire nuove possibilità funzionali e sociali e, allo stesso tempo, di permettere alla storia e all'identità del sito di rimanere visibile e risuonante. Tradotto con www.DeepL.com/Translator (versione gratuita)
Industrial heritage museum : renovation of Jiangmen sugarcane chemical factory
Wu, Yanfang
2020/2021
Abstract
Industrial heritage is one special type of cultural heritage, which in the last decades has gradually gained strategic and multifaceted importance – as a witness of urban pasts for the benefit of future generations, as a tourist attraction, as a trigger for local economic revitalization processes, as well as an opportunity to experiment with creative renovation practices, often intertwining conservation, transformation and exhibition stances. The Thesis aims at evaluating the effectiveness of innovative design strategies through their application on the Jiangmen Sugarcane Chemical Plant, which used to be the largest sugarcane chemical joint plant established in China. Due to de-industrialization policies, the site has been abandoned and now lies in a state of decay. However, the historical, technological, social, economic, and aesthetic values embedded in its tangible and intangible forms continue to have a special significance in the local and national heritage scape. In order to enhance the relevance and role of the former plant, the Thesis proposes an intervention aimed to repurpose the site and reconnect it to the social and physical texture of the city. The proposed architectural design choices – that were developed drawing on extensive research on the renovation of industrial heritage – are meant to balance the conservation and transformation of the original structures, in order to provide new functional and social possibilities and, at the same time, to allow the site’s history and identity to remain visible and resounding.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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https://hdl.handle.net/10589/181485