Essays about: "post-industrial ruin"

Found 4 essays containing the words post-industrial ruin.

  1. 1. Post-Industrial infrastructure: re-imagined spaces of form

    University essay from KTH/Arkitektur

    Author : Rocco Anthony Pacini; [2019]
    Keywords : Post-Industrial;

    Abstract : Thesis project; 'Post-Industrial infrastructure: re-imagined spaces of form' revolves around several important issues regarding the treatment, appreciation/non-appreciation and architectural qualities of abandon Post-Industrial sites. As many of these types of sites offer many fine qualities that I find valuable within the architectural construct. READ MORE

  2. 2. Great Northern Warehouse

    University essay from KTH/Arkitektur

    Author : James Britton; [2015]
    Keywords : Nottingham; Library; Modern Ruin; Warehouse;

    Abstract : This thesis project is a study of a complex of historic, railway-goods warehouses in Nottingham (UK) that were internally destroyed by a fire two decades ago. The site has has become an erstwhile symbol of the city, a stark reminder of both a past age of prosperity and the century of post-industrial decline that ultimately followed. READ MORE

  3. 3. Ruins of Wilderness : sensual Spaces in between

    University essay from SLU/Landscape Architecture (until 121231)

    Author : Sanna Jonsson Buttery; [2011]
    Keywords : urban wilderness; post-industrial ruin; derelict space; heterotopia; loose space; liminal; sensual; carnivalesque; capitalism; freedom; design; sociology;

    Abstract : Ruins and derelict places have since long fascinated and attracted humans. With my starting point in the wild vegetation and the spontaneous activities taking place on derelict land and in industrial ruins, I explore with help from the theoretical sociology, what creates not only this fascination but also fear. READ MORE

  4. 4. Försvinn. Påminn. Eller återvinn? : om det industriella kulturarvets framtid genom Norra Sorgenfri

    University essay from SLU/Landscape Architecture (until 121231)

    Author : Rebecka Rosén; [2009]
    Keywords : Malmö; Norra Sorgenfri; kulturarv; industrimiljöer; bevarande; industrihistoria; postindustriell; hållbar utveckling;

    Abstract : This essay deals with the industrial past, present and future and begins with the impact and importance the industrial revolution has had on us humans, socially, economically and structurally. Today's society has developed from industrial production of goods to the production of services but the industrial sites remains. READ MORE