Transformation of hard coal mining plant in the german Ruhrgebiet, 100 ha classified UNESCO World Heritage site. Masterplan and reuse of the coal washing plant by OMA; Zollverein School of Management and Design by SANAA. The complex is supposed to function as a breeding ground for young professionals, a place to make contacts and start [...]
Reportagem: De arqueologia a patrimônio. Rafael Evangelista. Revista do IPHAN. www.revista.iphan.gov.br/print.php?id=171 Artigo: Patrimônio industrial em Sorocaba: revisitando a Manchester Paulista. Claudia dos Reis e Cunha www.vitruvius.com.br/minhacidade/[...] Artigo: As indústrias Matarazzo: patrimônio industrial no interior paulista (1920 –1960). Henrique Telles Vichnewski. (Texto integrante dos Anais do XVII Encontro Regional de História – O lugar da História. [...]
Latin America is experiencing fast desintegration of industrial plants and connected structures. Furthermore the metropolises in these countries are expanding rapidly, contrary to those in Europe and North America, turning the central industrial sites into vital space for urban growth. Factories built in modern architecture are not yet considered endangered and state policies regarding preservation [...]
ERIH is the European Route of Industrial Heritage, a network of the most important industrial heritage sites in Europe. It is the common link between them all. From disused production plants to industrial landscape parks and inter-active technology museums. The backbone of the route consists of the so-called anchor points: the outstanding industrial monuments in [...]
Since the Unesco Charter (1962) industrial heritage has been included in conservation charters, gaining an exclusive document in the Nizhny Tagil Charter (2003). The Comittee for the Conservation of Industrial Heritage (TICCIH) was created in 1978, followed by many national departments, the Brazilian not before 2004. In 1964 the iron factory São João do Ipanema [...]
