brief intro on adaptive reuse of old industrial buildings

    This blog will focus on the importance and relevance how adaptive reuse of old industrial buildings could work in Malta.I will be explaining this trough other contributions to this topic which are found in the form of previous thesis’s both from America and Cyprus, I will also discuss articles which show similar projects where old abandoned buildings where reused and reborn by keeping their original form and in certain cases extending to the structure. 

     All over the world many industrial cities which once thrived on the industry are now a days abandoned and are slowly rotting away, thus losing some of our heritage and also space. The industrial revolution is on of the most influential movements as thanks to the revolution These industrial areas where built. This was a big factor of massive urban interventions especially during the 1950’s and 60’s. The growth of the automotive industry meant that workers could now venture to new locations and not situate in the less attractive industrial areas. Nowadays such places if not demolished and rebuilt are left abandoned, my title focuses on restoring the run down industrial building and designing it in a way where it could be habitable. This will mainly work better for tree main things which are : Keeping expenses to the minimum where possible , keeping out industrial heritage alive and keeping people from excavating new land for property. 

References:

• Smith,C.S,2014,The Adaptive Reuse of Industrial Buildings,Accessed,17/01/2017.

• Günçea,Mısırlısoya, K.G,D.M,2015, Questioning the Adaptive Reuse of Industrial Heritage and Its Interventions in the Context of Sustainability, Vol.5,No.9 Web 19 Jan 2017.