In humanity’s current condition, the advantages of organic material sources are supplanted by the qualities of synthetics that allow for rapid growth and altered capabilities, whilst man becomes further removed from his natural existence as a being that once possessed the aptitude to understand and work with these materials. Prior to our industrial, mechanised and materialist consumer culture, the direct interaction with the natural world provided humanity with more comprehensive and experiential ground for growth and learning. As we are connected to the world through our senses, space becomes the primary enabler of such a platform. Relying on the haptic qualities of materials and the body’s ability to experience and embody its immediate surroundings, architecture’s role in the integration between man, nature, and industry is explored. As a natural industry with a significant public interface, architecture acts as a mediator between man’s “constructed nature” and his “first nature” – referring to man’s estrangement from his environment. This dissertation investigates the adaptation of industrial buildings to accommodate public interaction whilst responding to the environmental impact that the production of building materials has on the environment. Alternatives to commonly used materials such as glass, steel and carbon fibres were researched, and so hemp, flax and bamboo became the primary elements used in the making of the architecture. / Dissertation MArch(Prof)--University of Pretoria, 2013. / Architecture / MArch(Prof) / Unrestricted

Master's thesis is focused on conversion of former textile-industry area located in Brno-Obřany. The aim of the thesis was to build a new textile museum within the area’s landmark, former cotton mill, and to revive the whole surrounding area for both the locals and tourists. The exceptionality of this place lies on the industrial atmosphere and uniqueness of the island, on which the whole area spreads out. I achieved the overall program of the area through detailed analysis of neighbourhood and it’s needs and possibilities, as well as I studied the programs of successful textile museums worldwide. The project revives the whole island area; in contrast to the industrial history, the area is widely covered with green vegetation and adjusted as a leisure park. Besides a textile museum, there is also a great hall, an energy exposition with original Kaplan turbine, a cyclo-point and a snack bar.

Due to the location at the gate of the area of Hlubina mine and also representativeness of the "Bathroom" building I decided to design the entrance floor as a public space, opened to everyone. Place, where past, present and future of the area are presented together. There are exhibition places, library, archives, book shop and also some snack bar for visitors.

This thesis investigates the phenomenon of creative hubs in former industrial sites based upon the case study of Hub Criativo do Beato and its process of implementation in Lisbon, Portugal. The hub is explored in relation to political-cultural power embedded in the practice of globalism and public-private partnership. The empirical study represents a common case of creative hubs, but also indicates of a unique aspect of implementation as the decision-making process is shown to bypass the municipal planning department. Conflicting narratives between the rhetoric of the intermediary actor StartUp Lisboa and local concerned are analysed by given value-and-power questions of Flyvbjerg (2002) in relation to globalisation, the creative economy and neo-liberalisation. Data is collected through interviews with actors representing different perspectives and interest to the eastern riverside. Findings shows that globalisation is in the eye of the intermediary manager of the project as an opportunity to accumulate investments and knowledge for the city. The local economic practitioners portray an already ongoing entrepreneurial and global processes in the eastern riverside, and present opposed wishes for governmental involvement within the entrepreneurial and creative practice. The conclusion draws attention to the principal concern of the creative discourse taken for granted in practise. In this case, narratives show that Hub Criativo do Beato is carried out mainly for the city to compete on the global arena, without greater concern for the local context, which resulted in missing great opportunities to deal with challenges and local participation in the planning approach to the eastern riverside of Lisbon.

A significant portion of a building’s carbon emission comes from the materials used to construct it, primarily through fabrication and assembly. According to the World Green Building Council, this is called embodied carbon, and it makes up to 49% of the total emissions from global construction. Thus, new energy-efficient buildings can take from 10-80 years of time to offset just the carbon used in construction. Combined with such amounts of construction and demolition waste, new construction can be viewed as a wasteful or even destructive practice. Adaptive reuse presents a promising alternative method for creating new space, without the emissions and waste that would be generated by building something new. This thesis identifies challenges in the adaptability of existing buildings and provides instances which show why reuse and mixed-use spaces are significant. A literature review will be used to provide the concepts and strategies of sustainability. ix Case studies will help identify the real world issues and how they are addressed in different ways to show various functional spaces. Adaptive reuse is also being explored as a means to fulfill the socio-cultural, economic and environmental sustainability goals while keeping the character of the city intact.

The Ph. D. Thesis deals with architectural and monumental values of factory owners residences. It introduces the position and the whole development of the socioeconomic situation on the territory of Moravia and Silesia since 18th century until 90`s years of 20th century, also development of situation at sugar industry as a whole. Pays the attention to manners and forms of foundation - sugar mills and its owners seats. Briefly informs on the development of technologies and work at sugar factory. Analyses the problems of downfall and transformation owners seats and areas itself from 19th century until the present time. Presents the possibilities of their transformation and reutilisation. Intends over possible access to protection of them following our valid legislative and international charters.

Cette thèse examine le phénomène des company towns dans le Nord-Est du Brésil. La première partie retrace son développement historique de la seconde moitié du XIXe siècle à la fin du XXe siècle, en examinant les aspects fondamentaux des dynamiques économiques et sociales du développement industriel de la région afin de comprendre les interconnexions entre les vicissitudes des company towns et leur base industrielle. En outre, elle analyse l’émergence de company towns articulée dans la construction des archétypes d’habitation ouvrière dans la région. Enfin, elle fournit une caractérisation du phénomène des company towns dans le Nord-est, en examinant son développement historique, dès les premières expériences de logement ouvrier établies par les premières manufactures du Brésil et la naissance des premières company towns à la fin du XIXe siècle, leur expansion pendant la première moitié du XXe siècle et leur déclin au cours de la crise de la base industrielle traditionnelle du Nord-Est vers la deuxième moitié du XXe siècle. La deuxième partie de la thèse considère la présence des company towns dans le contexte actuel, c’est-à-dire le patrimoine de ce type particulier de logement ouvrier dans le but de comprendre les enjeux de leur patrimonialisation, en particulier par rapport aux attitudes, perceptions, connaissance et utilisation de ces espaces actuellement, à la lumière des approches avancées par le domaine du patrimoine industriel. / This research examines the phenomenon of company towns in the Northeast of Brazil. The first part of the thesis trace their historical development from the second half of the nineteenth century to the late twentieth century by examining the fundamental aspects of the region’s industrial development, with its economic and social dynamics, in an attempt to understand the interconnections between the vicissitudes of the company towns and their industrial base. Furthermore, it analyses the emergence of the company towns articulated within the social construction of the working-class home and of positive and negative dwelling archetypes in Northeastern Brazil. Finally, it provides a characterization of the company town phenomenon in the Northeast, looking into its historical development, examining the first housing experience established by Brazil’s early manufactories, the birth of the first company towns at the turn of the nineteenth century their expansion throughout the first half of the twentieth century and their decline during the crisis of the traditional Northeastern industrial base during the second half of the twentieth century. The second part of the thesis considers the presence of the company-induced settlements in the present-day context, that is, the heritage of this particular type of working-class dwelling. It represents an effort to understand the “enjeux” of their heritagization, and particularly the attitudes and perceptions towards, and knowledge and uses of the company town spaces by their present-day users, in light of the approaches advanced by the field of Industrial Heritage.

Trata dos critérios utilizados para efetivar o tombamento de remanescentes de um conjunto industrial: a Companhia Brasileira de Cimento Portland Perus - CBCPP. Procura-se analisar como foram acatadas as solicitações de tombamento deste complexo nas três esferas públicas municipal, estadual e federal e identificar os conflitos que emergiram ao longo do desenvolvimento de tais ações e os efeitos destes sobre a materialidade do conjunto. Busca-se verificar os conceitos e procedimentos metodológicos utilizados no trato da questão pelos respectivos órgãos de preservação e analisar como foram considerados valores, condição de integridade e autenticidade dos elementos do conjunto ao incluí-los, ou não, na delimitação dos tombamentos, juntamente com os reflexos em suas condições físicas. Constituem como objetos de pesquisa as iniciativas para preservação da Estrada de Ferro Perus-Pirapora EFPP - e dos polos de produção da empresa ligados às atividades extrativistas e à produção de cimento, juntamente com os assentamentos operários edificados no bairro de Perus, em São Paulo e nos bairros de Água Fria e Gato Preto, em Cajamar. Tem como objetivo principal analisar em que medida os conflitos e tensões que emergiram durante tais processos influenciaram nos limites alcançados pelos tombamentos e contribuíram com a preservação, ou com a destruição, descaracterização e mutilação dos bens. A atual situação do conjunto, imerso em disputas pelo direito de fruição, ou vulnerável a intervenções em suas edificações, justificam a pertinência do estudo em questão. A investigação foi baseada em pesquisa bibliográfica sobre o tema abordado, processos de tombamento e levantamentos em campo. / It deals with the criteria used to effect the tipping of remnants of an industrial complex: Companhia Brasileira de Cimento Portland Perus - CBCPP. It seeks to analyze how the requests for the registration of this complex in the three public spheres - municipal, state and federal - have been complied with and to identify the conflicts that emerged during the development of such actions and their effects on the materiality of the set. It seeks to verify the concepts and methodological procedures used in the treatment of the issue by the respective preservation agencies and to analyze how they were considered values, condition of integrity and authenticity of the elements of the set when including them or not in the delimitation of the recordings, together with the reflexes in their physical conditions. The initiatives for the preservation of the Perus-Pirapora Railway - EFPP - and the company\'s production centers linked to extractive activities and cement production, together with the workers\' settlements built in the Perus district of São Paulo and in the neighborhoods of Água Fria and Gato Preto, in Cajamar. Its main objective is to analyze to what extent the conflicts and tensions that emerged during such processes influenced the limits reached by the takedowns and contributed to the preservation or destruction, de-characterization and mutilation of goods. The current situation of the whole, immersed in disputes for the right of fruition, or vulnerable to interventions in its buildings, justify the relevance of the study in question. The research was based on bibliographical research on the topic addressed, processes of tipping and surveys in the field.

A pesquisa apresenta estudo de gestão de museu com ênfase na subárea da comunicação e público, a luz de teóricos do campo da museologia, da administração e da educação, com estudo de caso do Museu do Trem de São Leopoldo, entre 2009 a 2012. Apresentando um panorama geral dos museus ferroviários no Brasil, com um relato histórico das iniciativas de criação destes museus, com dados da atuação do PRESERVE/PRESERFE remontados através de entrevistas, além da discussão em torno dos mecanismos de proteção do patrimônio industrial ferroviário. Neste contexto também são mapeadas as instituições museais ferroviárias no Rio Grande do Sul, apresentando a trajetória histórica e cronológica do Museu do Trem de São Leopoldo, desde a criação na década de 1970, o restauro da antiga Estação, as dificuldades com a extinção da RFFSA, as subsequentes reinaugurações até o ano de 2012. A investigação passa por análise quantitativa e qualitativa de aspectos da realidade empírica, encerrando com a reflexão sobre as contribuições desta experiência para a prática da gestão em museus, comunicação e público. / The research presents museum management studies with an emphasis on communication and the public subarea, considering theoreticians in the museology, administration and education fields, with the case study of São Leopoldo\'s Train Museum from 2009 to 2012. Presenting an overview of the railway museums in Brazil, with a historical account of the creation of such museums, with data from the performance of the PRESERVE/PRESERFE reassembled through interviews, in addition to the discussion of the protection mechanisms of the railway industrial heritage. In this context, the railway museum institutions are also mapped in Rio Grande do Sul, presenting the historical and chronological trajectory of the São Leopoldo\'s Train Museum, since the creation in the 1970s, restoration of the old station, the difficulties with the extinction of RFFSA, the subsequent reopening until the year 2012. The research involves quantitative and qualitative analysis of aspects of empirical reality, ending with a reflection on the contribution of this experience to the practice of management in museums, communication and public.

Trata dos critérios utilizados para efetivar o tombamento de remanescentes de um conjunto industrial: a Companhia Brasileira de Cimento Portland Perus - CBCPP. Procura-se analisar como foram acatadas as solicitações de tombamento deste complexo nas três esferas públicas municipal, estadual e federal e identificar os conflitos que emergiram ao longo do desenvolvimento de tais ações e os efeitos destes sobre a materialidade do conjunto. Busca-se verificar os conceitos e procedimentos metodológicos utilizados no trato da questão pelos respectivos órgãos de preservação e analisar como foram considerados valores, condição de integridade e autenticidade dos elementos do conjunto ao incluí-los, ou não, na delimitação dos tombamentos, juntamente com os reflexos em suas condições físicas. Constituem como objetos de pesquisa as iniciativas para preservação da Estrada de Ferro Perus-Pirapora EFPP - e dos polos de produção da empresa ligados às atividades extrativistas e à produção de cimento, juntamente com os assentamentos operários edificados no bairro de Perus, em São Paulo e nos bairros de Água Fria e Gato Preto, em Cajamar. Tem como objetivo principal analisar em que medida os conflitos e tensões que emergiram durante tais processos influenciaram nos limites alcançados pelos tombamentos e contribuíram com a preservação, ou com a destruição, descaracterização e mutilação dos bens. A atual situação do conjunto, imerso em disputas pelo direito de fruição, ou vulnerável a intervenções em suas edificações, justificam a pertinência do estudo em questão. A investigação foi baseada em pesquisa bibliográfica sobre o tema abordado, processos de tombamento e levantamentos em campo. / It deals with the criteria used to effect the tipping of remnants of an industrial complex: Companhia Brasileira de Cimento Portland Perus - CBCPP. It seeks to analyze how the requests for the registration of this complex in the three public spheres - municipal, state and federal - have been complied with and to identify the conflicts that emerged during the development of such actions and their effects on the materiality of the set. It seeks to verify the concepts and methodological procedures used in the treatment of the issue by the respective preservation agencies and to analyze how they were considered values, condition of integrity and authenticity of the elements of the set when including them or not in the delimitation of the recordings, together with the reflexes in their physical conditions. The initiatives for the preservation of the Perus-Pirapora Railway - EFPP - and the company\'s production centers linked to extractive activities and cement production, together with the workers\' settlements built in the Perus district of São Paulo and in the neighborhoods of Água Fria and Gato Preto, in Cajamar. Its main objective is to analyze to what extent the conflicts and tensions that emerged during such processes influenced the limits reached by the takedowns and contributed to the preservation or destruction, de-characterization and mutilation of goods. The current situation of the whole, immersed in disputes for the right of fruition, or vulnerable to interventions in its buildings, justify the relevance of the study in question. The research was based on bibliographical research on the topic addressed, processes of tipping and surveys in the field.