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Showing 1 to 20 of 33 for “"Industrial heritage"”.
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Industrial heritage : buildings in the Grand Harbour
… likely to conserve them with pride and honour. Industrial properties are not always as privileged. Nowadays, we tend to fail to recognize such buildings as part of our heritage. However, one can concur that the industrial era represents a time of progress and technological innovation, whose …
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From Dockyard to Esplanade: Leveraging Industrial Heritage in Waterfront Redevelopment
The outcomes of preserving and incorporating industrial building fabric and related infrastructure, such as railways, docks and cranes, in redeveloped waterfront sites have yet to be fully understood by planners, preservationists, public administrators or developers. Case studies of Pittsburgh, …
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Preserving Industrial Heritage: Risk, Monitoring and Evidence-Based Decision-Making at the Brooks Aqueduct
Risk is a pervasive factor in the lifecycle of heritage resources, influencing their designation, management, and long-term preservation. Industrial Archaeological heritage is particularly vulnerable due to its often-overlooked significance, resulting in neglect, deterioration, and eventual loss. …
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Industrial heritage presentations: the symbolic representation of differing ideologies for the political and economic future of Wales
… examines how the presentations at three slate industrial heritage sites in North Wales have become symbolic for differing local ideologies regarding the political and economic future of the surrounding area as well as the nation as a whole. Through brochure and display analysis at each site as …
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Transforming industrial heritage sites in major Chinese cities : reintegrating Minsheng Wharf into the life of the city
China is a nation evolving through post-industrialization towards a cultural and innovation based society. In turn, its urban form is grappling with a number of preserved industrial heritage sites in major urban centers such as Beijing and Shanghai. The People's Republic of China has implemented …
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Preserving the ethos of industry at the Carrie furnaces: the redevelopment of an industrial heritage site and the interpretation of manufacturing culture
… County intends to redevelop this 168-acre former industrial site in the near future. In anticipation of this regionally important redevelopment project, this thesis considers the philosophical commitments of historic preservation, weighs economic growth imperatives, explores how the Carrie …
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Kolmanskop : an industrial heritage resource or only a tourist attraction? : the assessment of value with regard to Kolmanskop Ghost Town and the industrial landscape of the Sperrgebiet National Park, Namibia
… site is also able to fulfil the criteria of an industrial heritage resource? The principal method employed is that of values-based conservation. The study relies principally on the survey of a broad range of individuals and stakeholders in order to establish present values as they pertain to …
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Glasgow Harbour: a marketable heritage?
… through its current regeneration project. Post-industrial cities commonly adopt the gentrification process as a means of cleansing society, erasing the memory of its industrial heritage and projecting a positive image for the region. This dissertation reflects on the heritage, identity and …
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Adaptive reuse of industrial buildings, with special reference to Cape Town
Internationally the need for the conservation of industrial heritage is well established. The factors affecting the success of such conservation ventures have been extensively documented. as well as the changed uses likely to produce the best results in different types of industrial buildings. Many …
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Reappropriating post-industrial sites for environmental remediation: the adaptive reuse of Hollinger Gold Mine in Timmins
… the thesis addresses the question: how can industrial heritage principles guide the adaptive reuse of abandoned mining structures to remediate the landscape they inhabit? Stemming from writings on adaptive reuse, three main research topics guide this thesis: 1) materiality; 2) spatial, …
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Steeltown scene : genre, performance and identity in the alternative independent music scene in Hamilton, Ontario
… Ontario, also known, with reference to its industrial heritage, as "Steeltown." Drawing on the growing literature on the relationship between place and popular music, on my own experience as a local musician, direct observation of performances and of venues and other sites of interaction, as …
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Poetry and the Archive
… mining areas were validated as UNESCO World Heritage Sites. Here are found numerous remnants of the mining industry that justified Cornwall’s prominence from the Industrial Revolution up to the close of the last major mine in the 1990s. An essential part of that history is the trade of The …
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Binary Response - film centre 001011 for the gasworks precinct
… Gasworks Precinct. The culturally significant industrial heritage of the site serves as starting point for the decision-making. Facilities and communities in direct adjacency to the site guide decision making regarding the function of new edifices in the precinct. The assessed surrounding …
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In search of significance
… The design intervention celebrates the unique industrial heritage of the Cullinan No. II Shaft Compound through a process of heritage preservation, representation and integration with its surrounding context. This dissertation aims at establishing a method of communicating the story of the …
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L’architettura dell’Industria elettrica in Sardegna dal 1911 al 1961
… beginning of the Twentieth Century, Sardinian industrial production was still strictly related to steam machines and only a few enlightened industries exploited electric power. The development of electrical industry in Sardinia has been an essential moment on a political, social and economic …
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THE PROVISION OF NURSERY EDUCATION IN ENGLAND AND WALES TO 1967 WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO NORTH - EAST ENGLAND
… Seven nursery schools in contrasting areas of industrial heritage of the North East were chosen as example case-studies, spread over a period of 30 turbulent years. The first was established during WW1 clearly in the vanguard with the McMillans and before the government legislation of 1918. Two …
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Gas and grain : the conservation of networked industrial landscapes
This thesis examines the networked industrial landscapes of Cape Town's nineteenth century gas supply industry, and South Africa's twentieth century grain elevator system. The thesis takes the view that, although created in very differing circumstances, both networks were explicitly constructed …
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Gas and grain : the conservation of networked industrial landscapes
This thesis examines the networked industrial landscapes of Cape Town's nineteenth century gas supply industry, and South Africa's twentieth century grain elevator system. The thesis takes the view that, although created in very differing circumstances, both networks were explicitly constructed …
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Inclination for Disquiet
… in Richmond, Virginia, which is an active industrial landscape that is situated along the James River. The transformation of the space seeks to see the quarry evolved into a multi-functional landscape that merges ecological, cultural and civic function. As an expansive void that has been …
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