Florentina-Cristina MERCIU, University of Bucharest, Faculty of Geography, Interdisicplinary Center for Avanced Research on Territorial Dynamics, Romania
George-Laurentiu MERCIU, University of Bucharest, Faculty of Geography, Romania
Bucharest, the capital city of Romania, has industrial buildings classified as historical monuments due to the associated plurivalences (historical, architectural, technological, etc.). This study focuses on the complex analysis of the process of transformation of industrial heritage buildings in Bucharest in the post-socialist period. These transformations are determined by various factors: sudden deindustrialization, accelerated dynamics of the tertiary sector, gaps in legislation, etc. Some buildings and industrial sites have been included in the urban regeneration process, but few functional conversion projects have contributed to increasing the quality of life of the local community. A number of industrial heritage buildings are currently abandoned and physically damaged.
From a methodological point of view, the study is based on the application of the Community-Based Cultural Heritage Resources Management (COBACHREM) model. Based on this model, the authors assessed the characteristics of industrial heritage buildings (level 1: production), the identification of the main stakeholders that manage the heritage elements including their conservation (level II: reproduction) and the ways of using industrial monuments by the local population and tourists (level III: consumption). Thus, through the model, the degree of sustainable capitalization of the elements of industrial heritage in Bucharest Municipality was quantified using indicators related to cultural conservation (level IV).
The conclusions of the study reflect the importance of involving to a greater extent the specialists and decision makers in the process of sustainable management of the industrial heritage in Bucharest as an element of the urban identity. Guidance on adaptive reuse of industrial buildings is needed to better meet the needs of the local community
Mots clés : deindustrialization|industrial historical monuments|urban identity|cultural policy|adaptive reuse
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