Reclaiming the industrial landscape through sustainable transformation

Reclaiming the industrial landscape through sustainable transformation

Wu, S.R.

Hermans, W.J.A. (mentor)
Thorsten, S. (mentor)
Van der Velde, J.R.T. (mentor)

Architecture

Urbanism

2010-06-25

The title of the graduation project is Reclaiming the industrial landscape through sustainable transformation. The generalized crisis of several industrial sectors contributed to the appearance of derelict industrial areas. The establishment of new and more severe environmental legislation associated with an increasing public pressure related with the need to protect the environment and the people’s desire for interaction with nature or the natural world increase the development of landscape reclamation project. An important step towards a sustainable city is represented by enhancing the cast-off industrial areas with the optic of the recovery and of reuse of the existing heritage. The transformation of derelict sites into parks and public spaces represents a significant enhancement to the quality of life and land use, and at the same time marks a new commitment to the transformation of once-industrial sites to new cultural, programmatic and environmental uses from sustainability point of view. The Industrial Revolution was a period from the 18th to the 19th century where major changes in agriculture, manufacturing, mining, and transport had a profound effect on the socioeconomic and cultural conditions starting in the United Kingdom. Take London for example, in the pre-war period, 1934-1938, expanding industry was mainly concentrated in Greater London: nearly half the total number of new factories, employing 25% or more opened in the country were in the Greater London Region, especially in East London. However, through the change of economy, the most of industrial areas become the underuse space. How to redevelop old industrial area is the main issue of London. Therefore, the study case of this project is Lower Lea Valley, the deprived industrial area, in east London. Today, it has the opportunity to redevelop by 2012 Olympic Game. How to emphasize the unique industrial landscape and improve the quality of open space and open up the accessibility are the main tasks of this project.

Industrial Landscape
Industrial Heritage
Sustainability
Transformation
Lower Lea Valley

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Student theses

master thesis

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