Re-use of Industrial Buildings in Belgium and Europe: A personal Overview

The re-use practice of industrial building started in Europe during the 1970s. After Britain, Belgium was one of the first countries where industrial monuments could be protected by law. There are different types or degrees in re-using industrial buildings. 1st: re-use of useful structures without major modifications; 2nd: re-use after renovation-works, with architectural concept and with respect of the valuable elements of the re-used buildings; 3th: re-use of several buildings as part of an important regional project, as IBA-Emscher Park (1989-1999) in the Ruhr region (Germany). Each renovation of industrial heritage implicates compromises between two tendencies: 1. Conservation of a maximum of original characteristics, present in an old industrial building, including the machinery of original technical equipment; 2. Input of creative, personal signature and a more free intrpretation by the architect (or designer).

關鍵字

Industrial Heritage ； Factory ； Conservation ； Belgium ； Europe

並列摘要

歐洲工業建築的再利用工作始於1970年代。在英國之後，比利時是第一個讓法律能保護工業遺址的國家之一。工業建築再利用有不同的形式與等級。第一：未有主要修改的有用結構再利用形式；第二：經過整修工作後的再利用，融入建築概念並尊重再利用建築的價值元素；第三：許多建築再利用作為重要區域計劃的一部分，如德國魯爾區IBA-Emscher園（1989-1999）。每一個工業遺產的整修代表著在兩個趨向間的妥協：1.老舊工業建築內原有特性的最大保存，包括原有技術設備的機具；2.創意的輸入，個性簽署以及由建築師或設計師更自由的詮釋。