The reused Factory: the contribution of building archaeology for the knowledge and enhancement of industrial heritage

Authors

  • Leonor Medeiros Profesora asistente en la Facultad de Ciencias Sociales y Humanas de UNL

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.30827/e-rph.v0i27.17900

Keywords:

Industrial Heritage, Industrial Archaeology, Documentation, Methodology, Built heritage

Abstract

The factory, this eminently representative structure of industrial society, is, due to its functional and adaptive character, altered, rebuilt and added multiple times throughout its history. In this change are engraved the marks that reveal the owners' decisions, the new aesthetic values, or the technological evolution.

The specimens that have survived to the present day are now deeply threatened, due to the misunderstanding of the values of this heritage and the bustle of urban renewal that we are going through. But this heritage, often undervalued in territorial management, contains stories and knowledge that, in order to be at the service of today's society, need a systematic, attentive and urgent work of survey and documentation.

This article proposes an analysis of the contribution of the tools of building archaeology in the industrial archeology projects, for the understanding of the profound transformations of this object in four key phases of the building's life: design, installation and use, abandonment, and rehabilitation. It seeks to draw attention to the relevance of this approach to built heritage for its understanding, documentation, interpretation and appreciation in the documentation phase.

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Author Biography

Leonor Medeiros, Profesora asistente en la Facultad de Ciencias Sociales y Humanas de UNL

Professora Auxiliar, Departamento de História, NOVA FCSH

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Published

2020-12-30

How to Cite

Medeiros, L. (2020). The reused Factory: the contribution of building archaeology for the knowledge and enhancement of industrial heritage. Erph_ Electronic Journal of Historical Heritage, (27), 28–51. https://doi.org/10.30827/e-rph.v0i27.17900

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