Abstract
Over the past 30 years, Lodz, one of the largest cities in Poland, has struggled with the effects of the political transformation. Historic post-industrial buildings have presented both a problem and a challenge. Due to the lack of other determinants of identity, the adaptation of former textile factories has become a key element in shaping the historic urban landscape of Lodz. This article presents the results of the latest research on this process. Several hundred places were analyzed in terms of changes in function, as well as the relationship between the typological features of buildings and their current state of preservation. The research results confirmed the effectiveness of adaptive reuse in the process of industrial heritage protection. Moreover, the scale of this phenomenon makes Lodz a leading centre of post-industrial revitalization. Local experience can be a source of lessons for similar processes undertaken in other cities of Central and Eastern Europe.
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