Abstract
Along with the socio-economic changes in Poland after 1989 and the beginning of the industrial restructuring process, many industrial architecture objects lost their original purpose. At present, sustainable processes of reusing the building stock left over from the industrial period are proceeding. One of the possibilities includes adaptation to culture-related goals, where such activities have an established tradition in the world. The aim of the article is to analyze the adaptive reuse of post-industrial facilities in Poland for the functions of art exhibitions, such as museums, galleries, and art centers. The study was based on descriptive qualitative and quantitative research, in the following stages: identification and analysis of adapted objects; developing a typology of adaptive reuse strategies; questionnaire research aimed at institutions located in adapted facilities. The analyses show that the leading group of adapted facilities constitute former power plants, which ensure favorable exhibition conditions. The main result is the recognition of five types of adaptive reuse strategies implemented in Poland, resulting from a diversified approach to the historic substance, such as: the method of extension of an object; placing an exhibition; the character of the exhibition space, along with the type of intervention in the interior of a historic building.
Highlights
As a result of the political changes in Poland after 1989, there was a shift in the economic model and the transition to the free market economy
The paper presents a typology of adaptive reuse strategies, according to the main criteria, which determine the course of the process and makes it possible to obtain the space of art exhibition in former industrial facilities
The result of this process is a new use of the industrial heritage, including external appearance, interior character, and, above all, the quality of the exhibition space
Summary
As a result of the political changes in Poland after 1989, there was a shift in the economic model and the transition to the free market economy. As a consequence of the changes, many buildings and industrial complexes were abandoned and lost their original purpose. One of the possibilities to give them new life are the processes of adaptation, including projects for cultural functions. This is favored by the fact that there has been a significant increase in investments in the cultural sector in Poland in the last two decades. Museums, and art exhibition spaces were built. This growth of new architectural implementations is described by researchers as a museum boom [3,4,5] or, as Rykwert called it, “a burst of creativity” [6] Were new architectural objects built, and abandoned buildings gained new significance
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