Industrial Cultural Heritage Research Articles

Design and Test of a Multi-Media Web Platform Prototype Based on People’s Preferences to Increase Cultural Heritage Awareness

Cultural heritage significantly influences the transmission of history from the past to the present and future. The core of protecting cultural heritage is inheritance, making sure the heritages can be sustainable forever. Various ICT methods facilitate the dissemination and preservation of cultural heritage information. However, traditional ICT platforms often focus on official authority perspectives, neglecting users’ preferences for retrieving cultural heritage information. To address this, a hypothetical media platform was developed to collect people’s preferences for cultural heritage content and media types through a questionnaire, leading to the creation of a new multi-media platform. For demonstration purposes, Strijp-S, an industrial cultural heritage site in Eindhoven, the Netherlands, was used as a case study. A questionnaire was administered to test the prototype’s effectiveness and compare it with a comprehensive search engine like Google. Independent and paired-samples t-tests were conducted to analyze the results, demonstrating that the dedicated multi-media platform prototype was more effective than Google in raising awareness of Strijp-S. These findings indicate that a platform designed based on users’ preferences can enhance public awareness of cultural heritage. This approach can assist policymakers in developing platforms to promote local cultural heritage effectively.

The Influence of Environmental Factors, Perception, and Participation on Industrial Heritage Tourism Satisfaction—A Study Based on Multiple Heritages in Shanghai

With the increasing public awareness and strength of industrial heritage protection, industrial heritage plays an increasingly important role in tourism after transformation and upgrading. The influence of built environment factors and visitors’ participation on satisfaction has been fully confirmed, but the primary and secondary relationships between the two variables remain unclear. The purpose of this study is to explore the relationships between the built environment, tourist participation, and tourism satisfaction, and compare the actual loads of different routes to find the dominant variable. The data of this study came from three industrial heritage renovation projects in Shanghai with remarkable transformation results. Field investigations and questionnaire surveys were conducted on them, and a total of 362 valid samples were received. Descriptive statistical analysis and structural equation models were used to analyze the data. Two paths of “built environment–tourism satisfaction” and “tourist participation–tourism satisfaction” are compared and demonstrated. The path coefficient of the former is 0.63, while that of the latter is 0.77, and the influence of the latter is more significant than that of the former. The study creatively found the audience orientation of both sexes for different types of experience activities, confirmed the mediating effect of subjective perception, and provided the following suggestions for managers of built industrial cultural heritage. Interactive experiences and guided tours deepen visitors’ understanding of the historical and cultural value of industrial heritage. Virtual reality and augmented reality technologies can be introduced to provide an immersive visit experience and attract a wider audience to participate, effectively enhancing the attractiveness of and satisfaction with industrial heritage tourism.

Development of Post-Industrial Heritage Landscape Design Based on Visual Cognitive Schema Theory: A Case Study of the Shou Gang Industrial Cultural Heritage Site

Post-industrial landscapes serve as crucial markers of industrial cultural heritage. This study focuses on the urban environmental form design of post-industrial civilization. Facing challenges posed by the incompatibility of traditional industrial lands with modern society, the urban renaissance of post-industrial landscapes emerges as a pivotal topic. This article defines the concepts of visual cognition, the cognitive schema, and the post-industrial landscape from the perspective of environmental psychology through literature research, case studies, and on-site investigation methods. It elaborates on the design process of the Shou Gang Industrial Cultural Heritage Site. This study shows how to create a living space that has both historical memory and meets modern needs through steps such as extracting core elements, constructing spatial schema, and promoting scene integration. The study found that, by extracting and integrating the four key visual cognitive elements of humans, objects, paths, and event, a dynamic and interactive living space schema—scene relationship—can be constructed. Finally, by summarizing the overall consciousness of the visual cognitive schema, it further emphasizes the importance of paying attention to the harmony and unity of people, behavior, and environment in the design process and realizing the sustainable utilization and development of space.

Industrial Heritage and Citizen Participation: The UNESCO World Heritage Site of Ivrea, Italy

The article explores the dynamics of community involvement in managing the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Ivrea, Italy, designated as the “Industrial City of the 20th Century” in 2018. Ivrea is known for its historical connection to the Olivetti factory, whose existence shaped the town’s material and immaterial identity. The UNESCO-designated area in the north of the city features a mix of diverse buildings from the 1930s to the 1960s, serving various purposes and a variety of cultural activities. The research, commissioned as part of a larger project for updating the Site Management Plan by the Municipality of Ivrea, the managing authority of the UNESCO Site, aims to critically employ participatory approaches in the Management Plans of industrial heritage sites, analyse their role in preserving industrial heritage, and identify a new future for the city where cultural and creative industries play a vital role, or, in other words, to develop the site of Ivrea as a permanent cultural cluster. By employing an action-research methodology rooted in multidisciplinary and participatory approaches, this study focuses on the key role of residents and their connection to the industrial cultural heritage and the city to envision the site’s future. Initial findings from semi-structured interviews reveal a limited awareness of the Site Management Plan in the community and underscore the need for enhanced participatory governance. The article highlights how the collaborative efforts of stakeholders, particularly youth, yield innovative ideas, paving the way for social advancement, economic sustainability, and local promotion. Ultimately, this study envisions the UNESCO World Heritage Site as a central component of the city’s identity and a catalyst for the well-being of the involved communities.

Global industrial cultural heritage protection and mining strategies based on big data

With the continuous advancement of the global industrialization process, industrial cultural heritage has gradually attracted the attention of all parties, but its protection and excavation still face multiple challenges. The purpose of this study is to explore the conservation and mining strategies of global industrial cultural heritage based on big data. Through a comprehensive analysis of the value and status quo of industrial cultural heritage, this study integrates multi-source data and constructs a big data processing and analysis model by using the questionnaire method. The research results show that big data has significant application potential and practical value in the protection of industrial cultural heritage, and can provide more accurate and personalized protection strategies. Based on the data analysis, this study further proposes a series of practical conservation and excavation strategies to provide strong support for the sustainable development of industrial cultural heritage. This comprehensive analysis and practical recommendations are expected to advance scientific research and policy implementation in this area.

A structural equation model to analyze the use of a new multi media platform for increasing awareness of cultural heritage

Dedicated multi media platforms have the potential to enhance experiences and increase people's awareness of cultural heritage. It is, however, not clear to what extent and by which functions these platforms accomplish this. Therefore, the aim of this research is to investigate the influence of functionalities offered by a well-designed multi-media web-platform on the awareness and experience of cultural heritage. The multi media platform used is focused on Strijp-S, an industrial cultural heritage in Eindhoven, the Netherlands. The platform was created as a prototype based on a study of users' preferences for contents and media types offered. To collect data, a sample of 302 respondents used the platform to explore and view Strijp-S. To test assumed relationships between different functionalities, awareness and experience in an integrated fashion, the data are analyzed using Structural Equation Modelling (SEM). The results show that information-collection funtionality plays a significant role in improving awareness of cultural heritage, whereas auxiliary functions are particularly helpful for enhancing experiences. The perceived helpfulness of these two sets of functions differ however between users depending on theitr level of prior knowledge. Policymakers and urban planners can use these results to create their own platform based on local heritage to increase the citizens' awareness of cultural heritage.

Revitalization of Osijek’s Forgotten Industrial Heritage as a Potential for the Development of Cultural and Creative Industries

A highly developed industry used to be synon-ymous with Osijek and the entire Slavonija and Baranja region in the past, but in modern times the notion of industry has taken on a new meaning. Classic factories have disappeared, making room for the development of more modern and innovative industries, including cultural and creative industries. The problem of recognition and conservation of tangible and intangible cultural heritage, which is increas-ingly often at risk, has also come up in the ur-banisation process. Systematic efforts to con-serve and revitalise cultural heritage are need-ed in order to preserve the identity and the culture of the local community. Otherwise it will fall victim to uncontrolled urbanisation, and disappear. Cultural and creative industries are building ways for the development, con-servation and urban regeneration and revitali-sation of the cultural heritage. Repurposed industrial cultural heritage can serve as a re-minder of former glory, but also as a daily in-spiration for new entrepreneurs, creative pro-fessionals, and all other citizens. Local and national governments must make projects aimed at the revitalisation of all types of cul-tural heritage their priority. These projects are highly attractive. Even though they are also challenging and very expensive, they will con-tinue to bear fruit for many years after their implementation by reinforcing their city’s identity, but also through fast-growing cultural tourism. The main objective of this paper is to explore the potentials of the forgotten (invisi-ble) industrial (now cultural) heritage of Osijek within the sector of cultural and creative in-dustries. With this goal in mind, the authors carried out a survey to gauge public awareness of the economic potential offered by the devel-opment of cultural and creative industries, with a focus on the revitalisation of Osijek’s industrial cultural heritage. One of the objec-tives of the survey was also to identify the opinions of different age and education groups in the public about these matters. Regrettably, the awareness of the importance of conserving cultural heritage remains rather low. Educa-tional campaigns, written guidelines, projects and events are needed to educate the broader community in order for the development po-tential of cultural and creative industries to be really manifested.

GDP Forecast of Jinan and Hefei based on LSTM and the Transformation Enlightenment of Old Industrial City Jinan

Jinan City, Shandong Province, is one of the important cities in modern industrial production and development in China. It plays an important role in the industrial history of modern China and has a very rich industrial cultural heritage. Hefei City, Anhui Province, from a small city, through reform and innovation, has become a rising star of Chinese cities, with per capita GDP approaching Jinan. In this paper, the single variable time series prediction model based on LSTM is used to fit the Area GDP of Jinan and Hefei in 31 years from 1990 to 2020, and the Area GDP data of the two cities in the next three years is predicted. Finally, combined with the development of foreign old industrial cities, this paper puts forward some suggestions for the future development of Jinan.

Identifying the Industrial Cultural Heritage of Athens, Greece, through Digital Applications

In Greece, the appreciation of industrial buildings is relatively recent, with the legal authorities having recognized their historical value by listing them as monuments. Nineteenth century industrial buildings can be identified as cultural monuments of the past, as well as assist in the reconstruction of urban landscapes. Additionally, individual initiatives, organized by volunteers, present the necessity for documentation through relevant research projects. The reuse of industrial buildings for cultural activities has lately become a common practice. In Athens, a large number of buildings dated to the industrial revolution and that present historical and architectural features worthy of being preserved have been recorded. Following the philosophy of smart cities, this paper presents a digital inventory of the industrial buildings located in the historical center of Athens; many of which have recently been adapted to host cultural activities. Τhe use of smart technology, by creating a digital application for smart phones, will provide access to a continuously enriched registry, via interactive maps. This initiative will promote the buildings’ past and present use and, moreover, the creative concept of their multiple functions. The suggested model of cultural management is applicable to every industrial building in Athens.

Experiential Value of Exhibition in the Cultural and Creative Park: Antecedents and Effects on CCP Experiential Value and Behavior Intentions

The protection of industrial cultural heritage is related to sustainable urban development. Cultural and creative parks (CCPs) are a way for many cities to protect their industrial cultural heritage. In the context of CCPs, this study examines the relationships among the antecedents of exhibition experiential value, CCP experiential value, and behavioral intentions. Surveying 428 visitors in two well-known CCPs in Taipei, this study found that the four antecedents (attractiveness, existential authenticity, self-congruence, and exhibition–park image congruence) have a positive impact on exhibition experiential value. Exhibition experiential value has a positive impact on CCP experiential value, which in turn, affects behavioral intentions toward the CCP. In addition, this study finds that exhibition experiential value has a mediating effect between the four antecedents and CCP experiential value. Moreover, CCP experiential value has a mediating effect between exhibition experiential value and behavioral intentions. The findings of this study provide a direction for CCPs to achieve sustainable development through exhibitions that can attract more tourists.

Railway Corridors in Croatian Cities as Factors of Sustainable Spatial and Cultural Development

Transport and mobility in cities are important factors in the sustainability of the urbanized world. This article investigates one type of intra-urban transport: railway transport and the surrounding areas along the railway, i.e., whether railway corridors can be a factor in the sustainable development of cities in the 21st century. The aim of the article is to determine specific characteristics of railway corridors and identify problems and cultural-historical specifics related to the industrial cultural heritage of the railway. The article examines the importance of an integrated approach to the planning of railway corridors and emphasizes the importance of multicriteria analyses in the decision-making process for corridor areas. As a case study, the city of Osijek is selected because in the past the railway strongly influenced its economical and urban development. Concretization and specification methods applied to the city of Osijek prove that railway corridors can become factors of the sustainable development of cities. The article proves that railway corridors have the potential to transform sustainable urban development because they pass through central, often historical, city areas, they occupy large surfaces and have a long linear spatial continuity. The scientific contribution of the article is the identification and systematization of the contribution of the transformation of railway corridors to the sustainable development of cities.

Strengthening Efforts to Protect and Safeguard the Industrial Cultural Heritage in Montilla-Moriles (PDO). Characterisation of Historic Wineries

Industrial heritage is linked to the cultural processes that human society sets through the traces from the past. The conservation and dissemination of this industrial–cultural heritage are crucial for sustainable urban development, and positively influences the transition to resilient and sustainable cities. The wine industry around Montilla has suffered as a result of a sharp reduction of the vineyard area in the last 25 years. Wineries, as one of the historic typologies of wine-making facilities in the Montilla-Moriles Protected Designation of Origin (PDO), as well as their materials and construction techniques, are a reference in the agricultural landscape of Montilla. Many historic wineries are the result of the abandonment and cessation of the wine industry. These buildings are linked to the agrarian activity in this area, mostly wine-making, although in some cases, they coexist with similar production processes, such as milling the fruit of the olive grove. This research characterises and analyses four historic wineries in the Montilla-Moriles PDO, which represent an example of architecture in the wine-making transformation during the 19th–20th centuries. This manuscript contributes to the attainment of some objectives set in one of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), protecting and disseminating the industrial cultural heritage in Montilla-Moriles.

Fantasmas industriales del pasado y una aproximación a la dimensión pragmática de la semiosis: caso fábrica de Cerveza Pilsen Trujillo, La Libertad, Perú

El objetivo de esta investigación fue develar los valores del patrimonio industrial, caso de la Fábrica de Cerveza Pilsen Trujillo en la Libertad Perú, desde la perspectiva de la dimensión pragmática de la semiosis. Actualmente, en Perú los edificios industriales son ignorados por las instituciones encargadas del patrimonio cultural. 
 Esta investigación fue cualitativa porque se trató de descubrir significados culturales pertenecientes al patrimonio cultural industrial desde la perspectiva de los usuarios.
 Finalmente, por las evidencias, se concluyó que los objetos patrimoniales, como la Fábrica de Cerveza Pilsen Trujillo, tienen atributos comunicacionales, por tanto, la semiosis está presente en ellos, especialmente la pragmática, porque un bien patrimonial solamente se puede entender cuando este tiene relación con los usuarios.

Industrial Cultural Heritage as an Alternative Tourism Model: Case study of the Wider Lavreotiki area in Southeastern Attica

The cultural heritage of a country includes monuments and historical spots, landscapes and a structured environment, collections, old and on-going cultural practices, knowledge and live experiences. It records the long history and identity of each nation and the collective memory of a place. In modern societies, history and culture have been transformed from process to product, thus becoming an integral part and a powerful reference point of economic life. Modern monuments, from the late 19th to the early 20th century, constitute dynamic systems of cultural heritage; especially industrial buildings that can become part of cultural tourism. The aim of this study is to demonstrate the potential development of the country’s industrial cultural heritage for the diversification of the Greek “tourist product” and the complete promotion and renewal of the traditional touristic destinations in Greece. The development of the Greek “tourist product” beyond the coastal holiday, combining the monumental wealth of the country with the natural and historical, local and national environment where it is integrated, will create the necessary momentum for overcoming the structural problems of Greek tourism. Especially, the wider Lavreotiki area in Southeastern Attica, including the historic industrial complex, the French Mines Company of Lavrion, which was built in 1876, will be highlighted as an alternative touristic destination place.

Using Industrial Cultural Heritage to Transform and Develop Resource-Based Cities

To protect industrial cultural heritage, the methods of overall protection and utilization of industrial heritage were put forward in the transformation and development of resource-based cities. Taking Chongqing, a famous old industrial city in China, as the research object, from the cultural heritage, history, architecture, urban planning and other disciplines, the construction of Chongqing industrial heritage protection theory and practice methods were explored to guide the protection and utilization of Chongqing industrial heritage. A progressive evaluation method from the whole to the local was established. Industrial cities, typical corporate and architectural heritage were evaluated. The overall characteristics of urban industrial development were reflected. The renewal of old industrial areas and the protection of industrial heritage were elaborated through the overall co-ordination of urban design and detailed planning. The results showed that it was the key to integrate the protection elements and requirements into the detailed urban control planning. Therefore, special planning plays an important role in protecting industrial heritage.

A Study on Utilization of Industrial Cultural Heritage in Post-Industrial Era Focusing on the Case Study of Coal Mining Area in Gangwon Province

A Study on Utilization of Industrial Cultural Heritage in Post-Industrial Era Focusing on the Case Study of Coal Mining Area in Gangwon Province

‘Exposición de motivos’: Disidencias desde el sistema

¿Puede una intervención artística disidente influir en las políticas institucionales referidas a la gestión del patrimonio cultural? Contemplamos la hipótesis de que la disidencia crítica mediante el arte desde dentro del sistema, puede influir en un cambio social y político en la protección y gestión del patrimonio industrial. La obra ‘Exposición de motivos’ es un caso de estudio, consistente en 15 intervenciones artísticas sobre Bienes Culturales industriales, con el objetivo de visibilizar el incumplimiento de la Ley 7/90 por parte de los propietarios y las administraciones responsables; influenciando un cambio de dinámica en la gestión del patrimonio cultural para preservar tanto los edificios como el paisaje y la memoria de la industrialización en el País Vasco. La metodología incluye el análisis de estos BBCC y la creación de intervenciones artísticas. Las aportaciones son (1) actualización de los ficheros de los BBCC industriales; (2) análisis de la no aplicación de la Ley 7/90 en cada caso concreto; y (3) 15 intervenciones artísticas.

Promoting Industrial Cultural Heritage by Augmented Reality: Application and Assessment

Promoting Industrial Cultural Heritage by Augmented Reality: Application and Assessment

Preservar, demolir, construir ou ocupar a creche Ninho Jardim Condessa Marina R. Crespi: de todos os riscos, o risco

Resumo Este artigo aborda a interrelação entre o patrimônio cultural industrial e o território urbano através dos processos de patrimonialização e de ocupação pela população sem-teto da creche Ninho Jardim Condessa Marina R. Crespi, no bairro da Mooca, em São Paulo. Analisaremos esses processos à luz da problematização das noções de risco, perda, demolição e mercado desenvolvidas por J. R. Gonçalves, entendendo-as como o avesso do patrimônio cultural, bem como de sua vinculação aos processos de gentrificação urbana. Para este fim, baseamo-nos na análise de documentos e na realização de entrevistas qualitativas.

Swedish Military Bases of the Cold War: The Making of a New Cultural Heritage

The fall of the Berlin Wall and the dissolution of the Soviet Union completely transformed the military-political situation in the Nordic countries. The movement from invasion defence to input defence in Sweden has made many of the subterranean modern fortresses and permanent defence systems of the Cold War unnecessary. The current problem is what the administration authorities will do with the superfluous military buildings: let them fall into decay, preserve or reuse them – and for what purpose?
 The aim of this article is to describe and analyze the cultural as well as spatial foundation of a new genre of heritage industry in Sweden – the cultural heritage of the Cold War – whose value is negotiated through a range of processes by the different stakeholders involved – emotional, social and cultural processes as well as legal and economic processes. The subterranean fortresses of Hemsö and Aspö are used as empirical case studies in the article. They both describe the making of a cultural heritage and illustrate the problems related to the ambitions of converting cultural heritage into tourist attractions.
 One of the conclusions is that the previous making of the industrial cultural heritage in the 1980s and 1990s has many things in common with the one of the Cold War. The “post-military” landscape of bunkers and rusting barbed wires is regarded with the same romanticism and with similar preservation ideologies and economic interests as the post-industrial landscape was earlier. Similar negotiation issues appear, and these negotiations are carried out by similar stakeholders. The difference is that the military culture heritage of the Cold War was developed through a deeply centralized selection process directed by administration authorities, but was also influenced by certain persuasion campaigns and preservation actions made by local stakeholders such as retired officers and municipality administrations.