Cities and towns; Company towns; Cultural property; Histoire; History; Industrial location; Villes
Abstract :
[en] Industrial archeologists study towns and landscapes created over the past several centuries that were planned to integrate home and work. This ground-breaking book features architectural case studies of company towns in 48 locations - workers' villages, mill towns, mining towns, cite ouvrieres, bruk stader, colonias industriales, villaggi operai - many of which are UNESCO World Heritage sites. Extensive illustrations and images document the ways in which architectural experiments responded to the entrepreneurial initiatives that were the basis of these communities. The authors, two esteemed professors whose work focuses on the conservation of industrial heritage, examine the role of architectural and urban culture in creating the identity of these unique towns, and the consequences of their abandonment
Disciplines :
Architecture
Author, co-author :
Gritti, Andrea; Politecnico di Milano > DAStU - Department of Architecture and Urban Studies > Associate professor full-time
Caravello, Chiara ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Unité de Recherches de la Faculté d'Architecture (URA)
Language :
English
Title :
Mining Sites of Wallonia. Le Grand-Hornu, Bois-du-Luc.
Publication date :
2020
Main work title :
Architecture at work: towns and landscapes of industrial heritage
Editor :
Fontana, Giovanni L.
Gritti, Andrea; Politecnico di Milano > DAStU - Departement of Architecture and Urban Studies > Associate Professor full-time