mde The Praga neighbourhood in Warsaw is an area where production used to be present on every street, on every corner. Production was manifold: it encompassed not only big factories producing machinery or durable goods but also small scale places, providing goods for...
To understand how locals perceive their heritage, what elements they find important and how they relate to the Pomáz-Nagykovácsi site lies at the heart of the Pomaz Lab’s strategy. It is regarded as a crucial steppingstone in increasing the site’s popularity in the...
University students focus on heritage-led redevelopment of the district. One of the ambitions of the OpenHeritage project is to spread insights and knowledge about adaptive reuse. The spatial planning department at the Ghent University (one of the main partners in the...
Attendants of the ICF had the opportunity to visit OpenHeritage’s Praga Lab in central Warsaw’s Praga District. They met a local NGO – Otwarte Drzwi (Open Door Association) – and discussed the role of the place and the values embedded in their work....
170-175 High Street West in Sunderland is long overdue for some restoration works! Tyne & Wear Building Preservation Trust now owns the building, and is working hard to gather the funding needed to do up these amazing buildings. The aim is to restore them not to...
Lack of affordable housing, social exclusion and gentrification, spurred by profit-maximising logic, are challenges to which few cities in Europe are immune. Luckily, an increasing number of cities are looking to pursue an alternative vision of urban development,...
