The aim of this project is to investigate how a part of an industrial mining
complex that will soon be evacuated, can be transformed into an active social intersection between the neighbourhood and the visitors.Visions for adaptive re-use and urban re-branding are discussed in a theoretical level while the existing conditions of the site are thoroughly analysed. Their outcome is determinant for the proposal, that focuses in enabling mining site to host new, revitalizing functions, while keeping the building’s identified architectural qualities.
The creation of an internal neighbourhood and the sequence of spaces
and forms as a re-interpretation of a internal circulation are the guiding design concepts. Issues such as connectivity, social sustainability and collective memory surrounding industrial heritage stand in the core of the proposal.
