A Multicriteria Approach to Adaptive Reuse of Industrial Heritage: Case Studies of Riverside Power Plants

María V. Añibarro, María J. Andrade () and Eduardo Jiménez-Morales
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María V. Añibarro: Art and Architecture Department, School of Architecture, Malaga University, Plaza El Ejido, 2, 29013 Malaga, Spain
María J. Andrade: Art and Architecture Department, School of Architecture, Malaga University, Plaza El Ejido, 2, 29013 Malaga, Spain
Eduardo Jiménez-Morales: Art and Architecture Department, School of Architecture, Malaga University, Plaza El Ejido, 2, 29013 Malaga, Spain

Land, 2023, vol. 12, issue 2, 1-24

Abstract: City riverbanks usually have great landscape value and are iconic public spaces. However, there are many cities with large abandoned industrial buildings, such as power plants, on their riverbanks. Such buildings run the risk of being demolished in order to recover the surrounding natural landscape, despite having an important presence in the collective memory of the citizens and in the history of the city. This article seeks to analyse the reuse and refurbishment of industrial power plants on riversides from a modern artistic/recreational approach in order to restore and enhance the landscape value of the site by regenerating the environs and turning them into hubs of activity. Two case studies from different locations are considered in order to extract the information. A methodology is used that allows us to analyse and study a complex reality in a straightforward, concise and direct way. That means it can be used by many agents currently involved in those reuse processes to compare and to monitor the different cases over time. This research has sought to highlight the power plant typology, its relationship with the riverside, and subsequently, to extrapolate the criteria used to study other industrial buildings.

Keywords: industrial heritage; adaptive reuse; power station; riverside; heritage buildings (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q15 Q2 Q24 Q28 Q5 R14 R52 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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