Iranian Industrial Heritage: Adaptive Re-use of the Rayy Cement Factory

Year 2024, Volume: 3 Issue: 3, 16 - 28, 25.11.2024

İlke Ciritci

Abstract

Iran has many cultural artifacts from antiquity to the present day. As a result of developments in recent centuries, there are valuable artifacts from Iran's industrialization period that have been preserved and brought back to life through re-functioning. Important for the preservation of Iran's industrial heritage. The preservation of industrial heritage is a topic that has gained importance in recent decades, as it represents the intellectual development and various achievements of human societies. This study aims to discuss the solutions to the disuse of the building, whose original function was a cement factory, as a result of its failure to find a suitable use for its original purpose. The preservation of the building in question will not only add value to the city, but will also strengthen the belonging of the citizens to the city they live in as a building community in the memory of the city.

Keywords

Industrial Heritage, Adaptive Re-use, Conservation, Rayy Cement Factory, Re-functioning.

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