Architecture of Conversions / Czech Republic / Slovakia 2005-2015 - exhibition at design factory
exhibition: 20.2.2020 - 11.3.2020
vernissage: 20.2.2020 18.00
location: design factory, Bottova 2, Bratislava
The theme of former industrial buildings resonates in society mainly due to projects converting abandoned warehouses, textile factories, factory halls, breweries, foundries, and power plants. They highlight possibilities, represent current themes in architecture and urbanism, and resonate with contemporary trends in art. They fill the void left by the disappearing industrial era.
The realizations included in the balance project Architecture of Conversions had to meet demanding criteria in relation to the legacy of the original use and value. The projects are categorized by newly defined functions: from utility buildings (offices and warehouses) or commercial (stores and restaurants), to residential (apartments, hotels), to publicly accessible (museums, libraries) and transitional ones that are only temporarily accessible or used for so-called initiation projects, often linked to culture and other creative fields.
„The exhibition and publication are not just a collection of eye-catching buildings – they also reflect the social atmosphere in which the buildings underwent or are undergoing transformation,” clarifies Benjamin Fragner, head of the Research Center for Industrial Heritage at FA ČVUT in Prague.
free admission
organizer: design factory, Galerie Jaroslava Fragnera in Prague
Supported by public sources from the Arts Support Fund
the exhibition was supported by: Czech Center
vernissage: 20.2.2020 18.00
location: design factory, Bottova 2, Bratislava
The theme of former industrial buildings resonates in society mainly due to projects converting abandoned warehouses, textile factories, factory halls, breweries, foundries, and power plants. They highlight possibilities, represent current themes in architecture and urbanism, and resonate with contemporary trends in art. They fill the void left by the disappearing industrial era.
The realizations included in the balance project Architecture of Conversions had to meet demanding criteria in relation to the legacy of the original use and value. The projects are categorized by newly defined functions: from utility buildings (offices and warehouses) or commercial (stores and restaurants), to residential (apartments, hotels), to publicly accessible (museums, libraries) and transitional ones that are only temporarily accessible or used for so-called initiation projects, often linked to culture and other creative fields.
„The exhibition and publication are not just a collection of eye-catching buildings – they also reflect the social atmosphere in which the buildings underwent or are undergoing transformation,” clarifies Benjamin Fragner, head of the Research Center for Industrial Heritage at FA ČVUT in Prague.
free admission
organizer: design factory, Galerie Jaroslava Fragnera in Prague
Supported by public sources from the Arts Support Fund
the exhibition was supported by: Czech Center
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