FROM SHOE FACTORY TO KNOWLEDGE FACTORY. FUNCTIONAL AND SOCIO-CULTURAL TRANSFORMATIONS (FORMER) OF BUCHHOLZ CHARNEL HOUSE’S TERRAINS Cover Image

OD FABRYKI BUTÓW DO FABRYKI WIEDZY. PRZYKŁAD PRZEKSZTAŁCEŃ FUNKCJONALNYCH I SPOŁECZNO-KULTUROWYCH TERENÓW (DAWNEJ) GARBARNI BUCHHOLZA W BYDGOSZCZY
FROM SHOE FACTORY TO KNOWLEDGE FACTORY. FUNCTIONAL AND SOCIO-CULTURAL TRANSFORMATIONS (FORMER) OF BUCHHOLZ CHARNEL HOUSE’S TERRAINS

Author(s): Agnieszka Jeran, Dominika Muszyńska-Jeleszyńska
Subject(s): History, Philosophy, Social Sciences, Sociology, Rural and urban sociology
Published by: Wydawnictwa AGH
Keywords: revitalization; brown ends; university

Summary/Abstract: The area in the bend of the Brda in Bydgoszcz, which is the portion of the district Okole, now occupies the campus of the University of Economy in Bydgoszcz, food company Colian Sp. with o.o. Bydgoszcz (formerly “Jutrzenka” Colian, Division No. 3) and the newly arising Nordic Haven (residential and commercial property). These are inner city brown elds located at the con uence of the so-called Old Bydgoszcz Canal and the River Brda, the stretch of Solidarity Bridges towards the Bridge of Queen Jadwiga. History of the district Okole is directly related to the economic development of Bydgoszcz, which occurred in connection with the construction of the Bydgoszcz Canal and later a major rail line and the location of large industrial plants. These projects were aimed by the German authorities to improve the Bydgoszcz junction of water-rail-road, as an internal communications center. Based on the conversion of functions of this area will be illustrated the conversion of industrial space in academic and recreational space. The idea and the main assumptions adopted revitalization activities are based on a holistic, integrated approach to the revitalization process. The objective of the planned work and regeneration was the restoration and development of the center-functions, including the continuity of the historical heritage associated with this area. Because degraded shoe factory buildings were taken over and revitalized by a college, it can be concluded that these areas still function as productive. But whereas previously, in the industrial economy and in accordance with the standards of industrial society, it was the production and distribution of products, now in the knowledge society it is making knowledge, or rather the enrichment and development of human capital and also its distribution in the minds and activities of graduates.

  • Issue Year: 14/2015
  • Issue No: 4
  • Page Range: 27-41
  • Page Count: 15
  • Language: Polish