The study examines the spinning mill in Veroia, which was built in 1906. The factory is situated in the area, called Muarif, next to the river “Tripotamos”, in an environment of special natural beauty. The factory consists of five buildings, of a total area of 1887.30m2 which lie on a ground of 24801.64m2. The factory used to be water-driven. Approximately 130 people worked in it. Its function stopped many years ago. The electric generator that was placed in the main building still stands there. Even though the factory is abandoned, it is preserved in a good condition. Today, the Ousoultzoglou family owns it. The aim of this project is to study the factory’s history, the circumstances under which it was built, its present situation, its restoration and its possible future incorporation in the town of Veroia, with its reuse with new uses.
The study consists of seven chapters.
The first chapter includes the historical documentation, starting from the town of Veroia, the founders of the factory, the conditions under which it began to work, the mechanical equipment, and the financial heading of the business. This study was based on relevant bibliography, as well as information from the diary of its owner, Stefanos Hatzinikolakis.
In the second chapter, the architectural survey and the plan of the factory are presented. The architectural survey was made with repeated tape measurements. The third chapter examines the structural phases of all buildings.
The fourth chapter presents the pathology of the buildings, which was examined on site, with detailed photographic documentation.
The fifth chapter deals with the restoration of the building’s husk, which aims to conserve all important elements and values that place it among the monuments of industrial heritage. In the sixth chapter, the new uses, the building’s plan and the necessary constructions for the new uses, are presented.
Finally, the seventh chapter includes the study of a new building at the place of an old one, as it came out from the historic documentation.