The study, named <<9 Industrial buildings _ 9 regained spaces. Tendencies at the protection of industrial heritage in Greece>>, started at the beginning of 2005 and had as an aim to distinguish, the tendencies that appear today at the restoration and re-use of industrial buildings in our country.
The study consists of six chapters.
The first chapter examines the content of the industrial heritage, while in the second a broad historical review is made at the pre-industrial and industrial period together with the factors decisive for the industrial development.
The conditions for the development of the industry in the new Greek state in the middle of the 19th century and onwards, as well as in the Greek areas which where under Turkish domination at the time, and the legislation, favorable for the Christian communities, which helped to the industrialization of certain areas are presented in the third chapter. In the same chapter, a reference to the architecture of the industrial buildings is also made in brief.
The fourth chapter presents the international principles for the protection of industrial heritage. It starts with a short historical review on the scientific interest in the industrial archeology and continues with the relevant interest in Greece. Finally, it presents the "Charter of Moscow", as to be used as a methodological tool for the analysis and the comments on the tendencies observed at the restoration and
re-use of the industrial monuments in Greece.
In the fifth chapter 9 examples of industrial buildings in Greece conserved and re-used are analyzed. Some historical elements about the town, where the building is situated, brief historical information about the building itself and a description of its architecture and construction, as well as the works for its restoration and re-use are presented for each example. In the end, an effort is made to analyze and comment the interventions applied.
The last chapter deals with some conclusions on the tendencies at the restoration and re-use of industrial heritage in Greece. Apart from the nine examples presented, reference is made to many more alike examples of restored and re-used buildings in Greece, with a variety of choices in the new uses and the general approach, so as to acquire a more representative and more precise image of the tendencies of today.
