CONCERN TO CONSER E Investigating how the transformation of the manager’s house at Lyckholms brewery can provide adaptive reuse and cultural value to its context.
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Examensarbete för masterexamen
Master's Thesis
Master's Thesis
Program
Architecture and planning beyond sustainability (MPDSD), MSc
Publicerad
2023
Författare
Dimitriadou, Christina
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The city of Gothenburg is in a constant
development and transformation mode.
There is a plan by the City Planning
Department of the Municipality of Gothenburg
for the city to expand by approximately one third by 2035.
Most societies, including that of Sweden,
have shown an interest in the preservation
of historical buildings in order to maintain
the value of their inherent history. However,
as it is challenging for the appropriate
function of a particular building to be
found there is continual growth and present
day society’s needs are very different
from those of the past.
On the contrary, what is of great value in
postmodern times is the need for
authenticity. In the age of digitization,
urbanization and replication society needs this
value more than ever before. Historical
buildings have a history to share, an
element worth preserving that extends well
into the past and this is incomparable.
One of these buildings is the manager’s
residence at the Lyckholms brewery. It
was constructed in 1891 and is located
on the southeast quarter of Gothenburg,
between Korsvägen and Mölndal.
The history of the Lyckholms brewery is
associated with various activities such as
trade and commercial operations but
plans for a contemporary use have been
halted to this day for reasons unknown.
The manager’s residence has been used
as a conference venue, yet as for various
reasons it is difficult to adapt it to this
function no suitable application has been
found so far.
The main focus of this process being the
manager’s residence, the aim of this thesis
is to establish an independent foundation,
a hub for conservators plus an additional
workshop in the adjacent space.
The method is consolidated with an
ex- tensive theory and research into the
building and the outdoor area and this is
the driving force for the design.
The goal is to present a transformation
project which preserves the history and
design of the building though adding a
new structure in the existing surrounding
space with a focus on promoting adaptive
reuse both as a strategy and a concept.
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adaptive reuse, transformation, historical building