Revitalization in favour of socially mixed neighbourhoods – the case of “At Scheibler” lofts in Lodz, Poland
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2016
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The transition process and economic crisis in 90. in Lodz caused by collapsing of textile industry resulted in bankruptcy of most textile factories located in huge neglected postindustrial areas in the central part of the city. The supply of land from one hand delivered very attractive space for new functions such as housing, services or recreation, but from other hand demanded huge investment to adopt the existing estate for new purposes.
At the same time the number of locations devoted to housing functions declined due to intensive economic development of the city. Additional difficulty appeared because of the fact that the structure of demand for housing has changed in last decade. Economic development caused enrichment of society and resulted in increasing demand for high standard apartments. This situation forced intensive search for the solution that would allow to fulfill the demand for housing and at the same time enable to change the function of postindustrial degraded fabric of the city. The most logic action was to introduce the revitalization program. It was expected that revitalization allow to solve housing problems and at the same time to preserve the heritage of industrial history of the city. It was also the tool for developing complex, integrated and long term programs leading to refurbish and regenerate the particular, the most valuable parts of the city. To make it happen city government initiated the search for external sources of finance due to its limited budget.
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Proceedings of the IV World Planning Schools Congress, July 3-8th, 2016 : Global crisis, planning and challenges to spatial justice in the north and in the south
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