Publication is based on the results of interdisciplinary workshop Zbůch 2015 or Vision for rediscovery of miner´s culture area in the Pilsen region, which was held in October and November 2015.

Its aim was to search for ways of development and vision direction for transforming the micro region of Western Bohemian coalfield and its centre – municipality Zbůch. Even though black coal was mined there for more than 400 years, Pilsen coal-field has always been in the background of Kladno and Ostrava region. After a long period of being closely linked to coal mining activities and subsequently after damping dawn and finally after closing dawn coal mining completely, this region at present is going through a process of looking for a new identity. Gradually disappearing traces of strongly industrial landscape are in contrast with absence of further vision. The publication presents different approaches in searching for identity of the place on local as well as regional level.

The workshop and this publication were organised and prepared as part of work on the project ‘Industrial Heritage as a Focal Point in the Cultural Landscape’ (project coordinator Petra Boudová) supported by grant no. SGS15/219/OHK/3T/15. The book is published with the support of the Faculty of Architecture of the CTU in Prague.

Jakub Bacík – Lukáš Beran – Petra Boudová – Benjamin Fragner – Veronika Kastlová – Štefan Molnár – Petr Vorlík – Jan Zikmund (eds.), Zbůch 2015. Rediscovering the Mining Landscape, Prague 2015.

156 pages; czech, english; 148 color images and plans; ISBN 978-80-01-05855-8 / workshop organised and book edited by Jakub Bacík, Lukáš Beran, Petra Boudová, Benjamin Fragner, Veronika Kastlová, Štefan Molnár, Petr Vorlík, Jan Zikmund / chapters by Jakub Bacík, Lukáš Beran, Petra Boudová, Benjamin Fragner, Veronika Kastlová, Lucie Jonášová, Marcel Tomášek, Petr Vorlík / projects by Zuzana Bečvářová, Inés Brotons Borrell, Lucie Divišová, Veronika Dolejšová, Jiřina Dvořáková, Markéta Ekrtová, Tanya Galchenya, Lennert Hupkes, Jakub Křička, Matúš Kúdeľa, Savka Marenić, Emmanuelle Metz, Radomír Paulus, Clémentine Peturkenne, Lucie Pňačková, Kateřina Pojarová, Simona Popadić, Lele Song, Romana Šteflová, Jitka Tomiczková, Katerina Vlachmpei, Lucie Vopičková, Klára Žídková, Lukáš Žitný / oral testimony provided by Václav Kraus, Reinhold Pluhař, Václav Straka, Josef Vostárek / movie Veronika Kastlová, Jiří Kůs / expert reviewer Jiří Palacký / translation by Robin Cassling, Veronika Kastlová, Jana Kinská / graphic design and typesetting by Jan Zikmund / technical support provided by Jan Forejt, Gabriel Fragner, Jiří Klíma / tisk Formall CWS / published by Výzkumné centrum průmyslového dědictví Fakulty architektury ČVUT v Praze

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The publication presents an overview of selected industriál buildings and sites that were adapted to new uses between 2005 and 2015 and are characteristic for this period, including even controversial approaches. The selection was based on a comparison of materials in the database created for Industrial Topography of the Czech Republic and considers the results of a survey conducted by the Research Centre for Industrial Heritage of the Faculty of Architecture of the Czech Technical University.

Every conversion entails a change and an adaptation to a different function, an intervention into the integrity of a structure already marked by the demise of its original function. Architecture can be both the medium by which this change is executed and by which the qualities that can be tied in with are preserved, and above all the medium by which to articulate new ambitions or, of course, by which to petrify the limitations to further development imposed by the current era.

The publication represents an outcome of the project An Industrial Topography of the Czech Republic – Adapted New Uses of Industrial Heritage as a Part of National and Cultural Identity supported by the Ministry of Culture of the Czech Republic under its NAKI (National and Cultural Identity) Applied Research Programme (DF11P01OVV016) is published to coincide with an exhibition of the same name and with the support of Jaroslav Fragner Gallery, the Vestiges of Industry Platform, and the Technical Monuments Committee of the Czech Chamber of Certified Engineers and Technicians and the Czech Union of Civil Engineers.

Benjamin Fragner – Vladislava Valchářová, Industrial Topography / The Architecture of Conversion, Czech Republic 2005–2015, Prague 2014.

216 pages; Czech/English; 334 color images and plans; ISBN 978-80-01-05592-2 / authors Benjamin Fragner, Vladislava Valchářová / contributing editorial work Jan Zikmund, Lukáš Beran, Tomáš Skřivan, Petr Vorlík, Iva Dvořáková, Tomáš Krajčinovský, Anna Štefánková / proofreading Hana Hlušičková / scientific review Pavel Halík, Svatopluk Zídek / translation Robin Cassling / graphic design Jan Forejt / dtp Formall / print HRG Litomyšl / published by the Research Centre for Industrial Heritage FA CTU Prague to coincide with an exhibition of the same name and with the support of Jaroslav Fragner Gallery, the Vestiges of Industry Platform, and the Technical Monuments Committee of the Czech Chamber of Certified Engineers and Technicians and the Czech Union of Civil Engineers

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The twelfth volume of Industrial Topography is devoted to the Zlín Region. DVD localizes 234 buildings and sites and contains 4 maps.

The DVD is part of a project carried out by the Research Centre for Industrial Heritage at the Faculty of Architecture of the Czech Technical University with the support of the Ministry of Culture’s programme of applied research on national and cultural identity (NAKI). Its objective is to map industrial heritage in the regions of the Czech Republic. It identifies values and draws attention to the heritage passed down from the industrial age and it seeks opportunities for their adapted new use.

Jan Zikmund (ed.), Industrial Topography / Zlín Region (DVD), Prague 2014.

Czech; ISBN 978-80-01-05552-6 / authors Lukáš Beran, Klára Brůhová, Veronika Fousková, Daniel Froněk, Benjamin Fragner, Anna Kašíková, Miroslav Kindl, Irena Lehkoživová, Linda Mašková, Štefan Molnár, Jan Pechánek, Jana Stará, Milan Starec, Vladislava Valchářová, Martin Vonka, Petr Vorlík, Filip Vrána, Jan Zikmund, Michal Zlámaný / DVD concept Petr Vorlík, René Bezvald / proofreading Blanka Kynčlová / scientific review Ladislav Buchta, Jan Štětina / graphic design Jan Forejt / published by the Research Centre for Industrial Heritage FA CTU Prague in conjunction with the Technical Monuments Committee of the Czech Chamber of Certified Engineers and Technicians and the Czech Union of Civil Engineers and the Association of Historical Settlements in Bohemia, Moravia and Silesia

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The eleventh volume of Industrial Topography is devoted to the South Bohemian Region. DVD localizes 655 buildings and sites and contains 7 maps.

The DVD is part of a project carried out by the Research Centre for Industrial Heritage at the Faculty of Architecture of the Czech Technical University with the support of the Ministry of Culture’s programme of applied research on national and cultural identity (NAKI). Its objective is to map industrial heritage in the regions of the Czech Republic. It identifies values and draws attention to the heritage passed down from the industrial age and it seeks opportunities for their adapted new use.

Jan Zikmund – Jan Červinka – Tomáš Droppa (edd.), Industrial Topography / South Bohemian Region (DVD), Prague 2014.

Czech; ISBN 978-80-01-05551-9 / authors Jakub Bacík, Klára Brůhová, Lukáš Beran, Jan Červinka, Libor Doležal, Zuzana Drahotušská, Tomáš Droppa, Veronika Fousková, Benjamin Fragner, Adam Hašpica, Patrik Hoffman, Pavel Jákl, Jana Krákorová, Tomáš Kužel, Šárka Jiroušková, Irena Lehkoživová, Ladislav Mergl, Lumír Mlčák, Jan Otýpka, Jaroslav Pejša, Tomáš Řepa, Jiří Sedláček, Milan Starec, Tomáš Šenberger, Milena Šenbergerová, Anna Šubrtová, Filip Tomášek, Vladislava Valchářová, Martin Vonka, Petr Vorlík, Jan Zikmund, Michal Zlámaný, Eva Žáčková / DVD concept Petr Vorlík, René Bezvald / proofreading Blanka Kynčlová / scientific review Lenka Popelová, Svatopluk Zídek / graphic design Jan Forejt / published by the Research Centre for Industrial Heritage FA CTU Prague in conjunction with the Technical Monuments Committee of the Czech Chamber of Certified Engineers and Technicians and the Czech Union of Civil Engineers and the Association of Historical Settlements in Bohemia, Moravia and Silesia

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