Winternitz Bros. Mills

01. 10. 2013

The publication Winternitz Bros. Mills has come out at a time when the future of this exceptional industrial heritage site, and the entire grounds of the former Pardubice Mills, is still up in the air.

The mills only recently ceased operations and the current owner is in negotiations to sell the site. The Research Centre for Industrial Heritage (VCPD) at the Faculty of Architecture of the Czech Technical University in Prague organised a workshop to explore potential re-uses for the mills, with input from students, teachers, and various experts and practicing architects working in the field of industrial heritage and heritage conversion. Simultaneously a civic initiative has emerged called ‘The Town’s Mills’ (Mlýny městu), which, with the current owner’s consent, organised a several-week festival called ‘Pardubice’s Cultural Mills’. The book documents the past and historical development of this industrial monument. It describes the technological facets of the mills’ functions, discusses more recent developments affecting the mills, and examines the capacity of the town and The Town’s Mills civic initiative to influence its future. It also presents several student projects and concepts that explore possible future functions for this site.

 

Benjamin Fragner – Anna Kašíková – Tomáš Skřivan (edd.), Winternitz Bros. Mills, Prague 2013.

156 pages; Czech, English introduction; ISBN 978-80-01-05343-0 / authors Jakub Bacík, Tomáš Ctibor, Dita Dvořáková, Benjamin Fragner, Petr Herman, Anna Kašíková, Vladimír Lavrík, Pavel Panoch, Pavel Skřivan, Tomáš Skřivan, Kristýna Stará, Daniela Šimková, Olga Škochová Bláhová, Ondřej Teplý, František R. Václavík, Tereza Vokurková, Petr Vorlík, Zdeněk Závodný, Jan Zikmund / contributing editorial work Petr Herman, Kristýna Stará, Daniela Šimková, Vladislava Valchářová, Jan Zikmund / graphic design Tomáš Skřivan / translation Robin Cassling / proofreading Alena Sigmundová, Petr Souček, Kateřina Škodová, Alena Tesková / scientific review Vladimír Hrubý / print Signpek, s. r. o. / published by the Research Centre for Industrial Heritage FA CTU Prague

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Industrial Topography / Olomouc Region

12. 09. 2013

The fifth volume of Industrial Topography is devoted to the Olomouc Region. Book localizes 757 buildings and sites in 402 items, contains 8 maps and 453 images.

The book 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.

 

Lukáš Beran – Vladislava Valchářová – Jan Zikmund (edd.), Industrial Topography / Olomouc Region, Prague 2013.

306 pages; Czech, English/German introduction and editorial; 453 images; ISBN 978-80-01-05230-3 / authors Lukáš Beran, Klára Brůhová, Dita Dvořáková, Benjamin Fragner, Hana Hlušičková, Vendula Jurášová, Robert Kořínek, Irena Lehkoživová, Zuzana Křenková, Martina Potůčková, Tomáš Řepa, Milan Starec, Milan Škobrtal, Vladislava Valchářová, Petr Vorlík, Jan Zikmund, Aneta Zlámalová, Michal Zlámaný / proofreading Hana Hlušičková / translation Robin Cassling, Susanne Spurná / scientific review Pavel Halík / graphic design Jan Forejt / typesetting and print Studio Element / 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 Charter for the Industrial Heritage of TICCIH

25. 04. 2013

The Charter for the Industrial Heritage was drawn up by the International Committee for the Conservation of the Industrial Heritage (TICCIH) and was published in 2003 in the Russian town of Nizhny Tagil. Today it represents a generally applicable and concise reference document for research projects, conservation work, heritage conservation, and the adaptive re-use or conversion of industrial structures and sites.

The basic principles for understanding industrial heritage outlined in the charter are not yet common knowledge. In an effort to promote greater awareness, the Research Centre for Industrial Heritage (VCPD) at the Faculty of Architecture of the Czech Technical University organised an internal workshop in spring 2013, during which an updated working translation of the Charter into Czech was prepared on the basis of the version published in the book Industrial Heritage Re-tooled. The TICCIH Guide to Industrial Conservation. The translation is one of the outcomes of the VCPD’s research project ‘Industrial Topography of the Czech Republic – Adaptive Re-use of Industrial Heritage’, which was conducted with the support of the Czech Ministry of Culture’s NAKI (National and Cultural Identity) applied research programme. The workshop on the Industrial Heritage Charter also drew on earlier writings and translations prepared at the Research Centre for Industrial Heritage with the participation of members of the ‘Industrial Topography’ research team (Benjamin Fragner, Vladislava Valchářová, Petr Vorlík, Lukáš Beran, Matúš Dulla, Jan Zikmund, Dita Dvořáková), along with Lenka Popelová, Věra Kučová, Jana Kotalíková, Jiří Merta, Nina Bartošová and Petr Urlich.

The working translation was published as an occasional paper to accompany a conference titled ‘A New Life for Abandoned Buildings – Vestiges of Industry’, which was held in April 2013 in Brno.

 

The Charter for the Industrial Heritage of TICCIH, Prague 2013.

20 pages; Czech; ISBN 978-80-01-05235-8 / translation by the Research Centre for Industrial Heritage FA CTU Prague / graphic design Jan Zikmund / print Signpek s. r. o. / published by the Research Centre for Industrial Heritage FA CTU Prague

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Industrial Topography / Hradec Králové Region

25. 03. 2013

The fourth volume of Industrial Topography is devoted to the Hradec Králové Region. Book localizes 757 buildings and sites in 532 items, contains 9 maps and 537 images.

The book 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.

 

Vladislava Valchářová (ed.), Industrial Topography / Hradec Králové Region, Prague 2012.

368 pages; Czech, English/German introduction and editorial; 537 images; ISBN 978-80-01-05143-6 / authors Lukáš Beran, Milan Dospěl, Dita Dvořáková, Veronika Fousková, Benjamin Fragner, Hana Hlušičková, Pavel Jákl, Robert Kořínek, Alena Křížková, Irena Lehkoživová, Zuzana Křenková, Jakub Potůček, Viktor Mácha, Tomáš Řepa, Petr Vorlík, Jan Zikmund, Michal Zlámaný / proofreading Hana Hlušičková / translation Robin Cassling, Susanne Spurná / scientific review Pavel Halík / graphic design Jan Forejt / typesetting and print Studio Element / 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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Industrial Topography / Pardubice Region

07. 09. 2012

The third volume of Industrial Topography is devoted to the Pardubice Region. Book localizes 578 buildings and sites in 383 items, contains 9 maps and 380 images.

The book 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.

 

Vladislava Valchářová (ed.), Industrial Topography / Pardubice Region, Prague 2012.

288 pages; czech, introduction and editorial in english and german; 380 images; ISBN 978-80-01-05045-3 / authors Libor Aksler, Lukáš Beran, Milan Dospěl, Dita Dvořáková, Veronika Fousková, Benjamin Fragner, Hana Hlušičková, Pavel Jákl, Miroslav Kindl, Robert Kořínek, Irena Lehkoživová, Zuzana Křenková, Viktor Mácha, Tomáš Med, Tomáš Řepa, Vladislava Valchářová, Petr Vorlík, Jan Zikmund, Michal Zlámaný / proofreading Hana Hlušičková / translation Robin Cassling, Susanne Spurná / scientific review Pavel Halík / graphic design Jan Forejt / typesetting and print Studio Element / 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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