The Influences of Adaptive Reuse of Industrial Heritage on Urban Space s Vitality; Case Study: Khosravi Leather Factory in Tabriz

The industrial heritage is a significant kind, as it importantly represents and documents a stage of countries’ architectural histories and developments. As cities expand, these heritages, which were outside, come inside and take sizeable expanses in the heart of urban fabrics. These abandoned fields in the city provide insecure spaces for citizens and cause a decline in social, economic and physical statuses in urban districts. One practical strategy to protect these buildings is to endow them with an adaptive reuse. These industrial complexes provide good opportunities for responding urban functional needs and can be used for developing animated urban spaces which leads to urban vitality. This study aims to evaluate the effects of Khosravi leather factory’s adaptive reuse on its surrounding urban spaces in Tabriz. The building was established outside the city in the middle of Reza Khani era. As the city expanded, it included the building inside, finally municipal state decided to endow it to the Art University of Tabriz for adaptive reuse. This research is based on the qualitative study and descriptive research method. The gathering information was based on study of documents and historical books, field research and interviewing. The results demonstrate that although the changed operation in the factory had lots of desired influences on the urban life in its environment and gained the urban vitality of most of the residents, while the willingness level was descended day by day by the mismanagements

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Adaptive reuse ، Industrial heritage ، vitality ، Khosravi leather factory