The work highlights the potential of abandoned industrial sites for a regenerative future through a programme of adaptive reuse. It introduces the term regenerative future and the importance of heritage conservation as a crucial part of it. Due to the importance of local politics and economy, the wider context is analyzed first, in particular the area of the municipality of Žalec, where the interplay between industrial and urban development is presented. I introduce the importance of the local economy and social involvement. The ceramics industry in Liboje is such an example. For almost 200 years, ceramics have been part of the daily life of the people of Liboje, who have shaped it. At the end of the eighteenth and beginning of the nineteenth centuries, Liboje was put on the world map for its ceramic art. The factory lived with the town, but today it is largely abandoned and in a state of decay. In my master work, on the basis of the methodology of Icomos Australia, Burra Charter, 2013, Brand, S., 1994, Kuipers, M. and de Jonge, W., 2017, I define the valuation and significance of such sites. The base is in understanding the significance and impact of the site. This is followed by a management plan which sets out the programme for the re-use centre for construction waste and the intergenerational centre. The programme establishes an up-to-date and necessary scheme for the recovery and re-use of construction waste and, on the other hand, revives a part of the ceramic craft through intergenerational networking, which will preserve part of the tradition in situ. The third pillar of conservation is management, a key element that can be set up and function with a strong basis of the first two points. A detailed and wide analysis of the site, an understanding of its significance and a clear programming definition are the basis of the management and regeneration of the site for a regenerative future.
People shape industry, industry shapes a place, a place shapes a society!
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