Railways as world heritage sites

photo by Charles MartinCOULLS, Anthony. Railways as World Heritage Sites. (with contributions by Colin Divall and Robert Lee) International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS), 1999

The article discusses various case studies:

The Moscow Underground
The Semmering Pass, Austria
The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, United States of America
The Great Zig Zag, Australia
The Darjeeling Himalayan Railway, India
The Liverpool & Manchester Railway, United Kingdom
The Great Western Railway, United Kingdom
The Shinkansen, Japan

www.icomos.org/studies/railways.pdf

Goose with the golden Eggs

International ISoCaRP Congress, Istanbul, Turkey, 14-18 September 2006
Keynote Speech: Ron van Oers
“Preventing the Goose with the golden Eggs form catching Bird Flu”

The speech describes the current debate within UNESCO of how to transmit the heritage of our historic centres to future generations, considering the new forms of urban management.

www.isocarp.org/pub/events/congress/2006/programme/ppt_txt_oers.pdf

SESC Belenzinho

Transformação de uma antiga fábrica de 11 mil m² na zona leste de São Paulo, projetada por Gianfranco Vannucchi em 1998. Infelizmente o complexo foi demolido para implementar as futuras instalações, projetadas por Ricardo Chahin.

O complexo funcionou como núcleo catalisador do evento Brasmitte (Arte-Cidade 4) em 1999.

Transformation of an old factory of 11 thousand m² in the eastern region of São Paulo, designed by Gianfranco Vannucchi in 1998. Unfortunately the complex was demolished for the implementation of future installations, designed by Ricardo Chahin.

The complex served as catalyst nucleus of the Brasmitte event (Arte-Cidade 4) in 1999.

www.sescsp.org.br/sesc/hotsites/arquitetura/site/unidade.asp?cd=87720

www.sescsp.org.br/sesc/hotsites/brasmitte/index.htm

foto Merten Nefs
01. Entrada
foto Merten Nefs
02. Galpão
foto Merten Nefs
03. Lounge
foto Merten Nefs
04. Espaço esportivo

Zollverein, Essen Germany

Transformation of hard coal mining plant in the german Ruhrgebiet, 100 ha classified UNESCO World Heritage site.

Masterplan and reuse of the coal washing plant by OMA; Zollverein School of Management and Design by SANAA. The complex is supposed to function as a breeding ground for young professionals, a place to make contacts and start up their businesses.

Kohlenwäsche, re-use by OMA

Design Academy, building by SANAA

www.zollverein.de

www.arcspace.com/architects/koolhaas/zollverein/zollverein.html

www.arcspace.com/architects/sejima_nishizawa/zollverein_school/zollverein_school.html

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