Abstract
This project presents the situation and potential of industrial heritage sites in Iaşi. As the city grows, parts which defined its previous peripheries become encapsulated within the urban fabric, sometimes neighbouring the city center in an even more evident manner, as the scale of the urban environment alters distances. As the plot grows valuable and enticing for urban developers, industrial heritage becomes a subject of endangered architecture, especially if the plot finds itself in an advanced state of decay. Case studies are comprised of examples dating from both pre-communist and communist times: The Cigarette factory, the “Frumoasa“ Workshops, the power plant of the Public bath, the Tram Depot, the “Moldomobila“ Furniture Factory, the District Heating Plant, INCERC – the National Institute for Research and Development in Construction, Urban Planning and Sustainable Spatial Development and the Heavy Equipment + Industrial Machinery Manufacturing (the “FORTUS” Factory). The aim of this research is to establish a digital platform which inventories and raises awareness on the subject of industrial heritage, with the purpose of nurturing collaboration between stakeholders, community and professionals.