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Design Phenomenographies for Industrial Wastelands

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: The long-neglected industrial wastelands of Romania present themselves as heterotopias in need of help. Post-Communist industrial ruins form a link to a multi-layered and difficult past, and their systemic erasure has contributed to a collective amnesia that perpetuates historical trauma and denies the local population access to the landscapes, natural and artificial, that tie them to a shared past and a collective cultural identity.This contribution aims to illustrate one methodology of bridging the gap between preservation through museumification and invasive architectural intervention. In this context, artistic and design-driven research practices can enable the emergence of ephemeral creative spaces that foster engagement with industrial heritage and reach beyond commodification and capitalist exploitation. keywords: Design research, Design Thinking, design=art=research, design autoethnography, design phenomennography, architecture, architectural research, industrial ruins, adaptive reuse

Source: Vis – Nordic Journal for Artistic Research

DOI: 10.22501/vis.2829981

Author: monica tusinean

Language: English

Topic: Cultural Heritage Management and Preservation

Subfield: Archeology

Field: Arts and Humanities

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Responsible consumption and production, Sustainable cities and communities, Industry, innovation and infrastructure

Open Access status: diamond

OpenAlex ID: W4408509987

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