Resumen de Using or reusing?: Parameter analysis of infrastructure refurbishment projects as touristic products
Celia López Bravo, Emilio Lonardo, Ana Costa Rosado
The refurbishment of old abandoned infrastructures seems to be a useful driverfor the development of some forgotten or problematic areas in both urbanizedand rural contexts. The appearance of new social practices, the perceptualenhancement and economic development are some of the benefits that thispractice can bring to the sites affected by these operations.However, employing tourism as the new function is an engine that usuallyinvolves economic growth but also new dynamics, like the increase in the influxof people and traffic or the ‘forced’ relationship between locals and tourists.Working in a rural context, in a metropolis or even in a small urban centre needsthe confrontation of architects, designers and policymakers and brings differentneeds and challenges.The aim of this paper is the research of a series of parameters to evaluate,uniformly and globally, every renovation of obsolete industrial heritage. Fromthese variables, objective valuation of any project’s consequences could becompleted.On this purpose, the study starts from a case studies selection based ondifferent physical, economic and e-motional features. Once these characteristicsare detected, they are discussed and transformed into a methodological tableby subdivisions into these three main categories.
