Rebuilding the spirit of place: The Fundidora Park of Monterrey

Cantu Delgado, Julieta (2008) Rebuilding the spirit of place: The Fundidora Park of Monterrey. In: 16th ICOMOS General Assembly and International Symposium: ‘Finding the spirit of place – between the tangible and the intangible’, 29 sept – 4 oct 2008, Quebec, Canada. [Conference or Workshop Item]

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Abstract (in English)

The historical and social meaning of industries in modern cities, explains their importance as a cultural patrimony within a society developed and enclosed by work, technological developments and the forces of industrial production. This work presents the case of the Fundidora de Monterrey Park as the largest iron and steel production industrial complex, in the north of Mexico. Now, after its closing, it changes its activities and introduces new uses, to offer in its original location, a cultural space that commemorates its history and recreates the iron and steel industrial process which was the vocation of its origin. The restoration and reuse of the factories, offices and furnaces, offers a new sense of place that allows to remember, the people and the events that comprise its past, establishing a relation between the material and the immaterial, in search of the reconstruction of the spirit of place.

Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
Authors:	Authors Email Cantu Delgado, Julieta UNSPECIFIED
Languages:	English
Keywords:	industrial heritage; industrial architecture; re-use; intangible heritage; spirit of place; blast furnace; museums; tentative list
Subjects:	M.WORLD HERITAGE CONVENTION > 11. Tentative list O.INTANGIBLE HERITAGE > 01. Generalities H.HERITAGE TYPOLOGIES > 16. Industrial and technical heritage
Name of monument, town, site, museum:	Fundidora Park, Monterrey, Mexico
ICOMOS Special Collection:	Scientific Symposium (ICOMOS General Assemblies)
ICOMOS Special Collection Volume:	2008, 16th
Depositing User:	Jose Garcia
Date Deposited:	09 Sep 2010 10:34
Last Modified:	13 Jan 2011 19:12
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URI:	https://openarchive.icomos.org/id/eprint/83

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