<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>This paper focuses on architectural transformations of some post-industrial objects into sacral functions. The discussed works mainly relate to churches, chapels and parish houses of various Christian denominations, mainly Protestant. Such transformations provoke questions about the limits of acceptance for adaptation works in the context of objects associated with a religious cult. The doubts that arise are connected primarily with the theological-liturgical dimension, that means the interpretation of the sacrum space. As far as conservation work is concerned, the analysed examples confirm the thesis of high architectural potential inherent in post-industrial objects. They also show a wide spectrum of possible interferences in a given structure during the conversion process.</p></abstract>

This paper focuses on architectural transformations of some post-industrial objects into sacral functions. The discussed works mainly relate to churches, chapels and parish houses of various Christian denominations, mainly Protestant. Such transformations provoke questions about the limits of acceptance for adaptation works in the context of objects associated with a religious cult. The doubts that arise are connected primarily with the theological-liturgical dimension, that means the interpretation of the sacrum space. As far as conservation work is concerned, the analysed examples confirm the thesis of high architectural potential inherent in post-industrial objects. They also show a wide spectrum of possible interferences in a given structure during the conversion process.

Churches from former factories – conversions and controversies

Faculty of Architecture of Wrocław University of Technology

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This paper focuses on architectural transformations of some post-industrial objects into sacral functions. The discussed works mainly relate to churches,...

Churches from former factories – conversions and controversies

Published Online: May 16, 2020

Page range: 99 - 120

Received: Nov 04, 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.4467/2353737XCT.19.118.11334

Keywords
sacrum, profanum, conversion, post-industrial architecture

© 2019 Bogusław Wowrzeczka et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 Public License.

Churches from former factories – conversions and controversies

Published Online: May 16, 2020

Page range: 99 - 120

Received: Nov 04, 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.4467/2353737XCT.19.118.11334

Keywordssacrum, profanum, conversion, post-industrial architecture

© 2019 Bogusław Wowrzeczka et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 Public License.

Keywords
sacrum, profanum, conversion, post-industrial architecture