The old, the pure, and the quirky: Contested heritage values in the urban redevelopment of the Carlsberg breweries in Copenhagen

TY - GEN

T1 - The old, the pure, and the quirky

T2 - Conference Ename Oudenaarde

AU - Riesto, Svava

N1 - The Finissage colloquium “A critical biographical approach of Europe’s Past” was held in Ename and Oudenaarde on 28 and 29 November 2014. It was part of the EU project “Cradles of European Culture” (CEC) and constituted the closing event of the exhibition ”The Legacy of Charlemagne 814–2014” in the Provincial Heritage Center Ename.

PY - 2016/12

Y1 - 2016/12

N2 - Creating new urban futures for post-industrial sites presents multiple challenges to European societies. It implies assessing the existing sites – their layered meanings, uses, materialities and roles in the city – and requires us to make several choices about heritage values. This paper presents a case study of the brewery of Carlsberg in Copenhagen, and how it is transformed during urban redevelopment. The author presents the initial plan, shows how things did not go quite as imagined (when do they ever?) and illuminates a gap between the experts and new public users’ perception of the site. Acknowledging that neither heritage nor aesthetics are absolute values, the article calls for more open and adaptive ways of transforming industrial sites.

AB - Creating new urban futures for post-industrial sites presents multiple challenges to European societies. It implies assessing the existing sites – their layered meanings, uses, materialities and roles in the city – and requires us to make several choices about heritage values. This paper presents a case study of the brewery of Carlsberg in Copenhagen, and how it is transformed during urban redevelopment. The author presents the initial plan, shows how things did not go quite as imagined (when do they ever?) and illuminates a gap between the experts and new public users’ perception of the site. Acknowledging that neither heritage nor aesthetics are absolute values, the article calls for more open and adaptive ways of transforming industrial sites.

M3 - Article in proceedings

SN - 9789074311892

SP - 111

EP - 125

BT - A critical biographical approach of Europe’s past

A2 - Callebaut, Dirk

PB - Provinciebestuur Oost-Vlaanderen p/a Jozef Dauwe

Y2 - 28 November 2014 through 29 November 2014

ER -