Adaptive reuse of the power plant in Mahrada as a development complex

Since the beginning of the industrial revolution, countries have established industrial areas and colonies along the rivers and agricultural areas, fully aligned with industry and development, unaware of its upcoming environmental effects.

When the cities near the industrial establishments developed and expanded, their adverse effects began to appear on the city’s fabric and population, which sparked many directions to address this problem.

Most of the successful approaches seek to preserve the facilities and repurpose them in an effort to keep the visual memory associated with the cities hosting industrial facilities and take advantage of the existing infrastructure.

Many of these global attempts emerged that produced successful experiences that formulated many laws and charters such as the Pura Charter, which stipulates the principles used in the architectural preservation of industrial heritage.

The project was chosen due to the negative impact of the station on the neighboring cities, the Orontes River, the Dam Lake, and those responsible, in turn, for the watering of the Orontes Basin and  SAHEL Al-Ghab, which is the most fertile agricultural land in Syria.

Our vision is to support several issues by presenting a model that transforms the damaged plant into an environmentally friendly complex that works to support and educate the people and farmers of the northern Hama countryside in the professional, societal and economic aspects, and to preserve the industrial heritage and the visual memory of the area.

The station facilities and infrastructure have been repurposed according to a comprehensive strategy to serve new activities linking the site to its natural and archaeological side.

REGENERATION OF INDUSTRIAL SITES AROUND THE WORLD

There are many global attempts to subject industrial heritage sites to renewal and

Adaptive-reuse, which aims to preserve the values of industrial heritage and add environmental, cultural, and social values that work to raise the level of society and the urban fabric.

The global experiences and attempts in this context have formulated charters to control practices in the preservation and management of industrial heritage, including the (Pura) Charter, which contains a set of basic principles in the architectural preservation of industrial heritage places and the processes of renovating industrial buildings in accordance with the instructions of UNESCO and ICOMOS related to the protection of industrial heritage. industrial heritage.