Analysis On Cases Of Old Industrial Buildings' Reuse As Museum

With the end of industrial age and the come of post-industrial age, arising as whatkind of character has become a problem to a large number of industial sites. Thelarge-scale industrial manufacture brings industrial buildings some characteristics: largespan, large space, large load, relatively perdurable structure and so on. Thesecharacteristics have made the use of industrial sites into a trend, just as the large amountof practice showing. On the other side, as an important stage of development to human,industrialization and industrial sites are important component of the common heritage ofmankind. How to protect and preserve these industrial heritages has also become achallenge. Under this background, resusing industrial builings as museum has becomean important job in protecting and preserving industrial heritages. A large amount ofpractices have come to the forth around the world. And it also turns white-hot at home.This text bases on the white-hot of industrial builings' reuse as museum athome.By chosing9practical cases, it will analyse, conclude and summarize them underthe view of industrial heritage. In the end, it can give advices on the design principleand design strategy of these practices, which can improve the design level at home.