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Material Memory : Rewriting Without Erasing - Reimagining industrial heritage for contemporary civic use

Al Haj Jadaan, Mohammad LU (2025) AAHM01 20251
Department of Architecture and Built Environment
Abstract
This thesis investigates the adaptive reuse of
Vagnsverkstaden, a former railway maintenance hall in
Malmö’s Lokstallarna. The project explores how this early
20th-century industrial structure can be transformed
into a multifunctional civic space, while preserving its
material and historical character.
Using site analysis, theoretical frameworks, and case
study comparisons, the proposal introduces minimal
interventions that allow new functions, such as a food
court, offices and CO zone, and a museum, to coexist
with the building’s industrial identity.
The work argues that architecture can act as a bridge
between past and present. By treating the building as a
“host” rather than a blank canvas, the project offers a
strategy... (More)
This thesis investigates the adaptive reuse of
Vagnsverkstaden, a former railway maintenance hall in
Malmö’s Lokstallarna. The project explores how this early
20th-century industrial structure can be transformed
into a multifunctional civic space, while preserving its
material and historical character.
Using site analysis, theoretical frameworks, and case
study comparisons, the proposal introduces minimal
interventions that allow new functions, such as a food
court, offices and CO zone, and a museum, to coexist
with the building’s industrial identity.
The work argues that architecture can act as a bridge
between past and present. By treating the building as a
“host” rather than a blank canvas, the project offers a
strategy for transformation that respects memory while
enabling civic renewal. (Less)
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author
Al Haj Jadaan, Mohammad LU
supervisor
organization
alternative title
Material Memory : Rewriting Without Erasing
course
AAHM01 20251
year
type
H2 - Master's Degree (Two Years)
subject
keywords
Architecture, Historical buildings, Transformation, Adaptive reuse, Rewriting without Erasing, Malmö, Lokstallarna, Vagnsverkstaden, Civic Renewal, Building as Host, Structure as Story, Layers of Use, Flexible Zoning, Thermal Zoning, Food Court, Kiosks, Retail Zone, Offices & Co-working, Conference Halls, Museum Zone, Social Infrastructure, Sustainability, Social sustainability, Public spaces, Urban environment, Cultural continuity, Historical Narrative, Culture, local, production, Industrial Legacy.
language
English
id
9213212
date added to LUP
2025-09-29 10:41:05
date last changed
2025-09-29 10:41:05
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  abstract     = {{This thesis investigates the adaptive reuse of
Vagnsverkstaden, a former railway maintenance hall in
Malmö’s Lokstallarna. The project explores how this early
20th-century industrial structure can be transformed
into a multifunctional civic space, while preserving its
material and historical character.
Using site analysis, theoretical frameworks, and case
study comparisons, the proposal introduces minimal
interventions that allow new functions, such as a food
court, offices and CO zone, and a museum, to coexist
with the building’s industrial identity.
The work argues that architecture can act as a bridge
between past and present. By treating the building as a
“host” rather than a blank canvas, the project offers a
strategy for transformation that respects memory while
enabling civic renewal.}},
  author       = {{Al Haj Jadaan, Mohammad}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Material Memory : Rewriting Without Erasing - Reimagining industrial heritage for contemporary civic use}},
  year         = {{2025}},
}