A part of our Heritage areas Planning Course

1. Planning &Industrial Heritage
8 Lessons learned from
Detroit

2. 1. Clearly define the most
significant areas is a useful idea
• Delineate and/or create the limits of heritage significant areas is a good
first step to involve residents of specific areas on Heritage development.
• For this reason, Historic Districts are a very useful legal definition, as
they include not only buildings, but also relations among different
elements, as streets or public spaces.

3. 2. Urban density is a crux factor
• Been spatial pattern a very relevant Heritage element, changes forced
by lack of activity have a strong impact
• Increasing lots surface is also a major factor which dilutes Heritage
values
• To maintain former densities and fluxes will be never a planning goal
• Education on resources, spatial planning, and internal boundaries can
help locals grasps planning objectives.

4. 3. The best way for local
involvement in planning is through
Heritage image and values
divulgation
• Industrial buildings and streets achieve
host social and aesthetic values that can
be transmitted to the citizens of the
present
• For most people, Heritage references ,
even in new buildings, are highly
positive
• Imaging offers way forward to bring
about understanding in diverse
population which affords valuation.

5. 4. Old fact0ries are the best place for new industries
Creative industy quarters are perfect for old
neighborhood factories to bring about equity in
the marketplace for underserved residents to
find employment and remain connected with
Heritage.
PonyRide a non profit organization receives low
market rate rent since they utilize the
underemployed in jobs to create functional ítems
for underserved sectors of community; Building
non gentrified management of Heritage spaces.

6. 5. Main heritage spots can benefit from development
agreements; planning cannot accommodate alone
• Prominent buildings required large investments, and its management
can be even more complex.
• On the contrary, they may be less relevant, more easily retrievable and
more impact on the environment elements.
• Crafted effective negotiations of development can produce leverage in
which the planning process can engage community benefit outcomes.

7. 6. Too many heritage elements can lead to confusion,
difficult to founds assignment
When a large number of heritage
elements are on play, classifying
and ranking them is critical to
properly invest resources that will
be always scarce.

8. 7. Public transport is a main issue
• Historic public transport has
few possibilities to survive, but
if possible, it can derive itself as
a great cultural resource (San
Francisco tram)
• To select adequate public
transport systems is a key factor
to strengthen the image of the
site, its sense of place, and
belonging.
• A system which generates
excessive contrast with the
structure of the city tend to
dilute the semantic values.

9. 8. When industry has gone, sometimes
agriculture can take its place…