Technical Problems Connected with the Adaptation into a Loft of a Post-industrial Building. Case Study

Adaptation of post-industrial facilities for modern residential buildings improves the results and aesthetics of urban spaces with a full respect for the protection of cultural heritage. Adaptation of post-industrial of the historic building requires a series of the preliminary research facility. The article presents the results of the diagnosis of the technical condition preceding the adaptation of the former factory to lofts in Zielona Góra. The building at Fabryczna 14 in Zielona Góra was built in 1913 and for over 60 years, it was a weaving mill in a textile factory complex. In the 70s of the 20th century, the building was adapted to the office of the “POLON” Nuclear Apparatus, in the first years of the twenty-first century, the building served as a commercial facility and storage. The building is 4-storey, made of solid brick, covered with a desktop roof, with a 5-storey corner tower from the south. The building’s facades are made of non-plastered bricks, have numerous profiling - pilaster strips, cornices, bands, panels. From the north, in the 70s of the 20th century, a part containing the reinforced concrete staircase was added. The interior of the building is three-tract, the supporting structure is made of longitudinal brick external walls and parallel steel beams based on cast iron pillars. The main assumptions of the adaptation to lofts primarily assumed changes in the interior of the building. Flats with an area of 60 to 150 square meters were designed, for this purpose, additional transverse walls were made. The brick façade remained, the attachment for the staircase and elevator was changed. At this point, the architect used modern trends related to modern technologies and finishing materials. The projection housing the new elevator and staircase was made of a steel structure with a reflex glass cladding. Modern solutions have been integrated into the brick architecture of the historic building. The political and social changes of the 1990s meant that many industrial facilities, often with a rich history, were out of use. A prolonged break in the use of buildings often causes irreversible degradation of their construction. This is mainly due to the neglect of basic maintenance principles.