Terraforming

Reclaiming post-mining territory as an unfinished laboratory for an integrative transformation

Master thesis (2022)

Authors

D. Lachtara Architecture and the Built Environment

Contributors

A.S. Alkan Theory, Territories & Transitions - Architecture and the Built Environment (mentor)
T. Kuzniecow Bacchin Urban Design - Architecture and the Built Environment (mentor)
Taneha Kuzniecow Bacchin Urban Design - Architecture and the Built Environment (mentor)
F.J. Speksnijder Teachers of Practice / AE+T - Architecture and the Built Environment (mentor)
Faculty
Architecture and the Built Environment, Architecture and the Built Environment
Copyright: © 2022 Damian Lachtara
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Published Date

30-06-2022

Language

English

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Faculty

Architecture and the Built Environment

Abstract

The departure from coal in Poland results in the process of decommissioning the underground coal mines. These, based in the region of Upper Silesia, recently undergo a paradigm shift ‘from mining coal to mining water’, as the discharge of the groundwaters is crucial for underground security.

Rather than an obstacle, the discharged groundwaters, along with the post-mining infrastructure, can be treated as an asset for the systemic remediation of the post-mining territory. Thus, the preliminary research is structured around multiscalar remediation that considers the degraded environment, local society, and mindset. The subsequent design project entails a systemic intervention at the intersection of land- and built forms aimed at the multilayered remediation where water constitutes both the axis and the core of the unfinished terraforming laboratory.