Volkswagen cogeneration plant in Wolfsburg, Germany, built in 1938 as part of the main Volkswagen factory
Walter Baker & Company located in Dorchester, Massachusetts along the Neponset River. The company was founded in 1780 and is one of the first companies in the United States to produce chocolate.

Industrial architecture is the design and construction of buildings facilitating the needs of the industrial sector. The architecture revolving around the industrial world uses a variety of building designs and styles to consider the safe flow, distribution and production of goods and labor. [1] Such buildings rose in importance with the Industrial Revolution, starting in Britain, and were some of the pioneering structures of modern architecture.[2] Many of the architectural buildings revolving around the industry allowed for processing, manufacturing, distribution, and the storage of goods and resources. Architects also have to consider the safety measurements and workflow to ensure the smooth flow within the work environment located in the building.[3]

Industrial architect

Industrial architects specialize in designing and planning of industrial buildings or infrastructure. They integrate different processes, machinery, equipment and industrial building code requirements into functional industrial buildings. They follow quality standards to ensure that industrial building are safely built for production or human use. Industrial architects are responsible for the design and planning of the following: markets, warehouses, factories, processing plants, power plants, commercial facilities, etc.[4]

History

Industrial Revolution

Britain played an important role in the Industrial Revolution, which stimulated the expansion of trade and distribution of goods amongst Europe and the Atlantic Ocean. The technological advances from Europe were later spread to the United States in the late 1700s. Samuel Slater fled to the United States and later opened a textile mill in Rhode Island; shortly after that the cotton gin was invented by Eli Whitney.[5]

One of the very first industrial buildings were built in Britain in the 1700s during the First Industrial Revolution, which later inspired other industrial architecture to arise throughout the world. The First Industrial Revolution lasted from mid-1700s to the mid-1800s and then later the Second Industrial Revolution came about which mainly focused on the use of new materials and production of goods.[3]

1700s

One of the earliest industrial buildings were relativity built at a domestic scale, for instance workshops for local craftsmen.[2]

1700s–1850s

This time period was the transformation of the British economy. The population in England had increased to 16 million people around 1841, with the majority moving to Northern Europe. Factories had been built and production in the factories had become dominant; production was not on a large-scale.[2]

1850s–1914

Britain saw a increase in production during this time period. Railways played an important role in transportation and distribution of resources throughout Europe and the United States. Industrial buildings were built at a larger scale to accommodate large machinery used in food production such as flour mills and breweries. With the implementation of the Planning Act of 1909, the industry had a significant impact on the siting and layout of industrial facilities as it continued to progress throughout the years.[2]

1914 to present

As architecture became modernized throughout the years, the more traditional industrial sites throughout Europe and the United States continued to decrease. For instance, coal is a raw material that was heavily used throughout the industrial revolution, so there were coal mines. Buildings continued to increase in size to accommodate mass production. The overall design of modern-day buildings is sleeker and more spacious.[2]

Post-Industrial Revolution

The birth of all industrial architecture stemmed from England and the continuing expansions of the architecture was a product of the Industrial Revolution.[6] The usage and production of iron and steel became more prominent since they were used as the foundation for the industrial buildings. Steel is a durable material and was also used in other parts of the industry such as infrastructure, but it was difficult to make because it required high temperature to melt the metal.[6]

Some key elements to industrial buildings

High ceilings[3]

Functionality and design[3]

Large windows[3]

Large, open floor plans[3]

Built to safety standards

Types of Industrial Buildings

References

  1. ↑ Hohendal, Kristin (February 7, 2022). "Learn all about Industrial Architecture". The Spruce. Retrieved March 9, 2023.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Historic England (April 2011). "Historical Summary". Industrial Buildings: Listing Selection Guide. Historic England. pp. 2–6.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Hohendal, Kristin (February 7, 2022). "Learn all about Industrial Architecture". The Spruce. Retrieved March 9, 2023.
  4. ↑ "An Analysis: What do Industrial Architects do?". Bright Hub. Retrieved March 17, 2023.
  5. ↑ Yuko, Elizabeth (November 18, 2021). "How the Industrial Revolution fueled the Growth of Cities?". History. Retrieved March 17, 2023.
  6. 1 2 "Victorian Industrial Structure". Victorian Era. May 7, 2020. Retrieved March 20, 2023.

    Further reading

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    • Bradley, Betsy Hunter. The Works: The Industrial Architecture of the United States. New York: Oxford University Press, 1999.
    • Jefferies, Matthew. Politics and Culture in Wilhelmine Germany: The Case of Industrial Architecture. Washington, D.C.: Berg, 1995.
    • Jevremović, Ljiljana; Turnšek, Branko A. J.; Vasić, Milanka; and Jordanović, Marina. "Passive Design Applications: Industrial Architecture Perspective", Facta Universitatis Series: Architecture and Civil Engineering, Vol. 12, No. 2 (2014): 173–82.
    • Jones, Edgar (1985). Industrial Architecture in Britain: 1750–1939. Oxford: Facts on File. ISBN 978-0-8160-1295-4. OCLC 12286054.
    • McGowan, F.; Radosevic, S.; and Tunzelmann, N. von. Emerging Industrial Architecture in Europe. Hoboken: Taylor and Francis, 2004.
    • Pearson, Lynn (2016). Victorian and Edwardian British Industrial Architecture. Crowood Press. ISBN 978-1-78500-189-5. OCLC 959428302.
    • Pragnell, Hubert J. (2021) [2000]. Industrial Britain: an Architectural History. Batsford. ISBN 978-1-84994-733-6. OCLC 1259509747.
    • Winter, John (1970). Industrial Architecture: A Survey of Factory Building. London: Studio Vista. OCLC 473557982.
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