A RETRUN TO MAKING: REVITALIZATION OF A POST-INDUSTRIAL STEEL MILL

Abstract

This thesis focuses on the large number cities with post-industrial remnant buildings. These buildings often hold historical and cultural significance but are often left underutilized, vacant, or are destroyed. This thesis proposes that with the implementation of educational, business incubator, and maker space programming these buildings can be revitalized to a new kind of making. As a case study this thesis focuses on a former steel mill Machine Shop in Johnstown, Pennsylvania.