none 10.21983/P3.0176.1.13 punctum books punctum books 31179 175603831 3424607 20251206095004 10.21983 2025-12-06T09:50:28Z 2025-04-25T04:58:05Z 1 Krzysztof Nawratek University of Sheffield https://ror.org/05krs5044 https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1587-3042 Urban re-industrialisation could be seen as a method of increasing business effectiveness in the context of a politically stimulated ‘green economy’; it could also be seen as a nostalgic mutation of a creative-class concept, focused on 3D printing, ‘boutique manufacturing’ and crafts. These two notions place urban re-industrialisation within the context of the current neoliberal economic regime and urban development based on property and land speculation. Could urban re-industrialisation be a more radical idea? Could urban re-industrialization be imagined as a progressive socio-political and economic project, aimed at creating an inclusive and democratic society based on cooperation and a symbiosis that goes way beyond the current model of a neoliberal city? In January 2012, against the backdrop of the 2008 financial crisis, Krzysztof Nawratek published a text in opposition to the fantasy of a ‘cappuccino city,’ arguing that the post-industrial city is a fiction, and that it should be replaced by ‘Industrial City 2.0.’ Industrial City 2.0 is an attempt to see a post-socialist and post-industrial city from another perspective, a kind of negative of the modernist industrial city. If, for logistical reasons and because of a concern for the health of residents, modernism tried to separate different functions from each other (mainly industry from residential areas), Industrial City 2.0 is based on the ideas of coexistence, proximity, and synergy. The essays collected here envision the possibilities (as well as the possible perils) of such a scheme. 1 07 25 2017 978-1-947447-02-8 978-1-947447-03-5 punctum books Earth, Milky Way https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ 10.21983/P3.0176.1.00 https://punctumbooks.com/titles/urban-re-industrialization/ https://books.punctumbooks.com/10.21983/P3.0176.1.00.pdf https://books.punctumbooks.com/10.21983/P3.0176.1.00.pdf https://books.punctumbooks.com/10.21983/P3.0176.1.00.pdf https://books.punctumbooks.com/10.21983/P3.0176.1.00.pdf https://books.punctumbooks.com/10.21983/P3.0176.1.00.pdf https://books.punctumbooks.com/10.21983/P3.0176.1.00.pdf Karl Baker Valuing the Visibility of Industry in Urban Re-Industrialisation A flurry of recent commentary calls for a renewed focus on wealthy countries ‘making things’.1 Such arguments are gener-ally framed within discourses on national economic growth and ignore the spatial implications of re-industrialization. However, treating the promotion of industrial activities as a key compo-nent of spatially-oriented urban development strategies offers promises to broaden the range of benefits delivered by a revived manufacturing sector. In realizing this potential, the built form supporting industry requires careful consideration. Shifts to-ward consolidating industry within demarcated zones of utilitarian sheds in the urban periphery,2 while converting historic inner-city industrial buildings for the service economy,3 are problematic manifestations of conventional planning for indus-try in today’s ‘post-industrial’ city. 13 07 25 2017 117 126 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ Co-Access 10.2307/jj.2353778.15 10.21983/P3.0176.1.13 https://punctumbooks.com/titles/urban-re-industrialization/