Questions of the Economic Usage of Industrial Architecture Monuments

The subject of this thesis is an analysis of the economic usage of Prague's former industrial buildings as centers for contemporary art. The theoretical part of this thesis will focus on the delimitation of the term Brownfield and the characteristics of it. Further, the Czech Republic's approach to industrial heritage preservation will be reviewed and compared to approaches in a few chosen foreign countries. As well, this thesis contains a theoretical approach to the construction of centers for contemporary art in former industrial buildings in which the criteria for their classification will be established. Two Prague art centers, DOX and Meet Factory, will be analyzed in the practical part of this thesis. This thesis will review approaches to the reconversion of former industrial buildings and their new usage by cultural institutions. The aim of this thesis is to describe concrete institutions and to illustrate the achievement for the local community in using the buildings