The Vlněna - History and the Present

Article for the conference of PhD students at Faculty of Architecture is dedicated to the topic of industrial heritage with a focus on the former woolen textile factory site. It describes the circumstances of formation and development of textile industry in Moravia and in the city of Brno itself. It focus on both of the factories established on this site and on their development till the closure of production and their current condition. It also deal with the aspects, which determinate the possibilities of its future development in connection with the city, and the approach of local authorities, public and specialists to its future use