Revitalisation of the old industrial area of Cinkarna Celje

Industrializacija, katere začetki segajo v začetek devetnajstega stoletja, je povzročila velike socialne in ekonomske spremembe v prostoru. Industrijski razvoj Celja je pospešila izgradnja južne železnice Dunaj–Trst. Ob novih prometnih vpadnicah so se pričela oblikovati industrijska območja. Tako segajo začetki razvoja Cinkarne Celje v drugo polovico devetnajstega stoletja. Pomemben mejnik predstavlja deindustrializacija po drugi svetovni vojni z razvojem novih tehnologij, proizvodov in informatiko. Stara industrijska središča med katere spada nedvomno Celje, niso zaznala trenda prihajajočih gospodarskih sprememb. Z odprtjem slovenskega gospodarstva in prehodom na tržno gospodarstvo je nujno prišlo do hitrega zloma nekoč tradicionalnih industrijskih panog. Območja, kjer je bila ta industrija locirana, so opustela in degradirana. S tujko jih imenujemo brownfield. V diplomskem delu z naslovom Revitalizacija starega industrijskega območja Cinkarna Celje želimo predstaviti primer dobre prakse revitalizacije okoljsko degradiranega območja dela stare Cinkarne Celje. V novonastali državi Sloveniji se je pokazala strukturna neprimernost industrijskega sektorja v starih industrijskih središčih, kjer je prevladovala delovno intenzivna, ekološko sporna industrijska proizvodnja. Podjetja, ki niso bila zmožna uspešno prestrukturirati proizvodnje, so pričela propadati. Propad so pospešili zaostreni tržni pogoji in zakonska obveznost spoštovanja okoljevarstvene zakonodaje. Stara Cinkarna Celje je primer, ko je zaradi ekološko neustrezne in zastarele tehnološke proizvodnje prišlo do opuščanja dela dejavnosti, kar je imelo za posledico nastanek degradiranih opuščenih območij v industrijski coni. Na osnovi dobrih praks, uveljavljenih v svetu, se je pričelo z načrtno sanacijo degradiranih območij ob upoštevanju načel trajnostnega razvoja. Želeni cilji so sanacija okolja, varovanja nepozidanih površin in izboljšanje kakovosti onesnažene zemlje, vodnih virov in ozračja. Sanacija stare Cinkarne Celje se je pričela z revitalizacijo dela opuščenega območja, ki je v procesu preoblikovanja v poslovno cono Tehnopolis. Cona ponuja spodbudno okolje za razvoj inovativnega podjetništva s ciljem razvoja kreativnih znanj in ustvarjanja pogojev za razvoj novih kvalitetnih delovnih mest. Območje spreminja svojo podobo, saj novo nastala poslovna cona ponuja prostor za razvoj tehnološko naprednih proizvodnih, uslužnostnih in izobraževalnih dejavnosti. Pristop k revitalizaciji predstavlja sodoben model preobrazbe degradiranega industrijskega območja z večnamensko rabo prostora. Zato je projekt revitalizacije območja stare Cinkarne Celje pomemben tako za mesto Celje kot za celotno regijo in širše.Industrialization, which began in the early years of the nineteenth century, led to some crucial social and economic changes. The industrial development of Celje was encouraged by southern railway Vienna-Trieste. In the immediate vicinity of roads which accessed the centre of Celje the development of industrial areas started. The beginnings of Cinkarna Celje reach into the second half of the nineteenth century. Deindustrialization after World War II with the development of new technologies, products and informatics presented an important breaking point for Celje economy. Old industrial areas including Celje did not detect the trend of incoming economic conditions. The transition from socialistic self – management to free enterprise showed economic incompatibility and resulted in a sudden decline of traditional industrial sectors. Areas where the industry was located became abandoned and contaminated. They are called brownfield areas. In the diploma thesis Revitalisation of old industrial area Cinkarna Celje we analyse an example of good practice in rehabilitating an underused area called ‘old Cinkarna’. Slovenia, after 1991, faced structural incompatibility of industrial sector in old industrial areas with labour-intensive and ecologically questionable manufacture. Companies which were not able to restructure manufacturing successfully began to fall. Stricter market conditions and an expansion of environmental legislation led to a faster decline in the number of industrial companies. Old Cinkarna Celje was an example of a decreasing number of industrial activities, because of environmentally incompatible and inadequate technological manufacture. As a result the number of abandoned areas in industrial zones was increasing. Considering the principles of sustainable development and paying regard to examples of good practise, the number of carefully planned brownfield redevelopment processes has increased. The main aims of the process are rehabilitation of abandoned areas, protection of undeveloped areas and improving the quality of contaminated soil, water sources and atmosphere. Rehabilitation of old Cinkarna Celje began with redevelopment process implemented on the abandoned area. The latter is currently in the process of transforming into a business zone Tehnopolis. It offers a stimulating environment for innovative companies and enables the integration of knowledge. In addition, it consequently increases the number of jobs of added value. The area is changing its image, because the transformed business zone stimulates the development of technologically innovative services and educational activities. The approach of rehabilitation is a modern example of rehabilitating abandoned industrial area into an integrated multifunctional area. In short, the project of redeveloping old Cinkarna Celje is of great importance for Celje, Savinjska region and general