The Position of Abandoned Heating Plants Inside the Urban Lanscape

Abandoned heating plants built in Romania in the communist period still have an impact upon city life even though they are out of use for years. This happens because of the strategic position they have inside the urban neighbourhoods. The current study has the purpose of providing information about the relationship between abandoned heating plants and the physical context that surrounds them in order to help architects, urban planners and local authorities in the process of revitalizing these areas. It is well known and even proven in numerous case studies that abandoned buildings often have a negative influence in the value of adjacent proprieties. Considering the fact that there are very few remaining empty sites in city centers and surrounding areas, the land occupied by these heating plants could have an important value.