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Dalmine: From Company Town to Hybridized Productive Habitat

De Almeida Santos, Anna Karla  
June 28, 2023
Beyond Metropolization : Exploring new hybrids. 10th International U&U PhD Serminar
10th International U&U PhD Seminar: Beyond Metropolization. Exploring new hybrids

The establishment of company towns played a significant role in developing both urban and rural areas in Europe during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. By combining historical and urban research, this study provides findings about the industry's political influence on the region. Using the company town of Dalmine as a case study, it is observable that the steel pipe industry still shares today, one hundred years after its foundation, spatial, political, and social dynamics. Over the past few decades, Dalmine transitioned from a one-company town to a mixed-productive habitat, shifting from its productive hegemony to sharing space with the university, start-ups, and other productive entities. By embracing this multi-faceted composition, Dalmine exemplifies the concept of hybridization, wherein different forms of production coexist and interact. In this condition, hybridization into new forms of production demonstrates the possibility of the survivability of a company town.

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conference paper
Author(s)
De Almeida Santos, Anna Karla  
Date Issued

2023-06-28

Publisher

Louvain research institute for Landscape, Archi- tecture, Built environment, UCLouvain

Publisher place

Lille, France

Published in
Beyond Metropolization : Exploring new hybrids. 10th International U&U PhD Serminar
ISBN of the book

978-2-931069-10-3

Total of pages

147-152

Subjects

company town

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hybridization

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coexistences

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productive habitats

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https://www.lille.archi.fr/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/UU_Proceedings_FINAL_compressed.pdf
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10th International U&U PhD Seminar: Beyond Metropolization. Exploring new hybrids

Lille, France

28-30.06.2023

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June 29, 2023
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