Journal

Call for applicants: Reșița Industrial Heritage Lab 2026

April 2026

The "Reșița Industrial Heritage Lab" is an interdisciplinary summer school dedicated to industrial heritage, organized by MKBT and the Non-Formal Spatial Planning Workshop under the Reșița 250 Lab.

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SAVE THE DATE. Regenerating Places, Reimagining Futures

March 2026

International Conference on Investments in Heritage Revitalization in the Danube Region When: April 23-25, 2026 Where: Multifunctional Center, Reșița Language: English · Romanian interpretation available

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Together for Reșița’s Factory Glasshouses

March 2026

The Factory Glasshouses are becoming a community project. In March, Make Better and the Banat Mountains Community Foundation signed the acquisition contract.

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Eyes on the UCMR's old platform

September 2025

This summer we returned to the old UCMR platform, stretching along the left bank of the Bârzava River, in the old working-class town, near Golului Colony.

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News from the Reșița Industrial Heritage Lab summer school

September 2025

In the heart of Reșița, the last blast furnace reopened for a few days, not to cast iron, but ideas. Young professionals from all over the country came to Reșița, to the Industrial Heritage Lab Summer School, to imagine and sketch what a true awakening of the blast furnace would mean.

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Retrospective: Awakening the Furnace! August, 2025

September 2025

We promised in 2024, after the pilot edition of Street Delivery and UrbanEye Film Festival in Reșița, dedicated to the Fantastic Funicular, that we would meet again around an "F". And that's exactly what we did: we gathered around the last blast furnace in Reșița.

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Guided Tour Registration Form: Discovering the Worker's Path on Via Transilvanica to Șura cu Cocîrlă with Raul-Andreas

July 2025

As part of the event "Awakening the Furnace! Street Delivery and UrbanEye Film Festival in Reșița, 2nd edition", we are organizing a guided tour through the Workers' Quarter on Via Transilvanica and up to La Șură.

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Guided Tour Registration Form: Urban Exploration Tour in the area behind Furnace No. 2

July 2025

On August 3rd, we invite you to take part in a different kind of tour through Reșița – one that will change the way you look at the city.

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Guided Tour Registration Form: History of the Furnace Hearth, with M. Bâldea and A. Bălbărău, 2.08

July 2025

As part of the event “Awakening the Furnace! Street Delivery and UrbanEye Film Festival in Reșița, 2nd edition”, we are organizing a guided tour on the theme of the history of the furnace hearth.

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What to do with a decommissioned blast furnace?

July 2025

Thoughts from our study visit to the Czech Republic and Poland in search of best practices for the adaptive reuse of industrial heritage.

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Awakening the Furnace! The first exploration visit

April 2025

"We stand together around the last blast furnace" is an initiative to celebrate, safeguard, and capitalize on the last blast furnace in Reșița, the most imposing industrial heritage site in the city, a symbol of over 250 years of iron and steel industry.

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We are launching the Reșița Oral History Group

April 2025

GIO is a group of researchers and storytellers in dialogue with the people of Reșița. We will document the ways Reșița has transformed and the lives it has lived, creating a living archive of direct experiences.

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