Norblin, Bracia Buch i T. Werner

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Construction site on Ulica Prosta in March 2019

Norblin, Bracia Buch i T. Werner (full name: Towarzystwo Akcyjne Fabryk Metalowych "Norblin, Bracia Buch i T. Werner" ) was a major manufacturer of metal goods, household appliances and military equipment in Warsaw . Under the name Dawna Fabryka Norblina or Art Norblin or Art N , the site of the former factory has been developed into a multifunctional real estate project since 2013. The approximately two hectare site is located at Ulica Żelaznej 49/53 and runs along Ulica Prosta in the Warsaw district of Wola . Remaining factory buildings are under monument protection.

history

The original company of the later joint stock company was founded in 1820 by the son of the painter Jan Piotr Norblin , Aleksander Jan Konstanty Norblin (1777–1823). Later his descendants (August Teodor Werner was a son-in-law) took over the business and merged it with the company of the Buch brothers. At the end of the 19th century the company was one of the largest metalworking companies in the Kingdom of Poland .

Part of the factory around 1890
One of the factory halls that have been preserved, February 2014

Also in the Second Polish Republic was Norblin, Bracia book i T. Werner one of the most important companies Warsaw; in addition, the production of carbine ammunition had started. During the Second World War (especially when the Warsaw Uprising was taking place here ) the production facilities were badly damaged. Rebuilt after the war, the company renamed Walcownia Metali “Warszawa” in the 1950s employed around 700 people. In 1982 production on the factory site near downtown Warsaw was stopped. The factories fell into disrepair and were partially demolished. At the end of the 1980s, an industrial technology museum ( Muzeum Przemysłu ) was established in one of the buildings . The Warsaw Printing Museum ( Muzeum Drukarstwa ) and a theater ( Teatr Scena ) were also housed on the site for a while in the 1990s .

Revitalization (type Norblin)

In February 2007 the site was sold to the Alm Dom development company for 67.5 million złoty . As a result, the technology museum there closed in June 2008. Alm Dom planned to build a residential complex on the property. The plan could not be implemented and so the US investment fund Patron Capital Partners took over the site in 2008. A development company, Art Norblin , was founded. The architects JEMS Architekci designed a first concept for a multifunctional use, in which the listed remains of the factory are to be preserved and integrated. Art Norblin was later brought into the Polish real estate fund Capital Park , in which Patron Capital has a stake. Another investor in the fund, and thus in the development of the former factory site, was the US fund company Madison International Realty .

The currently planned project comes from the architects PRC Architekci . It envisages a building complex comprising around 40,000 square meters of office space and 23,000 square meters of restaurant and retail locations. The ten factory buildings that have been preserved are to be connected to a covered pedestrian zone to create a leisure and dining area. Construction began in 2017 and is expected to be completed by 2020. 50 historical machines are preserved and shown. Parking areas will be created on four underground floors. The complex has been pre-certified by BREEAM .

Web links

Commons : Norblin Factory Development  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Michał Wojtczuk and Tomasz Urzykowski, Norblin zmienia właściciela , December 5, 2008, Gazeta Wyborcza
  2. ↑ Nowy udziałowiec Grupy realizującej projekt ArtNorblin , March 11, 2019, urbanity.pl

Coordinates: 52 ° 13 ′ 56.3 ″  N , 20 ° 59 ′ 27.2 ″  E