Refunctionalisation as one of the Main Aspects of Rehabilitation of Urban Areas Disturbed by Industrial Activities

The article is devoted to the problem of the rehabilitation of urban areas disturbed by industrial activity and the processes of their reconstruction and refunctionalization. There were analyzed objects that implemented in different countries and illustrated national and foreign experience. This analysis showed three principal directions of functional transformation of former or existing industrial enterprises: preservation of the production function, partial refunctionalization or full refunctionalization. Each of these principles has its own specific methods and techniques. The authors proposed a method for their classification, based on the developments of the researcher Stuart Brand. According to the results of the study, a classification has been compiled of methods for the refunctionalization of enterprises and former industrial areas of the city.