Oradea’s 1900s Industrial Structures Behaviour

Abstract The paper brings to attention the industrial buildings from the 1900s through two case studies of high-rise buildings for the period in which they were built. The study is done by analyzing the resistance structure of two buildings built around the 1880s and their behavior over time. The destiny of these very valuable buildings from a historical, architectural and structural point of view is regarded as a motivation for the authors for the elaboration of the present paper. One of the studied buildings has been dismantled, while for the second one, the owners are allocating funding for structural rehabilitation in order to maintain it, in parallel with the re-conversion, modernization and expansion of the building. For valuable buildings and historic monument buildings, maintenance activity is particularly important in order to prevent structural degradation. It is especially important to pass on the historical legacy to future generations, therefore its structural strengthening and rehabilitation must take precedence over financial implications.