Understanding Timișoara: looking over the city. The city's structure and urban renewal issues
Résumé
This presentation aimed to understand the urban structure of Timișoara (Romania) and its current renewal issues. After analyzing the city's historical development, we showed that the main challenges today are the preservation of the historical heritage, the renewal of the socialist residential neighborhoods and the reconversion of the former industrial units. Generally demolished, these are being transformed into residential, commercial, office, cultural or creative spaces. In the context of the European Capital of Culture 2023 label in Timișoara, we have questionned the cultural and creative sector as a tool for urban renewal.