Following the launch of our Training Materials section with resources from the online phase, the DTH has now added a second set of materials. This time we have added materials from the on-site phase of the HI-EURECA-PRO Hackathon on Industrial Heritage, held from 8 to 12 June 2026 at the Silesian University of Technology in Gliwice, Poland.
After the online preparatory stage, in which international student teams completed a course on Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) and analysed case studies (event overview), the five-day on-site programme turned to a concrete challenge: the revitalisation and adaptive reuse of post-industrial buildings. The aim was to have interdisciplinary teams from across Europe develop innovative, sustainable and circular solutions for real industrial-heritage contexts, and to do so not only in the lecture hall, but out in a living post-industrial landscape.
The week wove together three strands. A rich lecture programme brought specialists from several institutions: Prof. María Fernández Raga shared practical examples from Spain on making heritage protection more sustainable; Dr Katarzyna Moraczewska spoke on the role of green spaces; Dr Eryk Goldmann on traditional and modern construction materials and their environmental trade-offs; Dr Anna Lempart-Rapacewicz (University of Bielsko-Biała) on water-recreation facilities in post-industrial landscapes; and Prof. Katarzyna Brukało (Silesian Medical University) on healthy living environments in the shaping of post-industrial areas, rounded off by a hands-on workshop on Silesian culture led by Dr Barbara Lisiecka. Alongside the talks, field activities grounded the ideas in place (a walking tour to the historic Wire Factory, a traditional dancig classes and a guided city walk through Gliwice) interleaved with blocks of intensive teamwork. The programme then built toward its finale: final presentations to a jury, an award ceremony, and a closing round of LCA presentations with a test that tied the on-site work back to the online course.
The newly published resources capture the lectures and workshop materials from these sessions. As with the online phase, selected materials are available to hackathon participants; for the full course or related training resources, write to us at dth@hieurecapro.eu.
And there is more to come: soon we will publish a further set of materials, this time presenting the results of all the student groups who took part in the hackathon, turning a week of intensive work into a lasting, shareable resource for the whole network.
