ABSTRACT
OFF Piotrkowska is located in the abandoned Ramisch cotton factory in the centre of Lodz. The Ramisch factory is one of the few remaining examples of an industrial plant located just off the city’s main street of Piotrkowska. The textile industry in Lodz declined in the 1980s and 1990s, many industrial sites became abandoned, among them the Ramisch factory. The project was named OFF Piotrkowska, adopting the Lodz city branding concept as a creative city with vibrant ‘off culture’. Since the 2000s, various industrial buildings and sites have been transformed into housing, offices, and retail, leisure, and cultural venues. The aesthetics of unrenovated, abandoned post-industrial buildings corresponded with the unofficial character of the undertaken artistic activities. The outlook of the new and renewed buildings and the impact of this development on the current programme and atmosphere remain a question mark.
