Keep the factory. Change what it makes.
A factory can keep contributing to its city after its original production changes. Promprylad is being remade around the people and ideas that use it.
UA UkraineIn practice. Promprylad operates an innovation centre on a former factory site in Ivano-Frankivsk, with regeneration developed in phases.
What to keep in view
This is phased regeneration, not a claim that every planned facility is finished. Investment returns and impact statements are the operator’s claims; access can change, particularly under wartime conditions.
A factory with different neighbours
The project brings together businesses, education, contemporary art and urban initiatives. Shared spaces and a food market create reasons to encounter people beyond one office or organisation.
Its courtyard and reused industrial rooms make that mix visible. The intention is to keep a substantial piece of the city in use while changing the relationships it supports.
The ownership question matters too
Promprylad describes its financing as impact investment, combining commercial activity with social objectives. That makes the organisation behind the space part of the story, rather than treating architecture as the whole achievement.
The model should be judged through transparent results over time. What is already compelling is the effort to connect a city’s physical renewal with places to work, learn and organise.
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