Transforming Urban Waterfronts

Desfor, Gene; Laidley, Jennefer; Stevens, Quentin; Schubert, Dirk

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“…Desde las experiencias precursoras de las ciudades norteamericanas de Boston, Baltimore y San Francisco, también en Europa e incluso en Asia, Australia y Latinoamericana se ha asistido a algunos ejemplos paradigmáticos (Bruttomesso, 1993;Breen y Rigby, 1996;Pavia, 2011;Swee y Tou, 2011;Hein, 2014). La reconversión de los docklands de Londres y de las fachadas marítimas de Buenos Aires, Barcelona, Génova, Hong Kong, Rotterdam, Sídney, Singapur, entre muchas, son actuaciones que han contribuido a crear nuevas áreas de centralidad urbana por medio de transformaciones urbanas que han mejorado la competitividad y la promoción de los sistemas urbanos en un contexto siempre más globalizado (Zukin, 1995;D'Albergo y Lefèvre, 2007;Narváez Tijerina, 2008;Desfor et. al., 2011).…”

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El proceso de remodelación del waterfront de Génova y los proyectos de Renzo Piano desde los años 80 hasta el Blue Print

Gastaldi¹,

Camerín²

2017

ACE: Architecture, City and Environment

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El trabajo se divide en tres partes: la primera describe la historia de la recuperación de las funciones urbanas del Puerto Antiguo de Génova, el llamado Porto Antico, por la Expo de 1992, la segunda y la tercera reconstruyen respectivamente las crónicas de las dos propuestas “Affresco” de 2004 y “Blue Print” de 2014 elaboradas por el arquitecto Renzo Piano para la reorganización general del frente marítimo. El Affresco se refiere al área de la Feria del Mar, hasta Voltri, el extremo oeste de la ciudad, con el desplazamiento y la reorganización del aeropuerto, mientras el Blue Print interesa la zona desde Calata Gadda a Punta Vagno, como continuación, hacia levante, del proyecto elaborado por la Expo de 1992.El ensayo analiza los aspectos más destacados de los proyectos, considerados como tres fases temporalmente distintas, sobre el mismo problema, o sea la difícil integración entre funciones portuarias y funciones urbanas y, a nivel institucional, entre la Autoridad Portuaria y la Administración de la Ciudad.Tanto la recuperación del Puerto Antiguo, cuanto las propuestas de Renzo Piano, intentan tratar la reconstrucción de la relación entre las dos administraciones de una manera sinérgica, planificando un crecimiento armónico de la ciudad. El objetivo pendiente por la gestión del Ayuntamiento de Génova es coordinar las necesidades de desarrollo del Puerto – en un contexto cada vez más competitivo entre los puertos de Europa y del Mediterráneo – y la mejora de la calidad urbana de Génova para llegar al más alto nivel de compatibilidad ayudando a fomentar nuevas estrategias de valorización del Puerto Antiguo. El treball es divideix en tres parts: la primera descriu la història de la recuperació de les funcions urbanes del Port Antic de Gènova, l'anomenat Porto Antico, per l'Expo de 1992, la segona i la tercera reconstrueixen respectivament les cròniques de les dues propostes "Affresco" de 2004 i "Blue Print" de 2014 elaborades per l'arquitecte Renzo Piano per a la reorganització general del front marítim. El Affresco es refereix a l'àrea de la Fira del Mar, fins Voltri, l'extrem oest de la ciutat, amb el desplaçament i la reorganització de l'aeroport, mentre al Blue Print interessa la zona des Calata Gadda a Punta Vagno, com a continuació, cap a llevant , del projecte elaborat per l'Expo de 1992.L'assaig analitza els aspectes més destacats dels projectes, considerats com tres fases temporalment diferents, sobre el mateix problema, és a dir la difícil integració entre funcions portuàries i funcions urbanes i, a nivell institucional, entre l'Autoritat Portuària i l'Administració de la Ciutat .Tant la recuperació del Port Antic, com les propostes de Renzo Piano, intenten tractar la reconstrucció de la relació entre les dues administracions d'una manera sinèrgica, planificant un creixement harmònic de la ciutat. L'objectiu pendent per la gestió de l'Ajuntament de Gènova és coordinar les necessitats de desenvolupament del Port - en un context cada vegada més competitiu entre els ports d'Europa i de la Mediterrània - i la millora de la qualitat urbana de Gènova per arribar al més alt nivell de compatibilitat ajudant a fomentar noves estratègies de valorització del Port Antic. The work is divided in three sections: the first one describes the Ancient Port of Genoa reconversion history to urban functions for Expo 1992, the other two sections describe respectively the 2004 “Affresco” project and the 2014 “Blue Print” project both elaborated by Renzo Piano, with the aim to re-organize the Genoa waterfront. The “Affresco” concerns the area including the Genoa International Fair (Fiera del Mare) and Voltri, the last west side suburb of the city: this project main purpose is the city airport displacement and re-organisation, while the 2014 “Blue Print” project is focused on the area within Calata Gadda and Punta Vagno as a development toward the east coast line of the Ancient Port project.This paper intends to analyze the projects main relevant features, considering them as three phases temporally distinguished of the same issue, focusing on integration difficulties between Port and Urban functions as well as between Port Authority and Municipality, at Institutional level. Both the largely completed urban transformation of the Ancient Port, and the new projects, are trying to recompose in a synergistic way, the relations between the two Administrations, planning a harmonic growth of the City. The pending aim for the management of the city council of Genoa is coordinate the Port development needs (in an increasingly competitive contest among European and Mediterranean ports) and the City needs of urban quality improvement, should reach the highest compatibility level, helping to develop new enhancement strategies of the Ancient Port.

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El proceso de remodelación del waterfront de Génova y los proyectos de Renzo Piano desde los años 80 hasta el Blue Print

Gastaldi¹,

Camerín²

2017

ACE: Architecture, City and Environment

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“…The planning process of the area has been criticized for a lack of public involvement, its discrete, partly privatized governance arrangements, and its generic outcomes (Dovey, 2005), which conforms to the critiques of many other cities' contemporary waterfront regeneration projects (Oakley, 2014;White, 2016;Desfor et al, 2010;Gordon, 1996). While visions of integrating water into the Docklands precinct through canals and programming were presented through plans and visualizations, these master plans were not legally binding, and construction followed loosely-defined plans largely driven by private investment (Dovey, 2005).…”

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Exploring How Urban Waterfronts Can Encourage Visitors’ Active Engagement With Water Through a Temporary Design Installation

Mikkelsen¹,

Stevens²,

Hills³

et al. 2018

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“…We can individuate a new trend starting on 2000 with attention to the maritime perspective and shared methodologies at an international level [17,18,19,20,21].…”

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Metropolitan Vision, Stakeholder Action and Community Involvement in Regeneration of Seaside Cities: Innovative Strategies from New York City for the Gulf of Naples

Clemente

2014

AEF

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Abstract. This paper suggests to reflect on the waterfront in a nontraditional way, referring to theoretical and methodological assumptions, developed in recent years about "Cities from the Sea" by our research group in the National Research Council of Italy. So the first step is to move from cognitive analysis to proposals and projects. We can refer to the positive experience of New York that is a best practice in approach, strategies and results. The key of this success is a synthesis of the metropolitan vision favored by the public government, the activation of stakeholders to get results of common interest, the involvement of local communities. People was informed and motivated to put a position, they were encouraged to participate and to give a significant contribute to the achievement of results. Urban coastline issuesThe coast, close to the sea, is a sensitive area where the issue of sustainable development shows itself in all its complexity and potentiality. In urban and metropolitan areas, complexity increases as well as potentiality, at environmental, social and economic level. The coastline is a hinge area that is characterized by the biological diversity of two coastal habitats that join: the marine and terrestrial one.At the present day, urban waterfronts are often affected by an high level of pollution, both inside and outside of the harbor. On the mainland, the coastal area is often densely built and it hosts residential and leisure functions as well as industrial settlements that cause a strong ecological footprint. Actually, also in other contexts where production activities are in a decreasing trend, we usually find a strong past pollution burden that makes very hard to recover and to reuse the area.The enhancement of the waterfront must begin under the water to be effective, through the restoration of the marine habitat. At the same time, we must proceed with the clean-up and the remediation on the mainland, if necessary, when the coastal area had been used for industrial purposes.On the social level, the metropolitan waterfront usually offers a good opportunity to realize public spaces that are very suited to facilitate aggregation of people and to improve social cohesion. The view over the sea is very important at psycho-perceptive level, because it opens the mind and promotes the socialization through a good disposition towards the other people. The creation of public spaces close to the sea has always generated positive impacts: promenades, meeting places, public parks and sports places. In addition, terminal and quays are spaces of mediation between port-cities that are connected by the maritime routes of the ships.However, the creation of public spaces could produce concentration of people and of leisure functions so that it became a font of potential congestion on the waterfront. This should be prevented through a metropolitan vision of the urban life and activities, by managing functions, flows and mobility both at the physical level and at the immaterial one.Anyway, the feasibility of...

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Transforming Urban Waterfronts

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El proceso de remodelación del waterfront de Génova y los proyectos de Renzo Piano desde los años 80 hasta el Blue Print

El proceso de remodelación del waterfront de Génova y los proyectos de Renzo Piano desde los años 80 hasta el Blue Print

Exploring How Urban Waterfronts Can Encourage Visitors’ Active Engagement With Water Through a Temporary Design Installation

Metropolitan Vision, Stakeholder Action and Community Involvement in Regeneration of Seaside Cities: Innovative Strategies from New York City for the Gulf of Naples

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