The Characteristics of the HafenCity Project - as a model for the European port city development

Autor: Hyun-Chon Cho, Chin-Sung Dury Chung
Rok vydání: 2011
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Zdroj: Journal of Korean navigation and port research. 35:539-550
ISSN: 1598-5725
Popis: Hamburg is going with the HafenCity Project to create a new urban space for the city`s bustling central district. HafenCity will add an additional 155 hectares to Hamburg`s central urban area, increasing it`s total area by some 40 percent. The qualities of the HafenCity are mainly marked through the location at the water, the river Elbe and the historically embossed milieu the Speicherstadt. A tightly mix of residential accommodation, offices, cultural and leisure amenities, retail facilities and restaurants manages diverse identities of quarters in a framework of an elaborate urban layout. This study is focusing on the purpose of the project goals, the task of the Hamburg authorities and GHS (Gesellschaft fur Hafen und Standortentwicklung) and an urban planning ideas competition (draft masterplan). Regarding of the new trend of the reurbanisation in Europe, the aim of this study is to find out, in which way HafenCity is trying to develope the new city district as a model for the European port city of the 21st century.
Databáze: OpenAIRE