This column will invite you over the forthcoming issues of PORTUS to apprehend port cities in…
Lighthouse
LIGHTHOUSE
This section emphasizes on the one hand the more physical aspects of projects or plans, already completed or under construction on each and every continent, in the field of the relationship between Port and City and the urban regeneration of Waterfront. The other hand it provides perspectives on the complex reality of the port cities within specific disciplines and in a trasversal way, addressing the multiple aspects that the presence of ports entails in different regional contexts, with particular regard to the cultural, material and immaterial expressions, in the broadest sense and with the intend to underline the relevance, modernity and significance of these themes in contemporary society.
Paper Sailors
The singular behavior of the seafaring community (both sailors and those family members and workers whose…
Waterfront redevelopment: the fragility of local benefits
After decades of waterfront redevelopment, there is a crucial need to discuss what have been the…
The Taste of Port Cities. Eat and the City
Alberto Savinio was strolling down the streets of Milan, listening to the heart of one of…
Old ports, new ideas: two-cycle design
The transformation of ports and waterfronts over the last 50 years has produced the most interesting…