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Qianhai Port City. Shenzhen, China
Qianhai Port City (OMA Architect), situated at the threshold of Hong Kong, occupies a position of strategic significance in the Pearl River Delta. The new city center in Qianhai could fulfill Shenzhen’s coastal ambitions and provide the basis for strategic ...
City and port. Sochi, Russia
Sochi that will host the 2014 Winter Olympics is as one of the largest construction zones in the world. The city is building a world-class seaport to accomodate cruise ships and to support a big increase in Black Sea ferry ...
Old ports, new ideas: two-cycle design
The transformation of ports and waterfronts over the last 50 years has produced the most interesting and innovative spaces in big cities. Shanghai’s Bund, the old mooring place and loading wharf, has become the most emblematic civic space in the ...
Waterfront redevelopment: the fragility of local benefits
After decades of waterfront redevelopment, there is a crucial need to discuss what have been the economic and social benefits of such initiatives for port cities. Drawing a global snapshot of the current situation is difficult, however, due to the ...
Genova, dal waterfront alla città portuale del XXI secolo. Intervista con Bruno Gabrielli
Bruno Gabrielli, professore emerito presso la Scuola Politecnica dell'Università di Genova, è stato presidente dell’ANCSA (Associazione Nazionale Centri Storico-Artistici) dal 1980 al 2000 ed è stato protagonista della politica urbanistica genovese nel ruolo di assessore all’Urbanistica del Comune di Genova ...
