The ambivalent zone between sea and city - a new approach to collective spaces based on maritime identity of the cities by the sea (Contributo in atti di convegno)

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  • The ambivalent zone between sea and city - a new approach to collective spaces based on maritime identity of the cities by the sea (Contributo in atti di convegno) (literal)
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  • 2012-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 (literal)
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  • Clemente M., Giovene di Girasole E. (2012)
    The ambivalent zone between sea and city - a new approach to collective spaces based on maritime identity of the cities by the sea
    in Urban Culture Conference, Lisbona, 06/12/2012 - 07/12/2012
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  • Clemente M., Giovene di Girasole E. (literal)
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  • AMBIVALENT LANDSCAPES Sorting out the present by designing the future, Public Spaces - Urban Cultures Conference (literal)
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  • The ambivalent zone between sea and city - a new approach to collective spaces based on maritime identity of the cities by the sea (literal)
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  • Morgado Sofia, Santos João Rafael (literal)
Abstract
  • Maritime identity - \"maritim-ity\" - is a key tool to deal with the project of public collective spaces by the sea in an innovative way. Architects and planners should consider the collective memory as the basis of the urban project, above all for collective spaces. This kind of approach can be experimented in the cities by the sea, which have a strong identity related to maritime culture and history of the urban community. The suggestive hypotesis is that exists a singular relationship between the art of navigation and the art of building the city (Clemente, 2011). In the last two centuries, harbours with militar and industrial settlements occupied the best part of cities on the sea. Since 1970 relevant requalification processes have been developed in order to change the unsustainable situation of urban coastal zones (Falk, 1975; Moss, 1976; Wrenn, 1983; Hoyle, 1981, 1988, 1996; Hall, 1991). Many cities launched projects to transform docks into public open spaces by the sea. New activities and facilities have been planned to redefine the waterfront arrangement (Bruttomesso, 1993; Breen e Rigby, 1996; Gordon, 1996; Gordon, 1996; Malone, 1996; Meyer, 1999). The waterfront renewal is ever more an emerging issue in port city urban policies. Old harbours are converted and restored to become new centres - part of the city and community (Marshall, 2001; Dovey, 2005; Bruttomesso, 2006; Hendee Brown, 2009; Salmona, 2010). «The waterfront redevelopment, which is necessarely bound to become the true city centre, is therefore a project to transform the whole city» (Bradischia 2003). Cities renovate their identity and maritime culture according to history and tradition -- activities' development is related to the sea. Urban communities' relation with the sea is crucial to understand the genius loci of port cities and coastal areas. The sea speaks with the men and the architectures. The city tells stories of men and sailors - maritime collective memory is expressed in space, form and function. Contemporary cities by the sea re-design theirselves, through new sport and leisure functions, but preserving their maritime tradition. Public spaces with a strong identity have been realised because they were inspired by maritime culture. The city recovers public spaces for the community, which discovers its relation with the sea. Actually, the issue of the relation with the sea has been addressed especially to the redevelopment of port areas and of the neighbouring ones. Waterfront redevelopment has been interpreted as a part of the broader redevelopment process of old industrial areas. It is not just a matter of new architectural functions and buildings - a new approach focusing on maritime identity is more and more going on and people have the chance to live the renewed urban coastal zones in a different maritime way. The aim, proceeding from previous experiences in Naples, is to establish new relations more than new buildings. In order to properly define this kind of new approach to public space, in this paper we will analyze the New York City's waterfront redevelopment. In particular the requalification of the High Line and the \"Special West Chelsea District Rezoning\", which represented an opportunity to create a new public space, a \"weak front\" turned into a privileged place from which people have open views of the city and sea and which is thought to be the best practice of waterfront redevelopment policy. The paper illustrates the research activities that we have carried out since 2009 thanks to the work of a multi-disciplinary group: architects, planners, naval engineers, sociologists and economists. Eventually, we will define our scientific agenda: interdisciplinary workshop, common research project, conferences, publications. We are not going to put forward a model but an original multi-disciplinary approach, which underlines how relevant history, culture and memory are in the city in order to realize good collective spaces for the people towards the post-global city (Clemente, 2012). (literal)
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