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The Evolving European City - Hamburg: Hafen City
The Evolving European City - Hamburg: Hafen City
The Evolving European City - Hamburg: Hafen City
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In 'The Evolving European City', renowned urban planner and architect Giuseppe Marinoni and eminent photographer Giovanni Chiaramonte assemble a breathtaking presentation of cities that have undergone profound change in order to combat congestion, pollution, and the unsightliness of industrial wastelands. Marinoni conveys a profound belief that unified urban plans under the direction of one creative vision can bring an enhanced quality of life to city dwellers, provide them with the means to move easily to and from home, work, and at the same time ensure environmental sustainability. Chiaramonte, through his exquisite photographs of sites in the Netherlands, Spain, Germany, France, Portugal, Italy, and the United Kingdom, offers readers visual evidence of the architectural and infrastructure accomplishments of European urban projects over the last two decades. Beautifully presented in eye-opening detail, The Evolving European City is a timely representation of environmental sustainability and social progress in the modern age.
LanguageEnglish
PublisherSMOwnPublishing
Release dateJul 7, 2024
ISBN9788899165529
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    The Evolving European City - Hamburg - Giuseppe Marinoni

    Hamburg

    Hafen City

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    The decision made in 1997 by the Bürgerschaft to build HafenCity, a new urban centre in the decommissioned harbour areas, caused lively debates in the city and provoked dissatisfaction among those who believed that an urban operation of such transformation and development, which corresponded to 40 percent of the existing city, was overambitious. There would be two and a half million square metres of surface to build upon and more than ten kilometres of waterfront. Furthermore, the proposed centre was in the southern part of the city, which was historically perceived as less liveable and attractive because of the prevalence of harbour, industrial, and wholesale business activities. But Hamburg, a city-state in the centre, with its seven districts of a metropolitan area of over four million inhabitants, wanted to take on this challenge precisely because of the reconversion of the logistic systems moved towards the sea, a fact that confirmed its role as one of the largest container terminals in the world but, at the same time, left large portions of the old port in disuse.

    The master plan conceived by Kees Christiaanse/ASTOC, winner of the

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