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Port Culture and Identity
Local port identity as a key asset for building a lasting relationship
Developing all types of promenades and other open spaces in City Port interface zones, to promote a better understanding of port and logistic activities.
How to attract citizens and the local community to the waterfront?
At the border between land and sea, the port-city landscape offers a rich, specific spectacle that combines the technical elements associated with port functions, dock basins and shipping, with typically urban views. The topography of port cities frequently provides natural viewing platforms or allows for paths overlooking this spectacle, creating unity between the active port and the city. By creating full-scale installations that engage the public and reveal specific environments, such initiatives foster exploration and connection with disconnected parts of the city. Emphasising themes like “Bridging” and utilising materials and elements that resonate with the harbour environment, these projects showcase the unique qualities of waterfront areas, sparking interest and promoting community involvement in their future development and preservation. To attract citizens and the local community to the waterfront, innovative architectural projects and festivals like “Harbour Magnets” in Aarhus, Denmark, can play a pivotal role.
This good practice also includes objective 8.3 (Developing public spaces and recreational or cultural amenities in City Port interface zones to create an appealing new area) of the AIVP’s 2030 Agenda.
“Harbour Magnets” was an ambitious architectural project and festival that took place in Aarhus, Denmark, from August to September 2017. LIST, an architecture firm, played a central role as the festival's artistic director and one of the participating architects.
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