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City-Port Interface
The City-Port Interface: A Resource for Diverse Development Projects
Developing public spaces and recreational or cultural amenities in City Port interface zones to create an appealing new area.
How to manage the aesthetics of a port during a big restructuring project ?
An essential aspect of the evolving dynamic between the city and the port is a type of spatial disconnection, marking the conclusion of the long-standing mutually beneficial association. Promenades can invigorate the waterfront and reestablish the link between the city and its port. The integration of promenade pathways into port and city initiatives serves as a dual-purpose approach: rejuvenating recently repurposed areas and presenting fresh visual angles of both the city and the port. In the case of Oslo, it developed the Fjord City urban renewal project to redistribute the centre of the city and to be closer to the port by preserving heritage structures. This preservation project also demanded the redevelopment of the whole promenade by creating guidelines for the aesthetics the waterfront needs to convey. A prime example of that is the Rådhusbrygge 2, which was awarded “Best Outdoor Urban Space” in 2019.
This good practice also includes objective 6.2 (Integrating spaces and functions open to residents and visitors alike into port facilities, enhancing the visibility of the port and its activities) of the AIVP’s Agenda 2030.
The Oslo City Council and Port Authority of Oslo co-developed a strategy for highlighting heritage structures in developing older port areas into urban spaces while allowing the port to expand. The Fjord City project launched in 2000, entails an urban renewal project concerning the waterfront areas of Oslo. The first plan was drafted in 2000 by the Oslo city council and the Oslo port authorities initiated the work in 2008. The goal of this urban renewal project was to preserve the maritime cultural heritage, resulting in a detailed survey of all the elements of heritage, with historical or scenic value and prompting the transformation of the port to a more sustainable waterfront. While heritage is a big aspect of this urban renewal project is important, the redevelopment of the waterfront goes further than just preserving the heritage structures of the waterfront, by incorporating them in a well-designed interface where the public can easily access and move around.
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