Providing residents living in proximity to port activities with housing, recreational and cultural amenities in city port interface zones :
1- Incorporating measures designed to reduce port nuisances into building design.
2- Evising the status of port and Port City heritage to properly reflect the historical significance of sites.
3- Developing public spaces and recreational or cultural amenities in Port City interface zones to create an appealing new area.
4- Promoting the architectural and landscape integration of port facilities.
Connecting to a SDG
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Quality education
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Sustainable cities and communities
The associated good practices
Trois-Rivières (Canada): an amphitheatre is now an iconic urban venue
The amphitheatre designed by Montreal-based architect Paul Laurendeau was built on the site of a […]
Cape Town (South Africa): a hotel and contemporary African art for the grain silo
How to turn a grain silo into a museum? The challenge was to take a […]
Copenhagen (Denmark): the perfect dock for a stroll
The Kvaesthus Pier in Copenhagen has been transformed by Lundgaard and Tranberg Architects into a […]
San Francisco (USA) festival for the US Army’s Fort Mason
Developed in a warehouse at Pier 2, the Fort Mason Center is a modern sustainable […]
In Bremerhaven (Germany) Bremenports is insulating homes
Completed in 2008, the construction and operation of container terminal CT 4 in this location […]
Stockholm (Sweden): an identity forged in industrial and port history
The « Kvarteret Amsterdam » project, designed by White Arkitekter in partnership with developer Midroc, […]
Saint-Nazaire (France) puts its submarine base in the spotlight
At the outset of the Saint-Nazaire City Port project, the submarine base posed a significant […]
Oslo (Norway): heritage as a way of giving districts back their soul
With the Fjord City project, the city of Oslo committed to a major transformation involving […]
Hong Kong (China): a festival of theatre
In Hong Kong, an 850-seat theatre made of bamboo was built in 2014 at Victoria […]
Barcelona (Spain): all the benefits of a nautical cluster
Barcelona’s Port Vell and the boating activities found there make for one of the most […]
Stockholm, Helsinki, Naantali, Tallinn, Turku: cooperation, anticipation, communication
European regulations and the development of residential areas closer to ports have put the issue […]
Recent news related to this commitment
Multifunctional cruise ship terminal at Tallinn (Estonia)
The new cruise ship terminal at Tallinn is now operational. Its environmental impact has been […]

Rosario (Argentina): renovation of the Puerto Norte Hotel
The pandemic set back the renovation of the luxury Puerto Norte Hotel and its restaurant. […]

(Italy) : New ambitions for the Genoa waterfront
“Porto Antico”, the celebrated project for the conversion of the old port of Genoa, will […]
