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by | 20/09/2012 · 09:52

21st Century Waterfront Redevelopment in Washington, D.C.

by Renard Teipelke

Ideal public transit connection, walkability, mixed-use, brownfield redevelopment, green infrastructure, efficient resource systems, inclusion of the historic urban fabric…what sounds like a planner’s wish list for urban redevelopment is actually the description used for two major projects at Washington D.C.’s southwestern and southeastern waterfronts: The Wharf and The Yards. In case both projects are realized as planned, Washington might be able to present the world what is currently advertized as a 21st century waterfront. Continue reading →

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by | 18/01/2012 · 06:59

Ruhr ruins invite tourists for highwire hijinks – The Local

“From my lofty vantage point, the panoramic view over the Ruhr Valley to Duisburg and beyond is breathtaking. Derelict factories – rusting, soot-stained hulks – pepper the surprisingly verdant landscape. Chimneys rise like cathedrals; proud relics of the region’s industrial powerhouse past… “

Read the full article by David Sharp in the Local: Ruhr ruins invite tourists for highwire hijinks – The Local.

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by | 24/10/2011 · 16:44

Berlin: Bottom-Up Urban Regeneration – With a Little Help from the Top

RAW in Berlin Friedrichshain

By Ares Kalandides and Caspar Lundsgaard-Hansen

In terms of urban regeneration, Berlin truly is a special city: to this day, the city still boasts comparatively many undeveloped or temporally used areas. Unsurprisingly, the emergence of a large part of these areas can explicitly be ascribed to the division – and the subsequent reunification – of the German capital. One of the more prominent examples for this kind of urban areas is the RAW site in the district of Friedrichshain. Here, it is not only possible to observe the process of inner-city regeneration in Berlin, but also to examine what role the public sector can possibly occupy. Continue reading →

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by | 07/05/2011 · 08:00

Île de Nantes: awareness of the past – big steps into a sustainable future

© Servir le Public (www.eplenligne.fr)

by Renard Teipelke

Only a quarter of a page in a 400-page guide for France – that is all that experts thought needs to be said about Nantes a couple of years ago. With its roughly 290.000 citizens, Nantes is a major city in Western France and has more to show than just its nice historical city center with its ancient castle and churches. Over 20 years ago, public and private stakeholders started a project that mastered the redevelopment of Île de Nantes – an island connected with and right next to the city center. During the booming post-war years this site was the hub of the region’s boating industry. As with many heavy industry centers in Western Europe, the situation on the ground aggravated with the rise of new countries and competitors as well as the growing dominance of the service sector. So what to do with a huge brownfield right across the river? What to do with its great past? How to prevent its foreseeable grim future? Continue reading →

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