Reliving former port areas

The reference to warehouse architecture in new housing blocks of transformed ports

Student report (2022)

Authors

I.M. Mortensen Architecture and the Built Environment

Contributors

I. Nevzgodin Heritage & Values - Architecture and the Built Environment (mentor)
Faculty
Architecture and the Built Environment, Architecture and the Built Environment
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Published Date

14-04-2022

Language

English

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Faculty

Architecture and the Built Environment

Abstract

What is the driving force behind referencing traditional architecture in new constructions? This thesis is asking the same question through the topic of new housing blocks with references to the maritime identity located in regenerated and transformed ports. To research this, two case studies have been chosen: Piraeus on the KNSM-Island in Amsterdam and Krøyers Plads on ‘’Christianshavn’’ (Christians harbour) in Copenhagen. This thesis researches the what, the why and the how; the what being the port and how it got its identity through historical developments on an urban scale; the why being the stakeholders that are involved in the redevelopment of the ports and why they wanted to preserve this identity; and the how is about the outcome of this maritime identity in the new build residential blocks. To preserve the maritime identity, the cultural heritage of former port areas is resembled in the architecture of residential blocks as agreed upon by a number of stakeholders.