What to do with Swarttouw's warehouses: Breakbulk warehouses of Rotterdam

This thesis examines the historic value of breakbulk warehouses for Rotterdam. It focuses on a warehouse in Merwehaven, a disused port area in Rotterdam. By showing the history of Rotterdam warehouses, redevelopments executed, and demolished warehouses a deeper understanding of warehouses for Rotterdam is given. Giving the historical context and...

Reliving former port areas: The reference to warehouse architecture in new housing blocks of transformed ports

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...

Beirut Terminus: The transit oasis

Public-Private Partnerships in Port Areas: Lessons Learned from Case Studies in Antwerp and Rotterdam

The cost-benefit analysis (CBA) is a widely used approach for the appraisal of transport projects, but criticisms on it have led to the development of alternatives such as the BENEFIT approach. This book chapter analyzes three cases of infrastructure investments in port areas in Belgium and the Netherlands, by application of the BENEFIT approach...

Deciding the right use: Making the intrinsic land value creation explicit in port area redevelopment

The redevelopment of brownfield sites such as port, industrial or business locations are designated for redevelopment, mostly for residential or commercial use. However, waterfront redevelopment sites are amongst the most complex to develop (Daamen, 2007). That is why it is important to understand why we choose for redevelopment to new or other...

Repurposing the port: Transforming a former oil-related port area to a mixed-use neighborhood

Since the Industrial Revolution, fossil fuels have played, and continue to play, a dominant role in global energy systems, and thereby in the social, economic and technological developments worldwide. Unfortunately, these energy sources have their negative side-effects: local air pollution and global CO2-emission. The latter has never been this...

Towards sustainable urban waterfronts in the Middle East: assessing the role of cultural heritage in the redevelopment of Port Sultan Qaboos in Oman

When looking at a country like Oman that is abundant in its historical and cultural heritage, it is apparent that these aspects have a huge role in shaping this country’s identity, and remains to this day engraved in different parts of its built environment. However, the values and opportunities of cultural heritage are increasingly overlooked...

A compound communal terminal to confront the developmental and flooding crisis: The legacy of the old port area of Xiangtan

This project is mainly about the revitalization of the old port area of the Chinese city Xiangtan. As a riverside city located in the south part of China, Xiangtan has been through a long historical period during which some of the most formative moments of Chinese politics and economy happened. As the departure point and the cultural core of the...