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Shape of Water and Daily Life
Measuring and Leveraging the Climate-Adaptive Potentials of Seoul's Waterfronts
Seoul’s waterfronts with distinct enclosed profiles provide refuge from heatwaves and mitigate damage caused by flash floods, two hazards that have recently worsened due to climate change. The aim of this study is to investigate how the morphology of these waterfronts influences climate-adaptive performances, and through this, the qualities of daily life. To address this objective, this study proposes a framework that integrates climate adaptivity analysis with data-driven design. Its analytical implementation is demonstrated on 20 waterfronts in Seoul through 7 spatial variables that assess their ability to provide refuge from heatwaves and mitigate damages from flash floods. Four types of waterfronts were identified through qualitative classification of the results: Flood-safe & high thermal performance, Flood-safe & low thermal performance, Vulnerable pedestrian network if flooded, and Likely to flood & low-moderate thermal performance. The framework’s ability to generate design variations is further tested on three waterfronts, guided by principles of daily life walkability and feasibility. Results demonstrate that integration of morphological analysis with data-driven design can produce waterfront interventions that simultaneously strengthen climate adaptivity during extreme summer events and improve daily life walkability under moderate climate.
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Seoul’s waterfronts with distinct enclosed profiles provide refuge from heatwaves and mitigate damage caused by flash floods, two hazards that have recently worsened due to climate change. The aim of this study is to investigate how the morphology of these waterfronts influences climate-adaptive performances, and through this, the qualities of daily life. To address this objective, this study proposes a framework that integrates climate adaptivity analysis with data-driven design. Its analytical implementation is demonstrated on 20 waterfronts in Seoul through 7 spatial variables that assess their ability to provide refuge from heatwaves and mitigate damages from flash floods. Four types of waterfronts were identified through qualitative classification of the results: Flood-safe & high thermal performance, Flood-safe & low thermal performance, Vulnerable pedestrian network if flooded, and Likely to flood & low-moderate thermal performance. The framework’s ability to generate design variations is further tested on three waterfronts, guided by principles of daily life walkability and feasibility. Results demonstrate that integration of morphological analysis with data-driven design can produce waterfront interventions that simultaneously strengthen climate adaptivity during extreme summer events and improve daily life walkability under moderate climate.
Port Archipelago
From isolation living to inclusive living alongside hydrogen energy in the port of Rotterdam
Student report
(2025)
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A.T.E. Blonk, J.J. de Rooij, M.R. Jerez Nova, Y.J. Kim, Rodrigo Viseu Cardoso, L.M. Calabrese
The goal to reach carbon zero by 2050 is pushing the Port of Rotterdam rapidly replace fossil fuel with hydrogen. The transition entails many spatial, environmental and economic changes that impact some neighborhoods more than others; in particular five neighborhoods (Rozenburg, Pernis, Heijplaat, Hoogvliet North and Old Charlois) in and surrounding the port. These already disadvantaged neighborhoods will face more burdens than benefits if the transition, and the gentrification that will follow, is left without intervention.
This study investigates how the energy transition towards hydrogen can be guided to ensure a just socio-economic and spatial transformation for these existing harbor neighborhoods. Through a research-by-design study, a vision is created from the perspective of the selected transition community (harbor neighborhoods), supported by qualitative and quantitative research methods. Subsequently, a strategy is developed that takes into account the
relevant stakeholders and policies necessary to implement the vision. The vision is explained in more detail in the latter part of the report, substantiated by a timeline and its related spatial strategies comprised of four key projects.
The vision of Port Archipelago construed on four guiding themes (energy, housing, connectivity and amenities) successfully accommodates the needs of existing communities and helps them adapt to the social and spatial changes triggered by the hydrogen transition. Urban metabolism and spatial justice are weaved into the vision to fairly distribute the benefits and burdens of the gentrification that is likely to occur in the port. Spatially, the vision will enable the transition community to sustain their identities and everyday lives while at the same time embracing the spatial and environmental transformations of the port. Lastly, the Port Archipelago vision will lead to successful community regeneration by providing opportunities for the harbor neighborhoods to build the capacity to act as active stakeholders in new settings and interact with newcomers of the port. ...
This study investigates how the energy transition towards hydrogen can be guided to ensure a just socio-economic and spatial transformation for these existing harbor neighborhoods. Through a research-by-design study, a vision is created from the perspective of the selected transition community (harbor neighborhoods), supported by qualitative and quantitative research methods. Subsequently, a strategy is developed that takes into account the
relevant stakeholders and policies necessary to implement the vision. The vision is explained in more detail in the latter part of the report, substantiated by a timeline and its related spatial strategies comprised of four key projects.
The vision of Port Archipelago construed on four guiding themes (energy, housing, connectivity and amenities) successfully accommodates the needs of existing communities and helps them adapt to the social and spatial changes triggered by the hydrogen transition. Urban metabolism and spatial justice are weaved into the vision to fairly distribute the benefits and burdens of the gentrification that is likely to occur in the port. Spatially, the vision will enable the transition community to sustain their identities and everyday lives while at the same time embracing the spatial and environmental transformations of the port. Lastly, the Port Archipelago vision will lead to successful community regeneration by providing opportunities for the harbor neighborhoods to build the capacity to act as active stakeholders in new settings and interact with newcomers of the port. ...
The goal to reach carbon zero by 2050 is pushing the Port of Rotterdam rapidly replace fossil fuel with hydrogen. The transition entails many spatial, environmental and economic changes that impact some neighborhoods more than others; in particular five neighborhoods (Rozenburg, Pernis, Heijplaat, Hoogvliet North and Old Charlois) in and surrounding the port. These already disadvantaged neighborhoods will face more burdens than benefits if the transition, and the gentrification that will follow, is left without intervention.
This study investigates how the energy transition towards hydrogen can be guided to ensure a just socio-economic and spatial transformation for these existing harbor neighborhoods. Through a research-by-design study, a vision is created from the perspective of the selected transition community (harbor neighborhoods), supported by qualitative and quantitative research methods. Subsequently, a strategy is developed that takes into account the
relevant stakeholders and policies necessary to implement the vision. The vision is explained in more detail in the latter part of the report, substantiated by a timeline and its related spatial strategies comprised of four key projects.
The vision of Port Archipelago construed on four guiding themes (energy, housing, connectivity and amenities) successfully accommodates the needs of existing communities and helps them adapt to the social and spatial changes triggered by the hydrogen transition. Urban metabolism and spatial justice are weaved into the vision to fairly distribute the benefits and burdens of the gentrification that is likely to occur in the port. Spatially, the vision will enable the transition community to sustain their identities and everyday lives while at the same time embracing the spatial and environmental transformations of the port. Lastly, the Port Archipelago vision will lead to successful community regeneration by providing opportunities for the harbor neighborhoods to build the capacity to act as active stakeholders in new settings and interact with newcomers of the port.
This study investigates how the energy transition towards hydrogen can be guided to ensure a just socio-economic and spatial transformation for these existing harbor neighborhoods. Through a research-by-design study, a vision is created from the perspective of the selected transition community (harbor neighborhoods), supported by qualitative and quantitative research methods. Subsequently, a strategy is developed that takes into account the
relevant stakeholders and policies necessary to implement the vision. The vision is explained in more detail in the latter part of the report, substantiated by a timeline and its related spatial strategies comprised of four key projects.
The vision of Port Archipelago construed on four guiding themes (energy, housing, connectivity and amenities) successfully accommodates the needs of existing communities and helps them adapt to the social and spatial changes triggered by the hydrogen transition. Urban metabolism and spatial justice are weaved into the vision to fairly distribute the benefits and burdens of the gentrification that is likely to occur in the port. Spatially, the vision will enable the transition community to sustain their identities and everyday lives while at the same time embracing the spatial and environmental transformations of the port. Lastly, the Port Archipelago vision will lead to successful community regeneration by providing opportunities for the harbor neighborhoods to build the capacity to act as active stakeholders in new settings and interact with newcomers of the port.