Title: O DISCURSO DA ARQUITECTURA NO DESENHO URBANO Subtitle: REGENERATION OF LISBON WATERFRONT THE INDUSTRIAL PORT AND THE CITY
Pedro Carlos Bobone Ressano Garcia PhD: Urban Design Supervisor: Amâncio D’Alpoim Miranda Guedes Second Supervisor: Hugo Hinsley
Abstract The relations between the Industrial Port of Lisbon and the city center of Lisbon are the object of study of this work. the port activity changes and new possibilities emerge for the use of the landfill. The work will focus on the opportunities that rethinking this relationship may offer for relating the city back to the river. Since previous propositions based on urban design, urban planning and architecture projects have not been implemented, Port and City remain separated by a barrier built for the modern means of transportation. The research involves historic and geographic archival material, a study on current debates in Lisbon and two comparative case studies to raise alternative possibilities, together with a range of other smaller examples. One of our purposes is to introduce a methodology to approach the existing situation between city and port. The examples we chose form a parallel to the object of study, include several conceptual proposals of urban design and architecture are outlined for specific sites of the Lisbon’s port area to illustrate the potential of ideas explored. The work investigates the importance of public space for urban regeneration and explores the collaboration necessary to conceptually and institutionally lead to a successful transformation in a slow long-term process involving a vast range of participants. Key words: urban waterfront / port activities / city-port relation / cut-off effect / public access / morphology