International Workshop CITY OF TOMORROW AND CULTURAL HERITAGE

International Workshop CITY OF TOMORROW AND CULTURAL HERITAGE – POMERANIA OUTLOOK December 08 - 09, 2005 Gdańsk, Poland CONTINUITY OF PEDESTRIAN PUBLIC SPACE IN 19 TH CENTURY WAREHOUSES - REVITALIZATION OF PEARL DISTRICT IN PORTLAND (OREGON), USA, IN THE CONTEXT OF GDAŃSK AN GDYNIA CHALLENGES Paulina Gołębiowska Msc Eng. , Ph. D Student GDAŃSK UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, POLAND

Emergent challenge to respond Portland (Or), USA, Pearl District http: //www. hoytstreetproperties. com//pearl_history. html Gdynia, Poland Downtown Development Zone Source: Gdynia City Hall publications

Revitalization - „structural changes that rely on improving activities and attractiveness of the space” (Zuziak, 1998)

Revitalization - „structural changes that rely on improving activities and attractiveness of the space” (Zuziak, 1998) to put life into space

Revitalization - „structural changes that rely on improving activities and attractiveness of the space” (Zuziak, 1998) to put life into space to improve public spaces („water tickle scenario”)

Public space is „expected to promote social cohesion and cultural richness” (Madanipour, 2003) „life takes place on foot” (Gehl, 2001)

walking as a transportation mode to “establish framework for improvements that will enhance the pedestrian environment and increase opportunities to choose walking as a mode of transportation”

photo: Paulina Gołębiowska

creating pedestrian friendly environment http: //www. portlandmaps. com/ continuous network with plazas, parks, pedestrian connections between appartment buildings, through block connections and various continuities within buildings (the former warehouses)

Community life in Jamison Square http: //www. portlandmaps. com/ photo: Paulina Gołębiowska

Ecotrust’s building http: //www. ecotrust. org//ncc/ncc_redevelopment. html photo: Paulina Gołębiowska • built in 1895 of the brick and timber, served as a warehouse • in 1998 purchased by the Ecotrust – a non-profit organization working to create a sustinable „conservation economy” on the Pacific Northwest • the renovation has respected original structure but also incorporates environmentaly innovative materials and techniques (98 percent of waste was recycled, it features „ecoroof” – that together with street lawn absorbs rainwater and filter it, so it flows clean to the Willamette River).

„A place where the city’s vitality and environmental sensibilities meet” Jean Vollum – patron of the organization http: //www. portlandmaps. com/ photo: Paulina Gołębiowska

photo: Paulina Gołębiowska

Stimulating activities photo: Paulina Gołębiowska

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