CONTINUITY OF PEDESTRIAN PUBLIC SPACE IN 19TH CENTURY WAREHOUSES - REVITALIZATION OF PEARL DISTRICT IN PORTLAND (OREGON), USA, IN THE CONTEXT OF GDAŃSK

CONTINUITY OF PEDESTRIAN PUBLIC SPACE IN 19TH CENTURY WAREHOUSES - REVITALIZATION OF PEARL DISTRICT

IN PORTLAND (OREGON), USA,

IN THE CONTEXT OF GDAŃSK AN GDYNIA CHALLENGES

Paulina GołębiowskaMsc Eng., PhD Student

GDAŃSK UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, POLAND

International WorkshopCITY OF TOMORROW AND CULTURAL HERITAGE – POMERANIA OUTLOOKDecember 08 - 09, 2005 Gdańsk, Poland

Source: Gdynia City Hall publications

http://www.hoytstreetproperties.com/pearl_history.htmlhttp://www.hoytstreetproperties.com/pearl_history.html

Emergent challenge to respond

Portland (Or), USA, Pearl District

Gdynia, PolandDowntown

Development Zone

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”)

to put life into space

Public space is „expected to promote social cohesion and cultural richness”

(Madanipour, 2003)

„life takes place on foot” (Gehl, 2001)

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

walking as a transportation mode

photo: Paulina Gołębiowska

creating pedestrian friendly environment

continuous network with plazas, parks, pedestrian connections between appartment buildings, through block connections and various continuities within buildings (the former warehouses)

http://www.portlandmaps.comhttp://www.portlandmaps.com//


Community life in Jamison Square


http://www.ecotrust.org/ncc/ncc_redevelopment.htmlhttp://www.ecotrust.org/ncc/ncc_redevelopment.html photo: Paulina Gołębiowska

Ecotrust’s building

• 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





Stimulatingactivities

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CONTINUITY OF PEDESTRIAN PUBLIC SPACE IN 19TH CENTURY WAREHOUSES - REVITALIZATION OF PEARL DISTRICT IN PORTLAND (OREGON), USA, IN THE CONTEXT OF GDAŃSK