Abstract
This study reflects on the contribution that public aquatic spaces can bring to the reconnection of the city and its waterfront through a more direct and active relationship with the marine environment. One characteristic of the current wave of urban requalification of these spaces is the search for reinstatement of the links between the waterfront and the wider urban fabric. The study addresses how the requalification should include the rescue of the urban-social-ecological connection that may have been compromised during the urbanization process and, later, by the monofunctional uses of the waterfront. These phenomena may have promoted a decrease in the experience of local society in its relationship with urban waters and created a distance between them. To this end, an introductory analysis is made on a specific aspect of the ecological dimension of the use of this type of infrastructure, the conservation of the experience between man and nature, considered to be a critical factor for the social support for the biodiversity conservation agenda. The hypothesis defended in this work is that, by being designed for an active engagement with the environment, aquatic public spaces could create a differentiated and more direct form of iteration in contrast to the passive engagement offered by public promenades on land, the most adopted type of infrastructure for public use in this transition space.
Details
Presentation Type
Paper Presentation in a Themed Session
Theme
2022 Special Focus—Constructing New Environments for Living, Work and Play
KEYWORDS
PUBLIC AQUATIC SPACE, COGNITIVE ARCHITECTURE, URBAN WATERFRONT PLANNING
