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Details of masterplan

HERITAGE PROTECTION

INDUSTRIAL PARK

FOOD 

MARKET

HOUSING

MUSEUM OF MODERN ART

ART HUB

HOUSING FOR ARTISTS

OPERA

B90

MUSIC CLUB

FLOOD RESILIENT

ADAPTIVE GREEN PARK

MOVIE STUDIO

FLOOD RESILIENT

ADAPTIVE GREEN PARK

HOUSING

DANCE

SCHOOL

About the Creative District

As a refinement of the strategy and our project of the Young City, we chose a part where

we designed to establish a creative district to attract the inhabitants of Gdańsk and tourists.

Our priority was to create opportunities for preserving the remaining historic buildings

of shipyards and cranes, which became the icon of Gdańsk. Due to the fact that the next shipyard buildings are demolished one by one, we would like existing ones to be included

in the development of the district by giving them new or organizing existing functions.

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In addition, it is equally important for us to include partners who have permanent funding such as museums and a dance school to keep district economically stable and to avoid rapid decrease a number of visitors when currently fashionable places will not be desirable anymore. In order to maintain the industrial and informal climate of the district, we have designed art hubs which, with the help of convenient conditions and preferential rents,

will attract to the district of professional artists and art hobbyists.

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location

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The area is located in north of the Old Town.

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History

In the mid-40s of the nineteenth century, the naval base was built here.

In the workers’ protests in the 1970s and 1980s, the shipyard played a key role.

Now, many of the giant green cranes throughout the yard stand motionless among abandoned buildings.  Gdansk shipyard, known in Polish as Stocznia Gdanska, is on the UNESCO World Heritage List.

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design

vision

A signature development for Gdansk: blending together the contemporary architecture with iconic heritage

strategies

Enchance connectivity

(grow sidewalk, network of streets and public spaces that tie the city and cultural identity together )

Protecting many of the remarkable existing structures

Reform of the riverside 

(more ways to experince water)

Incorporate nature (increase green space)

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project component

1.Paper Island, Copenhagen

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2.L.A. Downtown Art District

3.Uljanik Shipyard, Croatia

4.Parco Dora, Turin

5.IBA Emscher Park, Germany

6.Movie Plateau

7.Vasa Museum, Stockholm

8.Waterfront Boulevard

9.Tivoli Gardens, Copenhagen

10.Opera House, Oslo

11.Hyde Park, London

12.Marina, Amsterdam

13.Waterfront Stairs

14.Outdoor Cinema

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