Creating an African Riviera: Revisiting the Impact of the Victoria and Alfred Waterfront Development in Cape Town

The use of leisure and tourism to re-image and redevelop cities has been interpreted as a mechanism for attracting capital and people. In a period of intense inter-place competition and urban entrepreneurialism, whole built environments become centerpieces of urban spectacle and display. Waterfront developments have become emblematic in this regard. Over the past two decades the redevelopment of the Victoria and Alfred Waterfront (V&AW) in Cape Town has been transformed from ‘port’ to ‘playground’ and is internationally acknowledged as one of the most successful of these developments. This redevelopment has, as has been the case with numerous other waterfront developments, not been uncontroversial. New tensions and conflicts have arisen over the use, meaning, and ownership of this space. The acquisition of the waterfront by a consortium of London- and Dubai-based property developers in 2006 has renewed concerns about the ‘plasticization’ of the waterfront and signals the symbolic start of a new phase in this waterfront’s development trajectory. The paper tracks the development of the V&AW since its inception in the late 1980s and argues that general critiques of waterfront developments sit uneasily in the Cape Town context. It is also suggested that these developments can fulfil a very significant and positive role for developing world cities.     

城市滨水区设计控制要素体系研究

通过对城市滨水区规划设计发展的脉络回顾,从以往的经验教训入手,针对存在的问题提出城市滨水区设计的控制要素体系.期望对滨水区的开发建设提供一些有益的帮助.     

国内外工业遗产保护与再利用经验及其借鉴

近年来,关于工业遗产的保护与再利用问题,得到国内越来越多专家与学者的关注,工业遗产的转型、功能的提升直接关系到区域的发展方向。上海市杨浦区滨江带工业区是我国近代工业文明的发祥地,近期也是面临转型与改造的关键时期,从国内外理论研究与实践经验出发,探讨适合杨浦区区情的工业遗产保护与再利用模式,以期实现工业遗产的可持续发展,提升杨浦城市功能。     

论景观水系整治中的护岸规划设计

从生态、河流动力学、景观及游憩等4个角度对护岸建设中的生态环境提升、结构安全稳定、视觉景观美化和亲水可游4大核心内容进行了分析和论证,总结了国内外的研究和探索,提出护岸规划设计对策,并结合作者自身具体工程项目的实践,阐述了两类较合理的护岸做法,最后针对我国的国情,在结论中提出了5点建议.     

济南市长清大学城中心区城市设计

该项目的规划创造性的提出“动感活力地带”概念、设计了正式、非正式两条流线。同时充分利用基地内景观潮,增加亲水性景观设计,水网带动绿化呈现鱼骨状渗透到其他功能分区,通过视线分析确定景观视廊和建筑高层区的布局来保护周围群山整体轮廊线,凸显“山、水、城、堤”的设计主题,创造一个充满生机和魅力的独具特色的大学城中心区。     

滨水世博园建设与后续开发--解析澳大利亚布里斯班南岸公园

历史上,许多国家的承办城市将世界博览会选址于城市滨水地区。本文以布里斯班南岸公园为主,并结合其它案例的分析 从世博园建设与河流整治的结合,世博园建设带动城市滨水区开发,以及世博园后续开发与城市建设的关系等3个方面对滨水世博园进行了探讨。     

滨水住区"柔性界面"探讨--以京杭大运河(杭州城区段)为例

在生物膜的启发下,该文提出了“柔性界面”的概念,并以此为方法,结合具体案例探讨了住区滨水界面的“诊断”与营造,以期对当前的人居环境建设有所启发。     

失落的城市滨水公共空间再生探讨--以汉口集家嘴码头滨水公共空间为例

该文针对我国城市滨水区日益成为开发热点的现状,发掘仍被忽视的城市滨水公共空间,以武汉汉口集家嘴码头及周边区域为实例,借鉴国外先进经验．抛砖引玉,探讨失落的城市滨水公共空间再生途径     

深圳进入“湾”时代 深圳湾公园景观设计解析

历时8年规划设计建设的深圳湾公园,适逢在2011年第26届世界大学生运动会召开之前建成,景观规划设计立足于＂湾空间＂独有的地域特征,建立与周边城市绿地系统的衔接,在公共活动最密集地段和生态高敏感度地段建立有机的联系,营造丰富多样的＂湾景观＂和＂湾生态＂,创造高品味的滨海休闲公共空间,引导市民的＂湾生活＂,提倡新时代的＂...     

‘Activating Nature’: The Magic Realism of Contemporary Landscape Architecture in Europe

The redefinition of European cities has created new opportunities for the greening of public urban spaces. Lucy Bullivant describes how three young practices in particular – West 8, Gross.Max and Mosbach Paysagistes – are leading the way with their highly dynamic and inventive narrative approaches to history, culture and the emergent city. Copyright © 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.