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Environments of Opportunity: Redevelopment on the Waterfront of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain Peter G. Rowe, Joaquin Casariego Ramirez, Elsa Guerra Jimenez, Liz Melendez San Miguel Harvard University |
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During the spring semester of 2000 an urban design studio was conducted, dealing with proposals for the redevelopment of a portion of the waterfront in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain. This book provides documentation of the studio findings, including a thematic description of the studio context, preliminary studies of other waterfront developments of interest, an analysis of economic trends and policy directions for the Island of Gran Canaria, of which the waterfront is a part, and the project proposals themselves. Public improvements of this magnitude cannot be viewed in isolation and are, indeed, examples of a more general class of design and redevelopment problem that has been tackled elsewhere. Many maritime cities, all over the world, have found themselves with obsolete port facilities and increasing pressure to capitalize on opportunities for redevelopment there. Moreover, these opportunities, in turn, are strongly determined both by the economic social and cultural composition of the cities concerned and by the potential contribution that waterfront redevelopment might make to the cities. In short, an exercise of this kind must look to the city and sub-region involved, as well as engaging in a considerable amount of programmatic and creative invention.
--Peter G. Rowe
Contents
Preface
Mayor of Las Palmas
Introduction
Peter G. Rowe
Thematic Context and Case Studies
Joaquin Casariego and Elsa Guerra
The City of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
The Waterfront and the Studio Site
Case Studies
Economic Analysis, Trends and Policy Directives
by James Miner, Christopher Rogers and Sang Oh
Contextual Analysis and Projections
Political Entities and Organizations
Political Policy Directives
Growth and Development Trends
Physical Policy Directives
Project Proposals
Attaporn Kobkongsanti
Masatomo Kojima
Victor Lai
Liz Melendez
James Miner
Sang Oh
Roberto Pasini
Christopher Rogers
Patricio Scheleff
Sakae Sugiura
Yuriko Suzuki
Daniel Yang
Yukiko Yokoo
References
Publication Title
Environments of Opportunity: Redevelopment on the Waterfront of Las
Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
Year Published
2001, Harvard Graduate School of Design
Editor(s)/Author(s)
Peter G. Rowe
Joaquin Casariego Ramirez
Elsa Guerra Jimenez
Liz Melendez San Miguel