Post-industrial port redevelopment
Author
Noreikaité, Ugné
Term
4. term
Education
Publication year
2023
Abstract
This master's thesis in urban architecture presents a design proposal and masterplan for the post-industrial redevelopment of Struer Harbour, Denmark. It addresses challenges common to many deindustrialized ports—loss of primary activities, disconnection from the urban fabric, and pressures from rising water levels—and asks how the harbour can be reactivated and reconnected to city and nature by shifting from an industrial to a human scale while foregrounding biological, cultural, and social values in alignment with ongoing municipal plans. The project applies an Integrated Design Process (Knudstrup, 2004) with iterative stages of problem formulation, multi-scalar analysis, sketching (hand drawing, collages, digital drawings, and physical models), synthesis, and presentation. The methodology includes a site visit and meetings with Struer Municipality, context and theoretical studies, and precedent visits to other harbours (Odense, Copenhagen, Antwerp, Klaipėda) to inform spatial possibilities and strategies, including plan work combined with 3D modelling to refine terrain and spatial composition. The work culminates in a final design comprising a masterplan, sections, detailed zoning plans, and visualizations. Specific design outcomes and evaluations are presented in later chapters and are not included in this excerpt.
Dette speciale i byarkitektur præsenterer et designforslag og en masterplan for omdannelsen af Struer Havn i en postindustriel kontekst. Projektet tager udgangspunkt i de udfordringer, mange havne står over for efter afindustrialisering, herunder tab af primære aktiviteter, manglende bymæssig sammenhæng og påvirkninger fra stigende vandstand. Formålet er at undersøge, hvordan havnen kan genaktiveres og forbindes tættere til by og natur ved at skifte fra industriel til menneskelig skala og ved at sætte biologiske, kulturelle og sociale værdier i centrum i samspil med kommunens igangværende planer. Metodisk anvendes den integrerede designproces (Knudstrup, 2004) med iterative faser af problemformulering, analyser, skitsering (håndtegninger, collager, digitale tegninger, modelbyggeri), syntese og præsentation. Arbejdet bygger på feltbesøg i Struer og møder med kommunen, analyser af kontekst og teori, samt referencebesøg i andre havne (Odense, København, Antwerpen, Klaipėda) for at informere rumlige muligheder og strategier. Projektet kulminerer i et endeligt design med masterplan, snit, detaljerede zoneringsplaner og visualiseringer. De konkrete designresultater og eventuelle evalueringer er præsenteret i rapportens senere kapitler og fremgår ikke af dette uddrag.
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