The Aarhus Marina Community project won the award for Best Urban Renewal
Located in Århus, Denmark's second largest city, Bassin7 is the most popular new district in the whole of Aarhus. The master plan for the project, developed in collaboration with Gehl Architects, SLETH Architects, BIG Architects and the Municipality of Aarhus, explores how to create a vibrant waterfront community and attractive living environment (Figure 1). The project recently won the "Best Urban Renewal Award 2024" from MIPIM: Le Marché International des Professionalnels de l'immobilier (The International Market for Real Estate Professionals), one of the world's leading real estate competitions.
Fig.1 Renderings of the planning of Bassin 7
Source: https://www.archdaily.com/551290/big-designs-7-building-waterfront-development-in-aarhus
The master plan for the project identifies the best conditions for the integration of commercial, recreational, water sports and residential facilities, artfully combining public functions with private residences. Based on the study of public life, the design team focuses on human behavior, and designs a strategy that balances the public and private spheres and promotes public life. The plan seeks to shape a compact, humane waterfront and provide opportunities for a variety of activities through the organization's seven residential towers and a range of spaces for recreational and cultural activities, including a beach, swimming pool, theatre, restaurant and café.
The project integrates the new public realm with the living space of the entire site, connecting the residential area with the existing port and the nearby Nikoline Kochs Plads via a waterfront promenade. In 2018, the harbour baths included in the project were opened to the public, further activating the waterfront as a very popular tourist destination and meeting place in Aarhus (Figure 2). At present, the project is nearing full completion.
Fig.2 The actual scene of the completion of the harbor baths
Source: https://www.gehlpeople.com/project/bassin-7-waterfront-master-plan/
Source: https://www.mipimawards.com/mipimawards2024/en/page/winners-2024;https://www.gehlpeople.com/project/bassin-7-waterfront-master-plan/
Helsinki signs the Declaration on Smart Cities for Plastics
Plastic Smart Cities is an international initiative launched by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), an international environmental organization, to stop the leakage of plastic waste into the environment and oceans, and to achieve the goal of zero plastic in nature by 2030. In March, Helsinki Mayor Juhana Vartiainen and WWF-Finland Secretary General Liisa Rohweder signed The Plastic Smart Cities Declaration, making Helsinki the first "Plastic Smart Cities Partner City" in the Baltic region.
In fact, Helsinki has already taken steps to tackle plastic waste and has developed a broader waste control action plan, including identifying sources and routes of waste, and developing and testing new solutions to manage waste. For example, Helsinki participates in the European Union's Baltiplast: Baltic Approaches to Handling Plastic Pollution under a Circular Economy Context, which aims to prevent and reduce plastic waste in the Baltic Sea region, with a focus on reducing single-use plastics, improving plastic packaging and innovating waste collection and treatment systems, and Helsinki is also involved in the Finnish national project PlastLIFE: Plastic L'Instrument Financier pour l'Environnement), with the goal of reducing the disturbance and unnecessary consumption caused by plastics, promoting the recycling of plastics and the use of recycled plastics, and developing alternative materials and use options for plastics.
Esa Nikunen, Director of the Environment Programme at Helsinki, said: "Helsinki has set ambitious environmental targets, and this collaboration provides an opportunity for information sharing and dialogue between the Foundation and international partner cities to achieve these goals. ” UPI
Source: https://www.hel.fi/en/news/city-of-helsinki-signed-the-plastic-smart-cities-declaration
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