Paulina Gołębiowska Msc Eng., PhD Student GDAŃSK UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, POLAND

1. International WorkshopCITY OF TOMORROW AND CULTURAL HERITAGE – POMERANIA OUTLOOK December 08 - 09, 2005 Gdańsk, Poland CONTINUITY OF PEDESTRIAN PUBLIC SPACE IN 19TH CENTURY WAREHOUSES - REVITALIZATION OF PEARL DISTRICTIN PORTLAND (OREGON), USA,IN THE CONTEXT OF GDAŃSK AN GDYNIA CHALLENGES Paulina GołębiowskaMsc Eng., PhD StudentGDAŃSK UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, POLAND

2. Emergent challenge to respond Portland (Or), USA, Pearl District http://www.hoytstreetproperties.com/pearl_history.html Gdynia, PolandDowntown Development Zone Source: Gdynia City Hall publications

3. Revitalization - „structural changes that rely on improving activities and attractiveness of the space” (Zuziak, 1998)

4. Revitalization - „structural changes that rely on improving activities and attractiveness of the space” (Zuziak, 1998) to put life into space

5. Revitalization - „structural changes that rely on improving activities and attractiveness of the space” (Zuziak, 1998) to put life into space to improve public spaces(„water tickle scenario”)

6. Public space is „expected to promote social cohesion and cultural richness” (Madanipour, 2003) „life takes place on foot” (Gehl, 2001)

7. walking as a transportation mode to “establish framework for improvements that will enhance the pedestrian environment and increase opportunities to choose walking as a mode of transportation”

8. photo: Paulina Gołębiowska

9. creating pedestrian friendly environment continuous network with plazas, parks, pedestrian connections between appartment buildings, through block connections and various continuities within buildings (the former warehouses) http://www.portlandmaps.com/

10. Community life in Jamison Square http://www.portlandmaps.com/ photo: Paulina Gołębiowska

11. Ecotrust’s building photo: Paulina Gołębiowska http://www.ecotrust.org/ncc/ncc_redevelopment.html • built in 1895 of the brick and timber, served as a warehouse • in 1998 purchased by the Ecotrust – a non-profit organization working to create a sustinable „conservation economy” on the Pacific Northwest • the renovation has respected original structure but also incorporates environmentaly innovative materials and techniques (98 percent of waste was recycled, it features „ecoroof” – that together with street lawn absorbs rainwater and filter it, so it flows clean to the Willamette River).

12. „A place where the city’s vitality and environmental sensibilities meet” Jean Vollum – patron of the organization http://www.portlandmaps.com/ photo: Paulina Gołębiowska

13. photo: Paulina Gołębiowska

14. Stimulatingactivities photo: Paulina Gołębiowska

15. THANK YOU