Year 2020

• Polish waterfront in the process of transformation: The case of Elbląg port city

  Publication

  • J. Breś

  - PORTUSPlus - Year 2020

  The topic of waterfront transformation is a vast and challenging issue, which in small and medium-sized cities is still unexplored. With growing global interest in the matter of regeneration of city-water relationship and increasing public awareness of the value of waterfront public spaces, actions to transform abandoned waterfront areas have been undertaken in many Polish port cities. City of Elbląg, located in northern Poland,...

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Year 2019

• Maritime heritage of small port towns of the Polish coast

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  • K. Krośnicka

  - PORTUSPlus - Year 2019

  The article describes problems of the gradual disappearance of real maritime heritage in small Polish port cities. The maritime heritage of small port cities was shaped by coastal processes and urban historical conditions what has led to creation of specific types of landscapes. Special architectural objects of the post-port heritage of small ports of the Polish coast are hydrotechnical constructions (i.e. breakwaters, quays),...

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• Various cases of preservation and adaptive reuse Heritage Buildings in the Port of Gdynia

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  • A. Orchowska (formerly: A. Orchowska-Smolińska)

  - PORTUSPlus - Year 2019

  The port of Gdynia contains a diverse range of heritage assets, starting with its spatial layout which is an urban concept designed in the first half of the 1920s. It is important to point out, this historically-shaped harbor space is preserved in its general idea and still functioning in port activities. Another significant element is the structural, technological solution which was the basis for constructing the entire port area...

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