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7 6 L3 H a m b u r g waterfront communities project toolkit The Hamburg context Hamburg is a city-state which encompasses other former port cities - such as Harburg - and a variety of different urban areas across 50 km of urbanisation. Hamburg is also the second busiest port in Europe, and intends to maintain and grow this important component of the local economy with modernised equipment and efficient port management. The historic port area of H a f e n C i t y in the north and Harburg Inner Po r t in the south, are ready to be redeveloped incorporating new and existing uses. The river island of Wilhelmsburg is situated in between, and is home to almost 50,000 inhabitants - including many port and industrial workers. The area has high numbers of immigrant residents, but is also rich in picturesque waterfront locations The diversity of physical waterfront in Hamburg presents a particular challenge to urban development and planning. Wilhelmsburg for example, is cut off from the development poles north and south of the river by the Elbe River. In addition to detailed planning approaches to the different areas, Hamburg has initiated a programme called ‘Leap over the Elbe’ to draw these quarters of the city and their citizens together in a common, long-term development framework. Citizen participation is simultaneously promoted and implemented within a correspondingly widened scope.
The WCP pilot project The ‘Leap across the Elbe’ has Hafencity and Harburg Inner Port as its northern and southern stepping stones, and Wilhelmsburg as the core area. It became a key project of the ‘Hamburg Growing City’ strategy. This was initiated by the Senate of Hamburg, pursuing an idea of smart growth, conserving spaces and sustainable urban development. Citizen participation constituted a strong element of this strategy. Several interesting participation processes have been undertaken within this context: � The City of Hamburg, TU-Harburg and TUTECH (the WCP academic partner) initiated a public o n l i n e-discussion and idea competition - ‘Metropolis Hamburg - Growing City’ using a purpose built internet platform called DEMOS. ‘Leap across the Elbe’ was one of three discussion topics prepared, which involved a large group of people participating and developing ideas for this area. A jury selected the five best ideas and recommended them to the Senate of Hamburg for implementation. Two of the suggestions were targeted at Hamburg’s southern districts. As a result the idea of ‘swimming houses’ has become a city authority pilot project. � Building on the results of a Wilhemsburg Future conference and participation initiative, the Ministry of Urban Development and the Chamber of Commerce organised the ‘Leap across the Elbe’ International Design workshop. Fifteen multidisciplinary teams (including architects, urbanists, planners, teachers, students and citizens) came up with different concepts for the long term social, economic and urban cultural renewal of Elbe island. � Eight to ten of the pilot projects which emerged from the design workshop are to be take n forward by the State Commission for Urban Development as part of the International Garden Show and International Building Exhibition, planned to take place in Wilhelmsburg in 2013. The framework clearly defines which areas along the ‘Leap across the Elbe’ development corridor (the HafenCity, the Grasbrook, Veddel, Wilhelmsburg, the Harburg inner port and castle island) are of particular interest due to their extraordinary architectural or landscape p o t e n t i a l . L3 Hamburg waterfront communities project toolkit 7 7
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