Concepts for designing a sustainable housing environment on revitalized post-industrial areas in cities

Beata Majerska-Pałubicka

Abstract

The paradigm of sustainable development concerns social life in general. In the architectural context this simply means creating a good space for living in a way that meets the expectations and gives a chance for the fulfilment of needs of both the current and future generations over a long period of time. The need to ensure an accessible and user-friendly environment whose infrastructure fits into the surroundings becomes a priority. In many countries, strategies have been developed in the field of architecture and urban planning within the limits of urban agglomeration, which in a successful way affect the integration of the sustainable development paradigm in the context of economic, social and natural sciences.
The analyzed research area includes new concepts of the development of housing environment in regenerated post-industrial areas as well as in new urban districts which result from innovative transformations of the previously undeveloped areas.
As a case study, the districts Vasta Hammen in Malmö, Fjord City Tjuvholmen and Sørenga in Oslo and Ørestad, Sluseholmen and Teglværkshavnen in Copenhagen, Eriksberg in Gothenburg were analyzed.
As a research method, a systematic approach to the topic was adopted, based on research and empirical studies of specific cases, expanded by literature research and own (design and didactic) experiments of the author.
The intended result of the research is an attempt to indicate a holistic approach and basic tools taking into account the interests of all participants in the processes of shaping the housing environment, leading to the specification of sustainable design strategies and short- and long-term actions.