Contact us
![]() |
customer@davidpublishing.com |
![]() |
3275638434 |
![]() |
![]() |
Paper Publishing WeChat |
Useful Links
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License
Article
Urban Regeneration Challenge: The Case of Avenidas Novas District in Lisbon
Author(s)
Francisco Manuel Camarinhas Serdoura and Helena Susete Figueira Freire de Almeida
Full-Text PDF
XML 166 Views
DOI:10.17265/1934-7359/2011.04.007
Affiliation(s)
Faculty of Architecture, Lisbon Technical University, Lisbon 1349-055, Portugal
ABSTRACT
This paper aims at presenting the guidelines for an urban regeneration strategy in Lisbon, having in account the principles of urbanity, density, livability and social and territorial cohesion. The case study will be Avenidas Novas district, in Lisbon, Portugal, as it is a paradigmatic example of a central area which coexists with dynamism and decadence. The development model for Avenidas Novas was inspired on French boulevards and was planned to be the modern face of a medium to high social class population, as it was until 1940s. Today, as a consequence of further developments which corrupted the first principles and concept, its urban fabric is becoming less coherent and adequate to the needs of the population who works and lives there. From an analysis to the various components of the urban fabric, the paper will identify the major problems that are happening on the site, related to accessibility, mobility and functional diversity. Once understanding the impacts of an unsustainable territory management and urban design, the goal is to develop the principles for a creative urban regeneration strategy for Avenidas Novas district. The study will be based on the theoretical issues of the compact city and walkable distances in order to develop quantifying parameters of urban quality and to promote human scale public spaces and territorial cohesion on an urban environment.
KEYWORDS
Urban regeneration, compact city, spatial analysis.
Cite this paper
References