Professional Documents
Culture Documents
by
Marc David Loot Carbon
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I. INTRODUCTION
A. Background of the Thesis Project
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Modern waterfront developments started in North America which
followed a trend to redesign abandoned harbor and industrial sites. The
spread of urban waterfront revitalization worldwide has been led by the
successful design of Baltimore’s inner harbor project. In Europe, various
types of waterfront development started to arise, which ranges from large-
scale London Docklands, to small-scale Canute Wharf and even port
cities like Liverpool and Barcelona (Kostopoulon, 2013).
B. Project Setting
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of neglect and apparent lack of responsive and effective policies, these
once vibrant rivers gradually deteriorated.
Hence, the project study will aim to revitalize a specific site with a
degrading body of water and design a development that will help
rehabilitate, protect, and conserve the environment. The development
shall include, but will not be limited to, a research and training facility for a
River Development Council, a cultural center for increased awareness, a
restaurant and a venue for various tourism and economic activities.
2. Delimitations
3. Definition of Terms
3.1 Waterfront
A waterfront is the part of town next to a body of water such as a
river, lake, or sea.
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development aims to boost the tourism and cultural activities within the
chosen site.
This thesis proposal will serve as a basis for this pre-thesis project
study since it is also part of the Iloilo-Batiano River Development Plan of
the Iloilo City Council in which the researcher plans to further develop.
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industry and promoting ecological protection. It proposes a redevelopment
of the Libas Fishing port that aims to provide integrated port,
administration, and community facilities for empowering the local seafood
industry and protecting the fisherfolk community.
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which results in the creation of quality public spaces that contribute to
people's health, happiness, and well-being.
The diagram above (Figure 1) is one of the tools that the Project for
Public Spaces uses as an evaluation for the community. The inner ring
represents a place's key attributes, the middle ring its intangible qualities,
and the outer ring its measurable data.
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recreational and tourism-oriented uses. It's important that a diversity of
uses can occur along a waterfront, bringing in as many interests as
possible to the waterfront, but it's not necessary that a diversity of uses
occurs within each project. For example, due to environmental, public
safety and security reasons, it may not be appropriate to locate a public
park and residential neighborhood within the same zone as an industrial
port.
Each site has its own environmental, political, resource, climatic, and
social contexts -- there is no one solution for all. A trained eye, an
understanding of local and regional contexts, and years of experience can
help determine different options for mixes of land uses, and the impacts
they will have on their context.”
INFORMATION INPUTS
PROCEDURES
Design a waterfront development by providing the public’s related inputs and needs
Have a clear understanding of the culture and context of the site by immersion
Gather information through immersion and interviews.
Site selection standards
OUTPUTS
Shaping a waterfront development that is close to the region’s culture and revitalizes
the once deprived river.
Working design having the user’s satisfaction by filling the gaps and issues bearing the problem.
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III. TIME TABLE
IV. BIBLIOGRAPHY
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