Henning Larsen

1. Reclaiming the shipyard
Conceptual Masterplan
November 2017
Young City

2. Concept
Three ways of reclaiming the shipyard
the dock
the park
the plaza
REMEMBER
Reinforcing social and historical qualities of existing buildings,
RECONNECT
Integrating the Young City with Gdansk
REIMAGINE
Diversified communities
The old shipyard holds a unique potential for developing new urban spaces. At the same time,
it is crucial for masterplan development to introduce people and social activities to the site
from the very beginning in order to support growth for future construction. In other words;
to think of people before spaces and spaces before buildings.
In order to meet this knowledge, we propose to preserve and make use of key
existing buildings and structures on-site and investigate profits for re-investment.
Using the shipyard buildings as the face of new public life is the key to feasibility and overall
sucess of Young City.
In order to make Young City an accessible desitination for the citizens and tourists of Gdansk
it is essential to plan for special activities that attract people to the area. Furthermore, it is
crucial to create strong connections to Young City from Gdank’s city centre and central station.
Finally, social inclusion must be maximised on the site.
In order to achieve these qualities we propse the Plaza, the Dock and the Park as key inclusive
urban spaces. The three spatial programmes are connected by an urban spine connecting
parts of Young City and integrating it to the city centre of Gdansk.
In order to respect and reinforce the qualities of the existing buildings, we keep and preserve
as many of the existing buildings and structures as possible in the Young City development.
This approach also addresses aspects of social and environmental sustainability.
Integratedamongtheindustrialculturalheritage,weintroducethreenewbuildingtypologies.
Apart of urban morphology, they are offering diversified types of communities, from local
courtyard neighborhood, to more alternative ways of living in vertical comminities.
In the shipyard area, new housing typologies are integrated among the culturally historical
structures by interpreting the hall typology of shipyard architecture and Old Town city block.
These are kept in a dense, and relative small scale in respect to the existing buildings, which
are seen as the key value of the entire area.

3. Young City overview

4. Dock
Promenade
Creative Cluster
Museum
Foodcourt
Spine
Lighthouse
Gate Tower
Road to Freedom
Marina Forest
Popieluszki
Gathering Plaza
PromenadeSpine PassagesUrban Anchor pointsUrban Street - Popieluszki
Masterplan layers
Public space hierarchy

5. Young City
Plan of public spaces
Spine
Dock
Lighthouse
Gate Tower
Gathering Plaza
Road to Freedom
Creative Cluster
Foodcourt
Museum
Popieluszki
Promenade
Marina Forest

6. View from the Promenade

7. View from the Spine

8. Preservation strategy
general concept
1. Existing state 3. Exposing inner structures2. Preserving original walls, adding new openings 4. New substance
office atrium
officesnew openings parking
exposed structure
original windows
housing
add-on
Museum
Foodmarket
Housing
HousingHousing
Cafe gallery
Restaurant
Restaurant
Offices
Offices
Offices
Offices
Offices
Retail
Creative Cluster

9. Sustainability strategy
microclimate, daylight and visibility
Sunlight simulation seen form South/West
Views simulation seen form North/East
51% of the residential and hotel
facades have water views
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All apartments have a minimum 1.5
hours of sunlight at equinox
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Sunlight hours
3 74 865 9 100 1 2
View to the water
Wind from South, inclusive vegetation
South-6m/s
in10metersheight
We have been able to extend
summer by approximately 7 weeks
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0% of the year
0% of the year
27% of the year
42% of the year
73% of the year
58% of the year
Exsisting weahter data from Gdansk
Comfortable 27% of the year
UTCI temperature between 9-26 0
C
Comfortable 42% of the year
UTCI temperature between 9-26 0
C
If we can reduce the wind speed
to an average of 2 m/s
then we can extend the summer
with up to 7 weeks

10. ks. Jerzego Popie39/64uszki
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250 PP
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89 PP
175 PP
130 PP
91 PP
267 PP
341 PP
257 PP
256 PP
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285 PP
202 PP
696 PP
Dokowa
Lagiewniki
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Popieluszki
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RybakiGorne
LisiaGrobla
Walowa
Gazownicza
Doki
Glow
Narzedziowcow
Traffic strategy
road network, bike mobility, parking
separated bike path
bike lines or mixed
traffic
outdoor parking racks
public bikes stations
main road
distribution road
local roads
woonerf
shared zone
crossings to the site
Bicycle strategy Sheltered parking
Road networkPublic transportation

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parking under
the courtyard
parking under
the courtyard
CORNERCAFE
SMALL SERVICES/ RETAIL
storage/laundry/others
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storage/laundry/others
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housingservices
storage/laundry/others
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LIBRARY
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KINDERGARDENdinning
area
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big
hall
entrance/administration
classrooms/playingareas
bookshelvesarea
bookshelvesarea
parking under
the courtyard
SMALL SERVICES/ RETAIL
ELDERY HOUSING
common sevices
parking under
the courtyard
CO-HOUSING
CAFE/GALLERY
RESTAURANT
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RESTAURANT
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GALLERY
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LOCAL ACTIVITIES
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CENTER
STREETFOOD
office lobby/reception
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SMALLOFFICES
lobby/reception
lobby/reception
SUPERMARKET
LARGE SERVICE/RETAIL
SERVICE/RETAIL
SERVICE/RETAIL
SERVICE/RETAIL
URBAN SPORTS CENTER
URBAN SPORTSCENTER
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RENTALSPACE
MUSEUM
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housingservices
storage/laundry/others
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storage/laundry/others
parking under
the courtyard
kids
readingarea
reading
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Young City
Plan of groundfloor functions
Spine
Dock
The Lighthouse
The Gate Tower
Gathering Plaza
Road to Freedom
Creative Cluster
Foodcourt
Museum
Popieluszki
Promenade
Marina Forest

12. housing
office
commercial
public program
other
housing 298.000GFA
office 61.600GFA
retail 32.526GFA
musuem 3.850GFA
hotel 7.052GFA
total 403.030GFA
Building programme
typologies, programs and areas

13. Option 1
Alternative 1
intensification of housing investments
Alternative 2
intensification of office investments
Option 2
Option 3 Option 4
Two housing blocks One housing block
office building
One housing block
one office complex
Open housing block
Robustness and flexibility
Scenarios in case of market change or extended list of protected elements
Scenario 1 - minimal intervention
Scenario 2 - protecting harbourline
Massing and density where list of protected buildings is extended. To keep the number close to 400.000 GFA is to use the left space
on plot B5 and add one floor to tall buildings.
In this scenario the list is extended by slipways. Without losing area we can achieve that by moving towers on the East edge of the plot
instead of proposed dock.