Creative Urban Regeneration Research Articles

The lost potential of creative urban regeneration: Restructuring Ljubljana’s former tobacco factory

The lost potential of creative urban regeneration: Restructuring Ljubljana’s former tobacco factory

Architectural and City-Planning Aspects of Innovation Hubs Formation in the Context of Creative Urban Regeneration (On the Case of Ukrainian Cities)

Cities have become the key arenas of territorial competitiveness in the context of creative economy development and continuous innovation processes in all the spheres of social life. Functioning as a community of knowledge, innovation, creativity and learning, modern cities are becoming more dynamic, complex, diverse and open. In this context, new urban strategies and trends need to be taken into account. The concepts of “innovation hub” and “creative city” as a result of the process of creative urban regeneration are covered in the paper. The article states that innovative creative spaces provide unique opportunities to accelerate the generation and diffusion of innovation, especially through effective communication channels and a positive innovation ecosystem. The article covers the topic of architectural and functional aspects and design tendencies of innovative hubs in the structure of a creative city. The research material includes the architectural analysis of existing innovation hubs in Ukraine.

The Fusion-Design-Thinking Frame for Industrial-legacy Based Creative Urban Regeneration, and the Use case

The Fusion-Design-Thinking Frame for Industrial-legacy Based Creative Urban Regeneration, and the Use case

창조적 도시재생을 위한 효과적인 전략 방안 -영국의 도시재생 성공사례를 중심으로-

창조적 도시재생을 위한 효과적인 전략 방안 -영국의 도시재생 성공사례를 중심으로-

The Concept of Regional Properties as Techniques of Urban Regeneration and the Analysis on Actual Utilization of Regional Properties

As the paradigm of urban regeneration has shifted to one that considers physical, economic, social, and environmental aspects comprehensively, regional properties are emerging as one of the most important resources of urban regeneration. However the recent utilization of regional properties to urban regeneration is monotonous, hindering the practice of creative and sustainable urban regeneration. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to define the regional properties for creative urban regeneration through conducting domestic and foreign literature review and case analysis of 13 demo urban regeneration area. As a result, it is found that the regional properties should be defined as one that could be discovered, retained, and advanced through the capacities of regional individuals, organizations and institutions. In addition, regional properties could be classified into 6 categories, which are physical, social, human, economic, environmental, and historical-cultural properties. Among these regional properties, human and social properties are crucial since they are the basis of all the other regional properties. Thus sustainable and creative urban regeneration could be achieved through mobilizing regional properties with supports to human and social regional properties.

Urban transformation, socio-economic regeneration and participation: two cases of creative urban regeneration

The creative city is a city able to generate economies of innovation, culture, research and artistic production, and strengthen its own identity capital. Looking at the experiences of creative cities, it may be observed that they revolve around the design, promotion and activation of urban areas established due to their particular local characteristics. Those areas become creative clusters as a result of economic and structural innovation, which is related to the execution of innovative projects achieved with the help of local development strategies based on the economy of excellence and territorial qualities. The most mature experiences of creative cities show us two types of creative clusters: cultural, which are created around activities such as fine arts, music, cinema, architecture and design, and whose initiation is encouraged and planned by local administration; and events, whose development stems from the organisation of major events or different kinds of recreational and cultural manifestations. Starting from such premises, this paper aims to explore the concept of creative cities and the main factors conditioning creativity in cities. These topics are addressed most directly in the literature review, with two case studies deepening understanding of the pragmatic strategies and processes underlying redevelopments within creative city framework. The two examples of creative urban projects concern Arabianranta in Helsinki, for the events cluster framework and HafenCity in Hamburg, for the cultural cluster framework. These cases inform a more sustainable version of creative city that is anchored in local history and identity, local economic nourishment and participation in redevelopment process and emphasise this endeavour as a process, thus incorporating risk and uncertainty.

Creative urban regeneration between innovation, identity and sustainability

The proposed study aims to investigate the concept of the creative city: who are the drivers and what are the factors conditioning creativity in cities and how do they stimulate sustainable urban regeneration and innovation. In the framework of the creative clusters of events, the case study serves to illustrate the Milla Digital project in Zaragoza (Spain), in which place identity and creativity play a fundamental role. The urban transformation offered by Expo 2008 is for Zaragoza, the driving force for planning and producing new and sustainable social, cultural and economic change for the city's image.

Creative urban regeneration: the case of innovation hubs

Creative urban regeneration: the case of innovation hubs