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SPECIAL FEATURE: URBAN REGENERATION

Building A Better Future result should be a project that delivers on an economic level The project combines complex urban design by Aedas and
environmental solutions to create a new community for
but is also tailored to serving the local community.
The Well is a new, open and vibrant mixed-use community
emphasis was placed on the urban design and architectural
in downtown Toronto where people can live, work, and shop 600,000 residents and multinational corporate facilities. Special
well. Spread over seven and a half acres, The Well borders interface to establish the image and character of the parks
Urban Regeneration is the attempt to improve urban decay in cities. It is all about the Wellington, Spadina and Front Streets. Visitors, employees and open space system. Plan components include a large
and residents will be drawn to its robust retail mix, dynamic
ceremonial plaza and mixed-use development adjacent to the
creation of sprawling mixed-used developments and opportunity for higher-class housing, amenities, premium office space, entertainment and cultural central business district and a linear waterfront promenade on
businesses and more. RLI takes a look at a selection of global projects that highlight the events. The Well will become a gathering place, reflecting the the west shore. The south shore features a historic fishing pier,
a neighbourhood shopping district around a manmade cove,
heart and soul of Toronto, inspiring and improving the quality
capabilities of urban regeneration around the world. of life. RioCan and Allied share a vision for The Well and they and a Sustainability Education Center with wetland gardens.
believed that working well is how important things get done. Located at Jimei district in Xiamen, Jimei Paradise Walk will
Meanwhile in the US, Hudson Yards is New York’s newest be a new typologies of commercial complex amalgamating
he concept of urban regeneration is a very involve taking an area into the ownership of a redevelopment neighbourhood and home to more than 100 diverse shops Boutique Retail, Cultural and Eventful co-working spaces,
wide ranging term that can apply to a broad authority, which then selects developers to reconstitute and culinary experiences, offices for leaders in industry, innovative soho office and loft apartments for Creative
spectrum of situations. It essentially covers the land for other purposes. While this describes the basic significant public art and dynamic cultural institutions including Startup. The site is directly linked to a green lawn at the north
T the reconstruction of built up areas, especially mechanics of urban regeneration, the ideas behind it, as well The Shed, modern residences, 14 acres of public plazas, Site, aim to act as an urban connector in the neighbourhood,
where there is evidence of urban decay. Urban regeneration as the motivation and the detail, can be very different from gardens and groves and the world’s first Equinox Hotel®. not only providing a greenery breathing space, but ultimately
began in the late 19th century and went through a phase of one location to another. Hudson Yards has become the cultural centre of Manhattan’s an eventful gathering space for cultural and creative youth.
considerable acceleration in the 1940s. It’s something that Critically, the purpose of regeneration is to deliver a long- New West Side. A template for the future of cities, this new The design concept by LWK & Partners is metaphorically
every country tackles continuously. lasting solution in the form of sustainable new communities. neighbourhood has not only changed the way New York looks inspired by the grace and the simplicity of Egret, City Bird of
According to the RG Group, land regeneration in cities This often means looking at the needs and challenges of a to the world, but the way the world sees New York. Xiamen. The design responds to the project’s surroundings
is the fundamental driving force behind urban regeneration. location and its economy, and consulting with all stakeholders The upcoming Suzhou Chiway Jinji Lakes mixed-use through the provision of a vibrant retail streetscape and the
Programmes focusing on this type of reconstruction usually involved to establish current and potential issues. The end redevelopment will consist of two sites, East and West. careful articulation of the office tower position.

HUDSON YARDS
New York, US

PRADA GINZA
Tokyo, Japan

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