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Second Havana Harbour Charrette - March 2008

Apr 9, 2011

The Cuban and Norwegian chapters of C.E.U. - Council for European Urbanism

Tallepiedras Power Station

Fortaleza de Atarés

• Transform use of the Atarés fortress territory to become a park linked to a new hotel together with mixed- use buildings. .

• Rather than removing the elevated track, create a promenade park on the track bed, complete with trees and a ‘roadway’ for horse-drawn carriages, which would provide an elevated connection to the harbor as well as an historic connection.

• Redevelop the now redundant power station as a new home for part of the nearby school as well as a cultural center and library with a strong potential for becoming sort of The New Tate of Havana.

• Rehabilitate he current school location near the Fortaleza into a sports facility with expanded services. • Reposition small neighborhood schools throughout the neighborhoods.

• Lower the main arterial street, between the elevated track and the Fortaleza, below grade in one section to allow connection between the Fortaleza and the harbor edge.

Fortaleza Waterfront

• Refine existing hard industrial edges and redevelop them as mixed use and public spaces.

• Create a more pedestrian friendly street between the rail lines and the harbor - the spine boulevard, with planted islands and lane reduction (one each way.

• Remove industrial buildings that currently block all connection to the harbor and redevelop the sites into mixed use communities.

• Create a waterfront park directly between the harbor and the Fortaleza featuring randomly activated fountains for children to ‘cool-off ’ and play in.

• Convert the existing silica silos into a boutique hotel and restaurant anchor.

• Atarés edge zones would facilitate recreational marinas, a new ferry terminal with adjacent park, and a feature pier that could prominently host tall ships and other significant floating attractions.

Atarés Docklands

• Atarés is perceived as a pedestrian fracture because of it is mostly a place for warehouses with heavy vehicular traffic. However its territory has a great potential for the great views to the bay that are currently blocked by containers, big bill boards and other poor buildings.

• Complete improvements to the pedestrian relationships on the main road (Primer Anillo del Puerto) so that traffic can be separated and the waterfront boulevard idea can be extended and continued from Atarés to Regla.

• Create green edges and boundaries for both visual and physical links and new neighborhoods with their own centers where walkability is encouraged so that walking distances are within 5 minutes.

• Using pedestrian planning principles, create 3 new nodes and 12 neighborhoods and parks.

• Use a hierarchy of streets to determine the character of the different districts.

• Compose a Regulating Plan for a green promenade with 4 storey high buildings maximum but decreasing the height towards the sea.

• Remove and cap the landfill site, while cleaning up and filling the quarry site for redevelopment.