| Abstract |
Processes of restoration of water bodies in cities involve a wide spectre of social, infrastructural, spatial, and landscape factors, as a case of renaturisation of Sokolowka River exemplifies. The research field is a mentally significant part of Lodi, contextually bound with the identity of the city structure. The main goal of the work is to present a design process that focuses on both urban and environmental aspects of transforming the project site into a sustainable area of recreational and touristic functions, at the same time improving qualities of space (comfort, accessibility, walk ability, legibility, composition, etc.). Main research theses involve methods of transforming the city landscape in order to create space that is ecologically resilient while maintaining optimal social attractiveness of the site, all being subject to legal and environmental determinants. The Lodi example was compared to similar enterprises in Europe. The resulting space is a site that offers multiple cultural ecosystem services. Findings presented in the research outputs can be applied as a universal conceptual framework and inform methods of city landscape design of similar characteristics. |
