The value of the City Hall cannot be underestimated. This long-awaited project is a step towards a new reality. The postmodern legacy, often seen as a nuisance, must be taken as a new opportunity, especially now that the East is once again closed. What is the good we can take along from our past? The modernist urban design treated the city as a machine with clear goals and mechanisms.
Our vision of the city as a machine is layered and referenced, and much like modern machines, self-learning and seemingly aimless.
The past with all its faults seems natural as it is deeply embedded in the society, much like spatial environments – some more layered than others. We wish to continue and emphasise the form and material of the City Hall by reviving it as a valuable landscape rather than a forgotten relic. The increased usability of the area allows for a new pluralistic image with something for everybody. There is no extensive art project covering the entire coastline but a contribution to a new reality.
Despite its complicated image, the City Hall is architecturally unique and valuable.