Most of the worlds population live by the coast or connected to lakes, rivers or just a source. Water is the source for life, but it also contains an aesthetical meaning. People tend to seek water for it´s reflections of light, it´s movements or it´s sounds. And in many cultures it also bears a religious meaning.
All these people seeking the water has lead to a very high population-density along many coasts or shores. Most of the worlds megacities are found here and even in less populated areas the shores have been used, and very often this is a privatization of the zone closest to the water.
In this blog the public use of the waterfront will be focused on. Public space is created in a constant negotiation between private and public forces, and on these pages there will be a focus on the forces of these dynamics, and how it is solved in planning, architecture and design.
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