ABSTRACT
This chapter analyses the redevelopment of Gunwharf Quays in Portsmouth, South East coast of England, is one of the latest most interesting transformations in the country. The changes in the world urban economy across the twentieth century were accompanied by new ways of looking at the urban space. In a large-scale context, it is part of the Millennium Promenade, a route along Portsmouth's water edge, from Clarence pier to the historic dockyards. It is three kilometres long, crossing through the territory and connecting the most significant of Portsmouth's historic monuments and sites, including the historic battlement in Old Portsmouth. New paradigms have consolidated their importance in every typology of urban design in the last decades and are almost consensual, such as the need for diversity in use, sustainability, accessibility and the importance of connections with public transport.
