ABSTRACT
The case study concerns the public spaces of HafenCity in Hamburg, northern Germany, a 155-hectare area, involved in a wide operation of urban regeneration which started in 1998. An average of the results obtained in the different surveys is illustrated; if particular differences during a specific day or hour were observed, this information is reported. Regarding activities which are present in the Grasbrook playground, the main ones concern playing, picnicking, taking a break, educational, socialization and passer-by activity. The whole operation is coordinated by a limited liability private company, HafenCity Hamburg GmbH, owned by the Free Hanseatic City of Hamburg, which manages relations between the public and the private sector. The project is subdivided into eight main areas with an elaborate articulation of private and public spaces. Regarding activities which are present in the Grasbrook playground, the main ones concern playing, picnicking, taking a break, educational, socialization and passer-by activity.
