Abstract:
Bethlehem Steel Corporation in Pennsylvania gradually closed from 1995, and it bankrupted in 2003. Using the opportunity of renewing the steel plant, the investors constructed the Steelstacks Arts and Cultural Campus in the TIF (tax increment financing) district after the treatment of environmental pollution. This place provides a recreation space for the public and the community, and it also provides a new venue for the local traditional music festival. By analyzing the cases of Levitt pavilion and Hoover Mason Trestle linear park which are built by stages, this article explores and discusses the concepts and strategies of this renovation program. Explanations such as how porosities are showed, what is the relationship between juxtaposition of old and new, and how different culture combined through mutual recognition are made. The campus design, especially the HMT linear park design, paid attention to the sequence and interweaving of perceptual experiences as well as the experiential interactions. The research and analysis of this article aims to provide inspirations on new landscape typology for post-industrial sites.