TY - JOUR N2 - This paper aims to describe how the largest suburban development area for the city of Gdynia has been redesigned according to “New Urbanism” principles to become a new town district for potentially 40,000 inhabitants. Before MAU’s engagement in the project, a comprehensive vision for the area was lacking: new housing developments tended towards its car-dependent sub-urbanisation. The author was charged with organising an urban planning Charrette in May 2012 bringing together developers, city officials, inhabitants and experts in urban design, planning, architecture, traffic, sociology and location marketing. Key to the solution was the necessity of the restructuring of the road network, which had to be redesigned to enable the development of walkable neighborhoods and a distinctive new town center for the district. This would allow to have most daily uses within a 5 minute walking distance, such as schools, shops, recreation areas and public transport. In addition, three different pro-active strategies have been proposed to accommodate workplaces within the district, based on the economic profile and potential of Gdynia. A new Master Plan for the district was accordingly devised, planning procedures were set in motion, and a new legal plan (MPZP) fi nally approved in August 2017. L1 - http://journals.pan.pl/Content/110317/PDF-MASTER/14%20Mycielski%20-%20Studia%20187.pdf L2 - http://journals.pan.pl/Content/110317 PY - 2018 EP - 227 KW - Charrette workshop KW - Gdynia Zachód KW - New Urbanism A1 - Mycielski, Maciej PB - Polska Akademia Nauk Komitet Przestrzennego Zagospodarowania Kraju VL - tom 187 Piękno i energia: współczesny model budowania dzielnic mieszkaniowych w Europie DA - 2019.01.15 T1 - Gdynia West: a New City District Restructured SP - 210 UR - http://journals.pan.pl/dlibra/publication/edition/110317 T2 - Studia KPZK ER -