Developing innovative ways on waterfront design.

Waterfront communities present a variety of challenges on common themes to be faced with a range of design approaches and lessons to be shared. However, looking into the future is essential to address a new view for urban change. In such way, waterfront places must keep on planning and designing to receive urban quality as a long-term investment. The paper presents an experience within the European Workshop on "Waterfront Urban Design, EWWUD 2014" taking place in Lisbon/Cascais. The great inspiration is to develop design experiments in order to exchange visions and proposals on common waterfront design issues regarding waterside management and quality of place and life. Further, to stimulate regeneration within riverside is important to create vibrant and attractive places from urban, environmental, social and economic point of view. Additionally, local cultural heritage and riverside transformation can stimulate great urban challenges and new thinking on eco-sustainable planning and design.