The Rampart, The Traffic Artery, and the Park; Designing for the city regions of Antwerp

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The fortification spiral as the third structuring
Industrial corridors; elementthe Brialmont belt as connecting corridor
Industrial corridors; the Brialmont belt as connecting corridor
The fortification spiral as cultural, economic, recreational, and ecological carrier
The for
The fortification spiral as the third structuring element and cultural, eco-
nomic, recreational, and ecological carrier
The fortification spiral will be established as the third structuring element,
mediating between Antwerp’s radial and concentric system. By improving the
infrastructural facilities along this spiral, a better cohesion between the different
city regions and neighbouring cities can be made on a cultural, economic,
ecological, and recreational level. These motives can overlap, as illustrated in
the new harbour connection; a public transport and bicycle corridor that serves
as an economic connection to the harbour, but also as a recreational and ecological
connection to the Scheldt Estuary. Another example is the new industrial
corridor on the chaussee to Ghent, this creates an economic stimulus while
simultaneously establishing a loop at the end of the fortification spiral back to
the city, ending at Linkeroever with a visual axis to the cathedral.
Figure 2.12 - left
Drawing of the fortification spiral as
the third structuring element in the
metropolitan region.
Figure 2.13 - right
the fortification spiral as cultural, economic,
recreational, and ecological
carrier.
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