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

Fort de
Perel
The inundation
The Defensive Dyke
Lunette
Halve
Maan
area was
Fort St. Marie
Fort St. Philippe
Linkeroever was the weakest point of
the defence system of Antwerp.
Therefore the city started to construct
the Left Bank of the Scheldt River
Fortification Belt in 1980. This included the
construction of the Fort van Kruibeke and the
Fort van Zwijndrecht, and further to the north
Lunette Halve Maan and The Defensive Dyke,
which connected to Fort St. Marie. This fort was
older and part of the Scheldt fortification, with
the construction of the new belt, it received
a refurbishment and enlargement.
T he Rot
level with the positioning of the Defensive Dyke.
Blokkersdijk
This was the northern inundation area.
Wa t er could enter through her e.
The Rotbeek.
The inundation had an a verage depth of 3 to 4 metres
De
Borgerweertpolder
Fort
Calloo
Fort Vlaamsch
Hoofd
.
Fort
Isabelle
River fortification belt (1870-1885)
The Laar b eek
Ruin of
Fort Laar
Suikerdijk
The forts of the left bank were also
connected with their own 'Krijgsbaan'.
Fort van
Zwijndrecht
The water co
Lunet
Hoboken
The water could get al the way to here.
Left Bank of the Scheldt
Fort
Burcht
Fort van
Kruibeke
uld enter th rough her
The water could get al the way to here.
e
.
4 kilometre
This is the Brialm
The fortification belt could not be positioned further than
4 kilometr es from the ramparts because of the maximum fire
range of artillery.
The area
Brialmon
troops in
2 kilometre
2 kilometre
Fort 8
Fort 7
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Fort 8 had to be
positioned right next
to the river to stop
enemy ships.