The Rampart, The Traffic Artery, and the Park; Designing for the city regions of Antwerp
Through a close reading of Antwerp’s current spatial and socio-economic composition, and the introduction of the interplay between the city’s three defining paradigms – abstracted to ‘The Rampart, the Traffic Artery, and the Park’ – this study tries to sketch a unifying strategy for Antwerp’s metropole. A strategy that embeds residential, economic, cultural, recreational, climatic, and historical motives within the different city regions. Thereby improving the connection between the left and right side of the river; transitioning the suburban region to a more polycentric structure while maintaining a spatial relation to the city; and explicitly manages the horizontal growth of the periphery. But that most importantly, captures the metropole in a single narrative from its inner-city to its outer edges. Graduation thesis prepared for the master’s degree in urban design at the Eindhoven University of Technology.
Through a close reading of Antwerp’s current spatial and socio-economic composition, and the introduction of the interplay between the city’s three defining paradigms – abstracted to ‘The Rampart, the Traffic Artery, and the Park’ – this study tries to sketch a unifying strategy for Antwerp’s metropole. A strategy that embeds residential, economic, cultural, recreational, climatic, and historical motives within the different city regions. Thereby improving the connection between the left and right side of the river; transitioning the suburban region to a more polycentric structure while maintaining a spatial relation to the city; and explicitly manages the horizontal growth of the periphery. But that most importantly, captures the metropole in a single narrative from its inner-city to its outer edges.
Graduation thesis prepared for the master’s degree in urban design at the Eindhoven University of Technology.
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A12 to Berg
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To the Liefkenshoektunnel
To the
harbour.
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The E34
Knokke-Heist
and Ghent's harbour
Especially here on the left
bank we see that 30-minute
accessibility only extends to
the inner-city of Antwerp,
getting anywhere else in the
city takes more time.
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The bicycle highway system,
in constrast to the PT
system, is going to
becompleted in the current
plans. A current pedestrian
trail is used to bridge the
distance between the
Blancefloerlaan and the
Charles de Costerlaan.
The Charles de Costerlaan will be
disconnected from the highway,
which raises the question which
type of road this should become,
and what the role of the Waaslandtunnel
will be.
The public transport
ring is not finished,
but instead
connects to the
tramline on the
Blancefloerlaan.
This dotted line
represents the
cycling highway
parallel to the ring.
The Waaslandtunne
Chaussee
to Ghent
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Highway
Tram system with
two stations
Planned tram
in Ring Park
Main bus routes
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The potential role for a public
transport connection, with whatever
transport mode, is not mentioned in
the city's mobility plan. This could be a
way to alleviate the pressure on the
public tranport at Linkeroever, as all
commuters have to handled by two
tram lines. On the long run, in the
polycentric development of the city, a
connection between left and right
would be crucial for the development
of the left bank.
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Existing bicycle
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Planned bicycle
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The new Scheldt
bridge will come here.
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This dash-dot line represents the route of
the tramline that is going to be installed once
the Ring Project is finished. This will increase
the accessibility of the city from the
different radials entering the city, and
increase the reach of especially the tramline
coming from the Waasland. However, it will
probably not be enough to facilitate a shift to
a polycentric city.
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The Kennedytunnel
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Industrial areas
Sports areas
Shopping centres
Cultural activities
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Higher education
Health care
Business parks
Military
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to Brussels
Chaussee
to Brussels
A12 to
Brussels.
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