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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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This is Noordkasteel; the

culmination of the Grote

Omwalling. The citadel was

built in 1862 and was

meant to defend "The

Bend of Oosterweel”.

Due to the inundations,

the northern part of the

ramparts could be

built lighter.

Eekerse

gate

St. Michielsgate

Boomse

gate

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gate

Amerikalei

Kielse gate

ing, incorporat ed into the cit y as a spacious boulevard.

Traces of the Spaanse Omwall

Sint Laurents

gate

The Lunette of Herentals

beautifully incorporated

into the city fabric as a

park.

The city increased

by a factor of 5.

Wilrijkse

gate

Edegemse

gate

Berchemse

gate

Mechelse

gate

Spoorbaan

gate

Bredagate

Schijngate

Leopold

gate

Louisa

gate

Borsbeekse

gate

Because this area could not be inundated, the ramparts to the so uth were heavily

Italiëlei

Frankrijklei

The city increased

by a factor of 5.

This meant that the harbour,

Borgerhout, and Berchem were

annexed to the city.

Turnhoutse

gate

Herentalse

gate

The ramparts were

built using earth and

were approximately

9,5 metres high.

foritified with

lunettes.

18 monumental,

Neo-Baroque gates

were constructed to

allow entrance to the

city. None of these

gates were preserved

when the ring road was

constructed.

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