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

Block configuration - city
Orthogonal
Organic
Squares - city
Convergence of streets, or inside building blocks
Figure 4.18
Conclusion of the block configurations
and the formation of squares of the
morphological analysis of Linkeroever.
Morphology of Linkeroever
The drawings on this spread show the block structure of Linkeroever, how
squares are formed, and its basic cross sections. Additionally, the drawing to
the left gives an indication of the sector division of Linkeroever, and a summary
of the basic components of each sector. The heavy line shows the response to
the ring highway, that currently informally goes through Linkeroever.
Linkeroever consists out of a mix of orthogonal and organic building block
compositions. Parcels are again long and narrow and extend to the middle of
the block perpendicular to the edge of the block, with a few exceptions when
the interior of the block is shared or public space. Corners are often left open,
in which the side of the building and back garden is visible along the edge of
the block.
Squares are made by converging street patterns, or inside building blocks.
Figure 4.19
Morphology of Linkeroever with explanation
per sector.
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