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

The drawing to the left shows the parcel structure of the whole of Linkeroever.
In this structure we find remnants of the Borgerweertpolder. Most notably the
extensive ditch structure visible in the middle and top section of the district,
and the many roads that go through it. The northeast orientation of this ditch
structure could potentially be used to direct the ring park back to the east side
of the city, over the Scheldt; thereby mirroring the direction of the ring on the
south. While simultaneously bringing back a piece of Linkeroever’s history in
the shape of morphology.
In the middle section we find a remnant of the 1930s expansion plans
for Linkeroever, something that bears testament to the semi-executed plans of
the time. A broad empty strip going from the shore to the edge of Middenvijver
shows the contours of what would become a monumental axis from the plan of
De Heem and Vanaverbeke of 1933.
Figure 4.20
Parcel structure of Linkeroever with
remnants of old structures.
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