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

Figure 1.7
Image of the four large ecological
structures entering the city (Municipality
of Antwerp, 2020).
Figure 1.8
The concept of the Bermenlandschap.
The shoulders of the highway will first
be raised and made greener pending
a total capping of the highway at a
later date (over de ring, n.d.).
the city, that connect to larger green structures in the peripheral areas. For Linkeroever
the green radial does not actually connect to the ring park as it does
on the right side of the river, here the green radial – the Scheldt river valley – is
actually part of the ring park itself (Municipality of Antwerp, 2020).
Not capping immediately
The highway ring is not going to be capped in one go; because capping the
ring is a costly affair, most sections will first receive what the project team is
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