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

To a radial-concentric city model
With the ring project, Antwerp is going to start to transition from a radial to a
radial-concentric city model. This is facilitated by the instalment of the extensive
bicycle highway and public transport network along the ring park, and the
new railway and highway through the harbour and past the suburbs. The city is
even mentioning the intention of extending the latter concentric connection to
the south in some form of highway, railway, or public transport. These changes
tie into Antwerp’s plans to become a polycentric city.
rkeerssysteem rssysteem na na Linkeroever Radiaal Radiaal as part stadsmodel of the inner-city
Radiaal-concentrisch
Naar Naar binnen binnen gekeerd gekeerd
It seems that with all the interventions happening; the stadsmodel
completion of the ring
and disconnecting the Charles de Costerlaan from the highway network; the
implementation of the P+R system at the borders of the ring road and the
instalment of the low-emission zone; and the defined edge that Linkeroever is
going to get, that the city district could be making the shift to become part of
the inner-city of Antwerp. Instead of, like it seems to be currently, being connected
more to the Waasland; the region to the west of the city. As of yet, the
city has no clear vision for Linkeroever.
Figure 1.11
From a radial to a radial-concentric
city model
Figure 1.12
Linkeroever as part of the inner-city of
Antwerp?
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