Antwerp, city of tomorrow The renewal of urban renewal

www.woodmonkey.be Intro to the congress

1. Regional planning in Flanders is ‘fuzz’ - as a shared conclusion of some of the speakers – a patchwork with some successes but even more failures (from the implementation view) 2. There is no planning on the level of a metropolis, even not on the level of the cityregion (agglomeration) 3. City of Antwerp makes her own trajectory – trying to do it smart, to inspire, and start from a need.. 4. Population growth and City of Streams (water mobility airpollution) make us look at the close neigbours/ the agglomeration 5. Specifically in the south because off the soil conditions and the public traffic network opportunities 6. Working on an inter-municipal coöperation with 13 municipalities since 2015 7. Almost political coherence Intro to the congress

7. Main activities = • sharing knowledge, • city of Antwerp supports research by design • Pilotting projects 8. No strategic plan YET 9. Strategic plan for metropolitan area Florence “integration of the wider network to become more capable to receive the metropolitan challenges” = inspiring for Antwerp area (similar scale) 10. Meanwhile the Flemish government started a renewal of the process (less hierarchical), by stimulating the co-working between municipalities 11. A soft bottom up approach 12. Although the municipalities ask more clear guidelines and guaranties (a frame as in France and Italy perhaps?) Outline

1. City of Antwerp / Atypical Antwerp – facts! 2. The development of the city 3. The evolution of planning in Antwerp 4. The renewal of the strategic planning – behind the borders 1. Living City - growth 2. Working City (and together with other municipalities) 3. City of streams 5. Illustration of an integrated approach: Nieuw Zuid CITY OF ANTWERP The city is home to more than 500.000 people of 173 different nationalities.

Antwerp is centrally situated in North West Europe. Brussels is 25 miles away. Global cities such as Amsterdam, Paris or London can be reached within 3 hours by high speed train. http://www.freevectormaps.com/?ref=atr CITY OF ANTWERP The ‘Flemish Diamond’ – the urbanised area between the historical cities of Antwerp, Brussels, Leuven (Louvain) and Ghent – has almost dissolved into one diffuse city, as urban sprawl. The Port of Antwerp is a major regional and national economic engine. 80 km inland, it is a uniquely situated sea port. It is the 2 nd largest port in Europe and the 5th largest in the world. ANTW ERP IS A C ITY UNITED BY ONE MAIN BELIEF : INNOVATIVE IT ’S ALWAYS POSSIBLE TO CREATIVE CITY KNOWLEDGE CITY DO THINGS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY A H UMAN -SCALE METROPOLIS CITY B Y TH E RIV ER CREATIVE CITY

Jan Crab Antwerp Fashion Festival. by Shari Ruzzi, design by Plastik Goodies Sigrid Spinnox Walter Saenen

Part 2

THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE CITY / URBAN THE ECONOMIC AND SPATIAL DEVELOPMENT DEVELOPMENT OF ANTWERP HAS ALWAYS BEEN CLOSELY LINKED TO THE RIVER SCHELDT AND HAS IN GREAT PART BEEN DETERMINED BY SYSTEMATIC POPULATION GROWTH AND A SUCCESSION OF PORT EXPANSIONS . City wall TH E DEVELOPMENT O F TH E CITY What was once a settlement in a curve of the Scheldt, started to develop into a city from the Middle Ages onwards. With each enlargement new defence Port canals or walls were established. The first docks were ordered by Napoleon in the early 19 th cent..

Scheldt

ANTW ERP BEFORE TH E STRAIGHTENING O F TH E RIV E R SCHELDT , C A . 1801–1805: C LEM ENT ; V A N D E N BERG H E ; ALLEBE ́ © Left Bank Port expansions TH E DEVELOPMENT O F TH E CITY Scheldt Quays In the late 1800s the Scheldt was straightened to accommodate heavy port infrastructure. In 1923, Left Bank was added.

GROTE MARKT ON A MARKET DAY , SEEN FROM THE CATHEDRAL TOWER , WITH AN UNDEVELOPED LINKEROEVER IN THE BACKGROUND (1883). © STADSARCHIEF ANTWERPEN Districts

TH E DEVELOPMENT O F TH E CITY In the 1950s the former Brialmont defence walls were dismantled to accommodate the Small Ring Road. Protests in the region prevented the completion of the Great Ring road and the 1960s Small Ring Road simply Barrier became ‘the’ Ring Road.

Residual space

THE RING ROAD WAS WELCOMED WITH MUCH ENTHUSIASM IN THE 1960 S © STADSARCHIEF ANTWERPEN TH E DEVELOPMENT O F TH E CITY The great projects of progress of the 1960s soon revealed their downsides. Further port expansions caused former port areas in the inner city to fall into decline and the new Ring road soon clogged with congestion.

Sailor’s Quarter 1973 UR B A N D ECA Y IN SCHIPPERSKWARTIER , CO RN ER BU ILDIN G BETW EEN FALCONPLEIN A N D SCHIPPERSSTRAAT (1973). © STADSARCHIEF ANTW ERPEN TH E DEVELOPMENT O F TH E CITY In the 1970s and 1980s the city of Antwerp, like other European cities, faced urban flight and decay..

Wilrijk 1983 Kring voor heemkunde v.z.w. Wilrica TH E DEVELOPMENT O F TH E CITY At the end of the 1980s, civil society organisation ‘City on the Stream’ strongly appealed to the city administration to take action, pressing for the renewal of neglected port areas such as Eilandje (‘Islet’), Scheldekaaien (‘the Scheldt quays’) and Nieuw Zuid (‘New South’).

EILANDJE IN 1990, BETW EEN Eilandje 1990 KATTENDIJKDOK A N D NAPELSSTRAAT . © STADSARCHIEF ANTWERPEN UR B A N DEVELOPMENT IN ANTW ERP The city initially went along with ‘City on the Stream’. An international design contest resulted in proposals by several designers. But time was not ripe and in 1994 the city cancelled the means in the city budget.

A D E S IG N B Y MANUEL D E SOLÀ - MORALESFOR NAPELSSTRAAT Manuel De Solà-Morales AT EILANDJE (1988–1994). © STADSARCHIEF ANTWERPEN Flemish funds

European funds UR B A N DEVELOPMENT IN ANTW ERP In the mid-1990s urban development in Antwerp reached a turning point. Europe and the Belgian and Flemish governments established funds for urban development. Antwerp took these opportunities with both hands, and mostly invested the acquired funds in ‘impulse’ projects with strong social aspects.

Federal funds Flemish zoning plan for Antwerp

STRATEGICTOWARDS SPATIAL STRATEGIC STRUCTURE PLANNING UpPLA to N the mid-1990s, Flemish spatial policy consisted mainly of static zoning plans, but with the 1997 Spatial Structure Plan for Flanders (RSV), the Flemish government made a clear choice for structure planning. The Flemish provinces and municipalities were obliged to draft long- term visions for their own territory. STRATEGIC SPATIAL STRUCTURE ThePLA 2006 N strategic Spatial Structure Plan for Antwerp (s-RSA) (Bernardo Secchi and Paola Viganò) introduced a three-tier strategy for a renovatio urbis : the renewal of the city through punctual interventions in public space.

Strategic map s-RSA Villages and Metropolis Railway City Porous City Eco City

STRATEGIC SPATIAL STRUCTURE ThePLA generic N policy produces ‘timeless’ city-wide guidelines for every (spatial) G policy decision and project through E seven ‘inspiring images ’ that refer to N E Antwerp’s collective memory. R I C P O L I C Y

Water City Port City Mega City Hard Spine Soft Spine

STRATEGIC SPATIAL STRUCTURE ThePLA specific N policy uniquely combines and translates the integrated and S P comprehensive spatial vision and E C strategy for the city in five strategic I spaces . F I C P O L I C Y Lower Network and Urban Lively Canal Green Singel Centres STRATEGIC SPATIAL STRUCTURE ThePLA active N policy intervenes at the project level in the fields of housing, public space, public functions and A mobility through the maintenance, C renewal and construction of streets, T squares, parks, playgrounds, sites and I V buildings. E

P O L I C Y ‘IM PULSE ’ PROJECTS (EXAM PLES ) Subsidised by Eu and Flanders, Prostitution houses in the Central Station Quarter were replaced with Designcenter Winkelhaak Gezondheidshuis Designcenter De Winkelhaak in 2002. The new ‘ Health House ’ for prostitutes has become a vital part of Sailor’s Quarter. An abandoned railway yard was transformed into Park Spoor Noord (2005-2009).

Park Spoor Noord INSTRUMENTS After decades of urban planning, the city has developed a great variety of instruments, such as the land and property policy, the stadsbouwmeester, the urban block policy, innovative public-private partnerships, participation programmes and participation charters. AFTER 10Y O F STRUCTURE PLANNING, ANTWERP IS THE RENEWAL OF THINKING, DEBATING AND URBAN RENEWAL EXPERIMENTING TOGETHER WITH ITS CITIZENS , ENTREPRENEURS AND MANY OTHER PARTNERS , IN SEARCH OF ANTW ERP LIV IN G IN TH E CITY O F CITY OF TOMORROW ‘TH E C ITY O F TOMORROW TOMORROW’. WORKING TOGETHER TH E STREAM S IN NEIGHBOURHOOD ON THE CITY OF THE CITY OF MUNICIPALITIES JOIN TOMORROW TOMORROW Living in the city of tomorrow

IN TH E C ITY O F TO M O RRO W , PEO PLE LIV E A N D W O R K IN LIVELY CITY QUARTERS AND NEIGHBOURHOODS . P UBLIC SPACE IS BEAUTIFUL AND INVITING . A ND AMIDST ALL THIS SPLENDOUR , OUR HERITAGE SHINES ONCE AGAIN .

LIV ELY C ITY QUARTERS AND NEIGHBOURHOODS

PU B LIC SPA CE A FUTURE FOR AS A RED CARPET OUR PAST

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La parte di immagine con ID relazione rId3 non è stata trovata nel file. Lively city quarters and neighbourhoods

GR O EN KW ARTIER Lively city quarters and neighbourhoods

CADIX QUARTER Lively city quarters and neighbourhoods

EUROPARK Public space as a red carpet

LIGHT PLAN Public space as a red carpet

BERCHEM DISTRICT SQ U ARE Public space as a red carpet

MOORKENSPLEIN A future for our past

HARM ONIE PA R K HARMONIEPARK IS A 1.8-HECTARE PARK IN THE RESIDENTIAL HARMONIE QUARTER IN THE DISTRICT OF ANTWERP . I T IS SURROUNDED BY 19 TH -CENTURY TOWN HOUSES IN -BETWEEN WHICH APARTMENT BUILDINGS , A HOSPITAL AND THE PROVINCIAL HEADQUARTERS WHERE ADDED OVER TIME . I N THE PARK LIES HARMONIE HALL , WHERE MANY CONCERTS HAVE BEEN ORGANISED THROUGHOUT THE YEARS . THE TYPICAL ELEMENTS OF A 19 TH -CENTURY LANDSCAPE PARK WERE PARTLY PRESERVED AND WERE ALSO CHERISHED IN THE NEW DESIGN . THE DESIGN EMPHASISES NEW CONNECTIONS WITH THE QUARTER . W ITHOUT LOSING THE ENCLOSED FEELING OF THE PARK , TWO NEW ENTRANCES WERE PROVIDED . A FTER A THOROUGH RENOVATION , HARMONY HALL WILL BEGIN A NEW CHAPTER AS THE DISTRICT SERVICE CENTRE . A future for our past

OPERAPLEIN / KIPDORPPOORT Working together on the city of tomorrow

UR B A N RENEW AL SPREADS O U T O V ER TH E RIN G RO A D AND EVEN OVER THE BORDERS . RESIDENTS AND ENTREPRENEURS BRING INNOVATION AND PRODUCTION BACK TO THE CITY . AND EVERY PROJECT – SMALL OR LARGE , PUBLIC OR PRIVATE – CONTRIBUTES TO THE CITY OF TOMORROW .

THE CITY AS A LIVING P TIN G FO R O LABORATORY BU ILD IN G THE 20 TH THE CITY CENTURY BELT TOGETHER Opting for the 20th-century belt

LA B XX

51n4e, connect & transform

maat, posad, 3e and shinshekai Buur & Futureproofed

Palmbout Urban Landscapes, De Nijl Architecten, Blauwdruk Stedenbouw, Feddes Olthof Landschapsarchitecten Opting for the 20th-century belt

MASTER PLAN FOR HOBOKEN The city as a living laboratory

LAB XX_WORK Opting for the 20th-century belt

ZILVERKW ARTIER The city as a living laboratory

LAGEWEG The city as a living laboratory

CITY LA B 2050 Building the city together

INNOVATIVE HOUSING FORMS Building the city together

EC O HU IS Building the city together

GROENPLAATS The streams in the city of tomorrow

GREEN AND WATER TAKE CENTRE STAGE IN THE CITY OF TOMORROW . P EOPLE CAN COUNT ON SMOOTH AND SAFE MOBILITY OPTIONS . C ITY , RESIDENTS AND ENTREPRENEURS WORK TOGETHER ON CLOSING THE URBAN STREAMS OF ENERGY , MATERIALS AND WASTE IN A CLIMATE -RESILIENT CITY . THE COOPERATION WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD GR EEN A N D W ATER A S A MUNICIPALITIES IS NECESSARY . BLUEPRINT

CIRCU LAR C ITY STR O N G NETW ORKS FOR AN ACCESSIBLE CITY Green and water as a blueprint

LIV ELY LANDSCAPE : G R EEN PLA N Green and water as a blueprint

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Green and water as a blueprint

SIN T -AN N EKE Strong networks for an accessible city

RING AND SINGEL ZONE Strong networks for an accessible city

IJ ZERLAAN Strong networks for an accessible city

PA R K & RID E -BUILDINGS Strong networks for a regional city

CITY R EG IO N – EURO PEAN NETWORK

Knowledge building through new coalitions

- Working together with 12 municipalities in the Antwerp region about common concerns.

- European projects: - Urbact “re-inventing the fringe” - Interreg “blue green infrastructure by social innovation” The circular city

EN ERG Y RENOVATION TRAJECTORIES The circular city

ALBERT CANAL INDUSTRIAL ZONE The circular city

BLU E GA TE ANTW ERP The circular city

WA STE COLLECTION A N D SEPARATION Integrated approach: Nieuw Zuid

• ABANDONED RAILWAY YARD BETWEEN THE RIVER SCHELDT A N D TH E RIN G RO A D

• JUST SOUTH OF THE CITY CENTRE Integrated approach: Nieuw Zuid

MIXING AND SHARING

• MA STER PLA N : B ERNARDO SECCHI A N D PA O LA VIGANO ̀ • 2.000 N EW DW ELLINGS • 20.000 TO 40.000 SQUARE M ETRES O F LO CAL AMENITIES • 40.000 TO 70.000 SQUARE M ETRES O F SU PR A LOCAL FUNCTIONS (INCLUDING OFFICES ) • 20.000 SQUARE M ETRES O F LO CAL SH O PS A N D SERVICES . Integrated approach: Nieuw Zuid

STREAMING QUARTER • HEAT NETWORK • PIONEERING PROJECT IN BELGIUM • 5 KILOM ETRES • FIRST STEP TOWARDS A CITY -WIDE HEAT NETWORK

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Integrated approach: Nieuw Zuid

PARTNERS AND PARTICIPATION

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