antwerp learning from europe

Slow UrbanismKristiaan Borret, The Academy of Urbanism, London8 November 2012

Antwerp: 500.000 inhabitants200 km²

Nevelstad Flanders

Antwerp, city at the river

1960-1970’s: traditional spatial planning policy

Mainly land-use planning

End of 1980’s: bottom-up initiatives by civil society

1989 ‘Stad aan de Stroom’: international waterfront competition

European Funds 102 MI euro

Flemish Funds 80 MI euro

Belgian Funds 40MI euro

Mid 1990’s: Turning point in the spatial policy

Central Station Area

1999: Car dealer premises “Permeke” out of use

2004: “Permeke” regenerated as main City Library

“Sailor’s Quarter”

2002 vision based on four key concepts:•Sailor’s Quarter : an interesting part of the city•Sailor’s Quarter : a pleasant residential area•Sailor’s Quarter : an attractive area for investors•Sailor’s Quarter : window prostitution policy = containment and control

prostitutie

Malafide business

1998: Urban tissue in decay

2007: Municipal health care centre for prostitutes

Park Spoor Noord

24 ha brownfield site 18 ha public park and 6 ha/190.000 m² highrise development

1990’s: Derelict railway yard

2008-2009 Opening of the park

2003-2006: Integration in global vision of Strategic Spatial Structure Plan (RSA)

RENOVATIO URBIS =

- GENERIC POLICY | 7 INSPIRING IMAGES

- &- SPECIFIC POLICY | 5

STRATEGIC SPACES

RSA = A-campaign as communication counterpart

RSA = Organisation of City Departments

RSA = Framework for strategic projects

Strategic Project Eilandje

Strategic Project Scheldt Quays

Strategic Project New South

Vespa housing programme

Vespa Housing Programme (Huiswerk architecten)

Vespa Housing Programme (PULS architecten)

Vespa Housing Programme(dmvA architecten)

Vespa Housing Programme (Mys & Bomans architecten)

Strategic Program EILANDJE

Slow Urbanism

Design quality by open competition culture

Design quality by open competition culture

Political ambition

2006: In the city government coalition agreement, first and main objective is about high quality of urban development

Long-term vision

Strategic

Spatial Structure Plan

Antwerp

(Secchi-Viganó, 2006)

Special instruments

- AG Stadsplanning:

Project- & processmanagement of strategic projects

- AG Vespa:

Public real estate company

- Stadsbouwmeester:

Quality supervisor

Politics, vision, instruments: coherence

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Kristiaan Borret | StadsbouwmeesterStad Antwerpenwww.antwerpen.be/stadsbouwmeester