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Slow Urbanism Kristiaan Borret, The Academy of Urbanism, London 8 November 2012Antwerp: 500.000 inhabitants 200 km²Nevelstad FlandersAntwerp, city at the river1960-1970‟s: traditional spatial planning policyMainly land-use planningEnd of 1980‟s: bottom-up initiatives by civil society1989 „Stad aan de Stroom‟: international waterfront competitionMid 1990‟s: Turning point in the spatial policyEuropean Funds 102 MI euroFlemish Funds 80 MI euroBelgian Funds 40MI euroCeTRANSCRIPT
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