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GHENT: NEW LIFE IN THE OLD DOCKYARDS Tom Baltazar // City of Ghent // Vice-Mayor of Environment, Urban Development and Housing Didier Nachtergaele // AG SOB Ghent // CEO

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GHENT: NEW LIFE IN THE OLD DOCKYARDS

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GHENT Brussels Antwerp LOCATION

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REVALUATION OF WATER IN GHENT

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- near the city centre - near the Dampoort - in the immediate vicinity of the motorways - perfect for living on the water - perfect for living near the water - area with an exceptional openness ASSETS OLD DOCKYARDS

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Ghent: approximately 8.500 extra houses will be needed in the next 10 years. - to meet the existing need for housing - to stop the city migration (young families, senior citizens) - to encourage living in the city (sustainability) Old Dockyards: approx. 1.500 extra houses (with garden or terrace, apartments, houseboats) Social housing (20%) + modest housing (20%) + free market housing (60%) CHOICE OF LIVING

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The Old Dockyards should become a full-fledged new part of the city, nearby the historical centre of Ghent. -Create a sustainable new living area -Build various types of modern and affordable houses -Provide different functions: housing, offices, recreation -Attract different groups of people: young people, households with children, senior citizens -Reach high quality of urban planning and architecture -Reach high quality of public domain and green AMBITIONS

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Timing -February 2011: City Council -Mid 2011: Deputation of the Province of East Flanders -Fall 2011: Final approbation SPATIAL IMPLEMENTATION PLAN

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OLD DOCKYARDS IN FIGURES Total surface Spatial Implementation Plan: 41,4 ha Water: 13,6 ha Quays: app. 4 ha Green: more than 5 ha > total surface public space: 23,1 ha Footprint new developments: 7,45 ha Minimal Gross Floor Area (GFA) for housing: 188.350 m Maximal GFA for other functions (offices, services, municipal amenities, retail, recreation): 109.150 m Total max built-on surface 297.500 m

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New infrastructure > Old Dockyards become part of the inner city 3 pedestrian and bycicle bridges 1 road bridge (including one more pedestrian and bicycle bridge) MOBILITY

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DEVELOPMENT IN PHASES PHASE 1 : HANDELSDOK OOST ZWAAIKOM ZONE HOUTDOK ACHTERDOK HANDELSDOK WEST ZONE AZIESTRAAT HANDESLDOKBRUG

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PHASE 1: HANDELSDOK OOST

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380 dwellings 850 inhabitants School, day nursery, sports hall PHASE 1: HANDELSDOK OOST

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Handelsdok Oost as the first step in the development of the Old Dockyards: app. 50.000 m (without public services and former concrete plant). WHY START HERE? Property of AG SOB and City of Ghent Remediation by OVAM Pedestrian bridge as the first connection with the city centre New quay wall with 34 mooring places for houseboats Important effect of attraction Well defined area with mixed functions, private and public, which can be an example for the total development PHASE 1: HANDELSDOK OOST

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Program: 15.000 m 20% ground-bound houses PROGRAM HANDELSDOK OOST

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Program: 16.500 m 20% ground-bound houses

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Program: 25.000 m PROGRAM HANDELSDOK OOST 20% ground-bound houses

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CLUSTER PUBLIC SERVICES - elementary school: 250 places - day nursery: 28 places - sports hall - 12 apartments

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-STEP 1: find suitable partners on the basis of vision, experience, team composition, financial capacity... -STEP 2: find a suitable project which best translates the ambitions of the specifications in the field of: (1) Financial framework (2) Urban development and architectural quality (3) Sustainability (4) Project approach and involvement -Transparent and simple procedure SEARCH FOR PARTNERS

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-STEP 1: mid 2011 > selection of 3 to 5 candidates -STEP 2: end 2011 (approval of Spatial Implementation Plan) > selection of 1 candidate based on specifications -STEP 3: 2012 > conclude contract (public-private co-operation) -STEP 4: 2013/2014 > start of the first realisations TIMING HANDELSDOK OOST

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WHATS HAPPENING NOW? - Construction first of three pedestrian and bicycle bridges - Renovation quay wall - Temporary use

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PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLE BRIDGES Design by Feichtinger Architects First bridge ready by October 2011 Three bridges will connect the Old Dockyards with the city centre

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RENOVATION OF QUAY WALL AND CONSTRUCTION OF MOORING PLACES FOR 34 HOUSEBOATS - summer 2011: quay wall ready - after the summer: start construction mooring places - ready: start of 2012 - after that: renovation quay walls Achterdok

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TEMPORARY USE Pending the development, we offer film, exhibitions, theatre, sports for the neighbourhood and for Ghents inhabitants. > The Old Dockyards already become a part of the city

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NEW LIFE IN THE OLD DOCKYARDS