GHENT: NEW LIFE IN THE OLD DOCKYARDS
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GHENT: NEW LIFE IN THE OLDDOCKYARDSTom Baltazar //
City of Ghent // Vice-Mayor of Environment, Urban Development and Housing
Didier Nachtergaele //AG SOB Ghent // CEO
GHENT: NEW LIFE IN THE
OLD DOCKYARDS
GHENTBrussels
Antwerp
LOCATION
REVALUATION OF WATER IN GHENT
- 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
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
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
Timing
- February 2011: City Council
- Mid 2011: Deputation of the Province of East Flanders
- Fall 2011: Final approbation
SPATIAL
IMPLEMENTATION
PLAN
OLD
DOCKYARDS
IN FIGURESTotal surface Spatial Implementation Plan: 41,4 ha
Water: 13,6 ha Quays: app. 4 haGreen: 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 m²
Maximal GFA for other functions (offices, services, municipal amenities, retail, recreation…): 109.150 m²
Total max built-on surface 297.500 m²
New infrastructure
>
Old Dockyardsbecome partof the inner city
3 pedestrian andbycicle bridges
1 road bridge (including one more pedestrian and bicycle bridge)
MOBILITY
DEVELOPMENT IN PHASES
PHASE 1 : HANDELSDOK OOST
ZWAAIKOM
ZONE HOUTDOKACHTERDOK HANDELSDOK WESTZONE AZIESTRAAT
HANDESLDOKBRUG
PHASE 1:
HANDELSDOK OOST
• 380 dwellings• 850 inhabitants• School, day
nursery, sports hall
PHASE 1:
HANDELSDOK
OOST
Handelsdok Oost as the first step in the development of the Old Dockyards: app. 50.000 m² (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
Program: 15.000 m²20% ground-bound houses
PROGRAM HANDELSDOK OOST
PROGRAM HANDELSDOK OOST
Program: 16.500 m²20% ground-bound houses
Program: 25.000 m²
PROGRAM HANDELSDOK OOST
20% ground-bound houses
CLUSTER PUBLIC SERVICES- elementary
school: 250 places
- day nursery:28 places
- sports hall
- 12 apartments
- 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
- 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
WHATS HAPPENING NOW?- Construction first of three pedestrian and bicycle bridges- Renovation quay wall- Temporary use
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
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
TEMPORARY USEPending the development, we offer film, exhibitions, theatre, sports… for the neighbourhood and for Ghent’s inhabitants.
> The Old Dockyards already become a part of the city
NEW LIFE IN THE OLD DOCKYARDS