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
GHENT: NEW LIFE IN THE
OLD DOCKYARDS
LOCATION
Antwerp
GHENT
Brussels
REVALUATION OF WATER IN GHENT
ASSETS OLD DOCKYARDS
- 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
CHOICE OF LIVING
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%)
AMBITIONS
The Old Dockyards should become a full-fledged new part of the city, nearby the
historical centre of Ghent.
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Create a sustainable new living area
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Build various types of modern and affordable houses
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Provide different functions: housing, offices, recreation…
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Attract different groups of people: young people, households with children,
senior citizens…
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Reach high quality of urban planning and architecture
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Reach high quality of public domain and green
SPATIAL
IMPLEMENTATION
PLAN
Timing
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February 2011: City Council
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Mid 2011: Deputation of the Province of East
Flanders
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Fall 2011: Final approbation
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 m²
Maximal GFA for other functions
(offices, services, municipal amenities,
retail, recreation…): 109.150 m²
Total max built-on surface 297.500 m²
MOBILITY
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)
DEVELOPMENT IN PHASES
ZONE AZIESTRAAT
ACHTERDOK
HANDELSDOK WEST
ZONE HOUTDOK
HANDESLDOKBRUG
ZWAAIKOM
PHASE 1 : HANDELSDOK OOST
PHASE 1:
HANDELSDOK OOST
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?
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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
PROGRAM HANDELSDOK OOST
20% ground-bound houses
Program: 15.000 m²
PROGRAM HANDELSDOK OOST
20% ground-bound houses
Program: 16.500 m²
PROGRAM HANDELSDOK OOST
Program: 25.000 m²
20% ground-bound houses
CLUSTER PUBLIC SERVICES
- elementary school:
250 places
- day nursery:
28 places
- sports hall
- 12 apartments
SEARCH FOR PARTNERS
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STEP 1: find suitable partners on the basis of vision,
experience, team composition, financial capacity...
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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
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Transparent and simple procedure
TIMING HANDELSDOK OOST
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STEP 1: mid 2011 > selection of 3 to 5 candidates
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STEP 2: end 2011 (approval of Spatial Implementation Plan) >
selection of 1 candidate based on specifications
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STEP 3: 2012 > conclude contract (public-private cooperation)
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STEP 4: 2013/2014 > start of the first realisations
WHATS HAPPENING NOW?
- Construction first of three pedestrian and bicycle bridges
- Renovation quay wall
- Temporary use
PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLE
BRIDGES
Three bridges
will connect the
Old Dockyards
with the city
centre
Design by
Feichtinger
Architects
First bridge
ready by
October 2011
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 USE
Pending 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