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GHENT: NEW LIFE IN THE OLD DOCKYARDS

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.

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GHENT: NEW LIFE IN THE OLD DOCKYARDS

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

  2. GHENT: NEW LIFE IN THE OLD DOCKYARDS

  3. LOCATION Antwerp GHENT Brussels

  4. REVALUATION OF WATER IN GHENT

  5. near the city centre near theDampoort - 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

  6. 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

  7. 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: youngpeople, householdswithchildren, senior citizens… Reach high quality of urban planning and architecture Reach high quality of public domain and green AMBITIONS

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

  9. 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

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

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

  12. PHASE 1:HANDELSDOK OOST

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

  14. 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 firstconnectionwith the city centre • New quaywallwith 34 mooringplacesforhouseboats • Important effect of attraction • Welldefinedareawith mixed functions, private and public, whichcanbeanexamplefor the totaldevelopment

  15. PROGRAM HANDELSDOK OOST Program: 15.000 m² 20% ground-bound houses

  16. PROGRAM HANDELSDOK OOST Program: 16.500 m² 20% ground-bound houses

  17. PROGRAM HANDELSDOK OOST 20% ground-bound houses Program: 25.000 m²

  18. CLUSTER PUBLIC SERVICES • elementary school: 250 places • daynursery: • 28 places • - sports hall • - 12 apartments

  19. SEARCH FOR PARTNERS • 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

  20. TIMING HANDELSDOK OOST • 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

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

  22. PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLE BRIDGES Threebridgeswillconnect the Old Dockyardswith the city centre Design byFeichtingerArchitects First bridge readybyOctober 2011

  23. RENOVATION OF QUAY WALL AND CONSTRUCTION OF MOORING PLACES FOR 34 HOUSEBOATS • summer 2011: quaywallready • after the summer: • start constructionmooringplaces • ready: start of 2012 • afterthat: renovationquaywalls Achterdok

  24. 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

  25. NEW LIFE IN THE OLD DOCKYARDS

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