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