RSA 05B Porous City Green PG

Summary: The s-RSA presents the future spatial policy of the city of Antwerp. This policy consists of a generic or city-wide vision and an active or project-based approach. The generic policy can be described as follows: The generic policy is made up of seven images: water city, eco city, port city, railway city, porous city, villages and metropolis and mega city. These images together form the collective memory of the inhabitants and visitors of the city. From a generic approach, strategic policy means prioritising a number of goals, structured according to the images of the city, which in turn determine strategic selections and measures. These selections form the basis for the selection cards. · The images of the city form the frame of reference that every project relating to Antwerp must take into account. This framework is made up of rules drawn up from each image. Since the generic rules apply to the entire territory of the city, the active policy (the spaces, programmes and projects) must also focus on this. The image of the ‘porous city’ is one of the seven images within the s-RSA. This image argues for the use of the adaptive forms of the city and relates to the morphology of the city. It is related to the differences in the use of urban space and the different flows of users in this space. Urban space and its manifestations must be able to adapt to the ever-changing circumstances and habits of society. The porosity of the city must be used and improved by integrating commercial activities, living and working in each other's proximity. The purpose of porosity is to put vacant buildings or undeveloped plots into use for residential or economic activities, possibly linked to the renewal of the material fabric and the open space. Infrastructure for social and community life must also be created. Maintaining a certain social and functional mix needs to be further differentiated at the neighbourhood level. The ultimate goal is to guarantee the quality of living and working in the city and to increase the general well-being. Since every area in the city has different needs, this requires an area-oriented solution. However, this image has two types of selection that also result in two selection cards: firstly, the selection of the built-up area and, secondly, the selection of the green area. The selection of the built areas focuses on the building blocks. It concerns a vision with attention to image quality of open and built space, functional interweaving, mix of typology, porosity, phasing,... The selection map focuses on building block renovation projects in the 19th century belt on the one hand and on projects in modern city districts of the 20th century belt on the other. The selection of the green space is related to a green strategy, which focuses on the porous parts of the city. In order to promote landscaping in the various urban districts, a number of areas with a specific policy can be selected. The spatial inventory of green spaces in the city and the inventory of neighbourhood and neighbourhood green deficit zones must be used to develop a green network at city level. Purpose: Visualisation of the selection map 05B_porous_city_green of the sRSA,The demarcations are not hard limits, and can be further specified in the implementation process. The selection map is not a zoning plan or a land use plan. The card does not confirm or deny building rights Creation: The selection maps are the result of the conversion of the seven formatted images of the city into shape format. The autocad maps and the corresponding grids were used as a basis for this. The drawing was done using the large-scale basic map of the city of Antwerp.