Loodswezen

Urbanism

This project was a design and build competition for the area development around the Loodswezen building and the historic Margueriedok.

Competition

cancelled

Location

Antwerp

Surface

18.0000 m²

Client

AG Vespa, Stad Antwerpen & Vlaamse Waterweg nv

Team

Evert Crols, Dirk Engelen, Sven Grooten, Enrico Onofri, Olmo Peeters, Arthur Stolk

In collaboration with

Vanhecke - Suls Architecten, Karres en Brands

Based on the Scheldekaaien master plan, B-architecten designed a total area development and transformation. The project consists of a new-build tower, an underground rotary parking, the restoration and redevelopment of the former Loodswezen and the Boeienloods and the reconstruction of the public space.

For the public space layout, the integration of the raised dam and the archaeological relics in the subsoil had to be taken into account. The Margueriedok was designed as an intimate tidal garden. Along the city side, Loodswezen and Boeienloods get a communal access square. Yet, the competition was called off without a laureate nomination.

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