The Stuivenberg site is turning into a public, multifunctional park. The entire site will have the character of a cohesive landscape park with varying degrees of openness, opening times and atmospheres.
As the spatial carrier of the development, we are designing a new rue extérieure, an open, covered access system inspired by the original galleries. The rue extérieure provides access to the entire building structure in every construction phase and makes the entire complex accessible to the public, flexibly divisible and inviting. It forms the public backbone of the park and buildings and is also the main ‘logo’ of the reconverted hospital. All functions have their address on this gallery.
The design of the site as a landscape park with landscaped inner gardens adds a generous, large scale to the very dense neighbourhood. The new path structure makes the park accessible to everyone and connects with the rue extérieure. The newly added volumes and the redesigned connecting elements make the monumental ensemble readable again.
Reconversion of the Stuivenberg site
Antwerp
- Design teamDirk Somers, Casper Pasveer, Myrthe Geelen, Jakub Srnka, Fabian de Vriendt, Irene Feria, Alex Turner and Franky Larousselle
- LocationLange Beeldekensstraat 267, 2060 Antwerp
- Year2022-
- In collaboration withKorteknie Stuhlmacher architects, BOOM landscape and Architectural office Sabine Okkerse