City of Ghent takes a sustainable approach in their concept to address the water sports court environment socially-spatially
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The area around the Watersportbaan in Ghent comprises a large area with different purposes. Among other things, you can find large-scale sports and recreation facilities, various educational institutions, the Jan Palfijn hospital, the OCMW campus, private apartment buildings and a social high-rise. All these buildings form an isolated island in a vast area. This area originally had a great spatial quality, but in recent decades this quality has come under increasing pressure due to a fragmentary approach.
The city of Ghent launched an urban planning concept study in 2022 to address the complex environment of the Watersportbaan. The city wants to create a more coherent vision for this environment. This ambition was elaborated in the concept study with an emphasis on a more integrated socio-spatial vision for the entire area.
FORWARD-LOOKING SUSTAINABLE ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE
The theme of energy was also emphasized within this concept study. Ingenium elaborated the 'energy landscape Watersportbaan' in close cooperation with the city and the study team of the concept study. The qualitative and integral vision for the Watersportbaan is enriched with this energy landscape in which the development of a future-oriented sustainable energy infrastructure for this area can take shape.
With the study, the City of Ghent envisioned an energy landscape that provides insight into the best possible mix of (large-scale) renewable energy systems (thermal and electric). All this tailored to the landscape and fitted into the community. The study included the following action points:
- A forward-looking vision of production, storage, distribution and energy use that takes into account spatial potential, energy potential and future activities in the environment.
- A strategy and recruiting action program (e.g., leverage projects) that allows a coalition of triggers to realize the accumulated vision in phases.
- Policy advice in function of anchored design implementation.
Does your city or municipality also need a large-scale spatial approach in the field of energy? Contact our expert Joris Dedecker at joris.dedecker@ingenium.be or call 050 40 45 30.
