(29-01-2012) FIRST PRIZE - Groene Singel Antwerp (B)
First prize!
Maxwan together with Karres en Brands, HUB and in collaboration with Goudappel Coffeng and Antea Group, won the key commission for the design guidelines of the Groene Singel, a strategic 625ha site containing the Antwerp R1 Ringroad. Other participants of the competition included Field Operations (USA), Latz+Partner (DE), H+N+S Landscape (NL) and Palmbout Urban Landscapes (NL).
Currently an underdeveloped, spatially and ecologically fragmented infrastructure corridor, the future Groene Singel will become the major development catalyst for the city of Antwerp, integrating exciting and diverse ecological connections, key public spaces and strategic programmatic developments. The jury, which included Kristiaan Borret (City Architect), Willem Jan Neutelings (Neutelings Riedijk Architects) and Kitty Haine (Groene Singel Program Leader), highlighted the proposal’s successful merging of an ecology-driven vision with financial pragmatism that secures sustainable progress in times of budgetary pressure. The commission, to be carried out in 2012, will entail drawing up comprehensive design guidelines for the site and its immediate surroundings, as well as the subsequent supervision of the development of different partial projects.