Instead of causing fragmentation, the disappearance of the village becomes an opportunity for a research into new forms of high-density housing.Īn investigation into high-rise dwellings: Instead of being fragmented by the destructive powers of the port, the village would reappear densified, more concentrated in the eye of the storm. Would it not be self-evident to relocate a village destroyed by harbour expansion to the scorched earth left in the wake of this capitalist bulldozer? The gradual dissociation of city and port leaves a barren no man’s land in its wake. The port expansion is accompanied by the abandonment of the old small-scale port facilities near the centre of Antwerp. If destruction of the village is unavoidable for economic reasons, isn’t it our duty to offer the inhabitants a real alternative? A village community with a rich history is destroyed.īy relocating to low-density neighbourhoods a bad thing begets worse: the space-consuming port expansion is multiplied by housing the former village dwellers in suburban villa’s.Ĭan this tragedy instead become an opportunity? About a thousand inhabitants will be forced out of their houses and distributed over new suburban developments. Due to a government decision the small Flemish polder village of Doel will finally yield to the expansion of the port of Antwerp.
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