LOOKING BACK

Looking back - Oude Dokken, Ghent 2024

A BIP-collaboration between:
Fredrik Skåtar, Hochschule Anhalt, Dessau, Germany
Karel Deckers, KU Leuven, Ghent, Belgium
Massimo Crotti, Elena Guidetti, Ilaria Tonti, Politecnico di Torino, Italy

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Oude Dokken - the Ghent Old Dockyards

The site and the task
The Oude Dokken (Old Dockyards) in Ghent is a huge area. Its masterplan was made by OMA in 2005. Since then, SoGent is working on its realisation. The masterplan has changed and adapted, and many approaches are still unresolved and the team is open for new ideas.
Below, introduction to the workshop:

01 Intro Webinar 1

Photos from the site, Oude Dokken:

Background and inspiration

Antwerp-Eilandje
The workshop took inspiration from the, arguably, unique architectural approach in Belgium. One such prototype is the Eilandje district in Antwerp.

Eilandje - introduction

Ghent architecture
The workshop took inspiration from its host city; Ghent.
In the middle of the UNESCO heritage site, there is a new canopy. A former derilict corner on the canal is now a modern library: De Krook, and close to it, we find one of the best examples of adaptive reuse architecture: the Wintercircus

GHENT Urban interventions

Results

The workshop sketches
The students analysed the Old Dockyards (Oude Dokken) and made proposals. Here are a selection:

Final works selection - industries of hope Ghent 2024

in Dessau: Master's theses based on the workshop
Fredrik Skåtar's students at the Dessau school continued and made their master's thesis projects based on the workshop. Here are a selection of those projects:

_selected MASTER DIA 2025

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