OPERAPLEIN
Location
Antwerp, Belgium
Antwerp, Belgium
Project year
2021
2021
Designers
Authors: Manuel de Solà-Morales (2012+) / Jorge Perea [JPAM] + Johan Cokelaere [Atelier 33] (2012-2020) | Project architect: Guust Selhorst Collaborators: Amado Martín, Ferran Montoya, Guillem Pons, Jordi Peralta, Joan Caba, Lorenzo Kárász, Samuel Llovet
Authors: Manuel de Solà-Morales (2012+) / Jorge Perea [JPAM] + Johan Cokelaere [Atelier 33] (2012-2020) | Project architect: Guust Selhorst Collaborators: Amado Martín, Ferran Montoya, Guillem Pons, Jordi Peralta, Joan Caba, Lorenzo Kárász, Samuel Llovet
Promoter
Gemeente Antwerpen, BAM
Gemeente Antwerpen, BAM
Other Information
Public space renovation: 42.395 m2 / Infrastructure: 43.705 m2 (tunnel, parking, pre-metro station)
Public space renovation: 42.395 m2 / Infrastructure: 43.705 m2 (tunnel, parking, pre-metro station)
Photos by Lorenzo Kárász
Former Opera Square
Historical Opera Square
The new Operaplein + The Leien + The Lightpit + The Franklin Rooseveltplaats
Proposal for the new Franklin Rooseveltplaats
Cutted City. The new bypass + urban parking + premetro station + the square
Underground level
Crossed views. The parking as an urban space + the bypass
Crossed views. The premetro station + the lightpit
Overlaped inermodality
The lightpit as an element of intermodal relations
Construction process
New integrated space
Urban materiality
Integration of the tram line
Lightpit construction
Double height parking space
Archeology integration
