Bruges, Oostcampus

   Oostkamp is a village south of Bruges; the pilot aims to show how investments in green spaces, delivered in partnership, can be more sustainable as a result of reduced management costs.  It hopes to establish ‘reunions’ where shared management responsibilities are agreed.  There will be a  a network of pedestrian and cycle paths constructed,  together with landscape improvements to meet changing social and demographic needs and to strengthen social cohesion in a semi rural location. The key challenge will be integrating OostCampus, an industrial estate, into a green landscape and into community life.

Oostkamp Nieuwenhove-Gruuthuse, Bruges, cycle path

Below is the concept plan links and feedback from business and community consultation:

Concept plan comments from consultation

Oostcampus Sketch 1

Oostcampus Sketch 2

Oostcampus Sketch 3

Oostcampus: concept plan statement from VLM partners

   'Currently we are working on the concept plan for the exterior of Oostcampus. The attachments show the first proposal of the draft and       some sketches. The design is based on the proposals from the municipality, the nearby school and owners of the shops after a period of    consultation with them.  We made a first proposal and went back to the users for their additional comments'.

A rethink had to take place over the design of public seating which was to be created from old bottle crates from the bottling factory.  It was decided they would not be robust enough, so now they will be used to create sculptures instead

See the plan below; it is hoped this is what Oostkampus will look like when complete

The pictures below show the site as it is now.  This is the main entrance on to the site.  The blue building is the old coca-cola factory.

This is a view of the whole site.  Hopefully it will be fully transformed by the end of the project

This will be one of the pedestrian entrances, from a local shopping centre.  There is alot of work to do and it depends on co-operation of the shopping centre owner