Rethinking the dispersed city paradigm by exploring the strategic nodes of its spatial networks. Design strategies at the intermediate scale for the next urban constellation. KU Leuven
In the binary opposition of city and land, dispersed territories are often considered the unwanted ‘spillover’ effect of urbanisation. However, the dispersed spatial condition of Flanders, and by larger extent the area stretching from Lille (France) to Rotterdam (The Netherlands) cannot be categorised as a peri-urban condition and was therefore coined All City/All Land (AC/AL). On the contrary, it is a condition of urbanity beyond the ...