GHENT | KBC Arteveldetoren | 119m | 24 fl | Com

[Godius]

Cool tower but what i do not understand is why it's build so far from downtown Ghent?

[Puinkabouter]

I just wrote a lengthy explanation for that 2 posts before yours...

[Godius]

Originally Posted by Puinkabouter

I just wrote a lengthy explanation for that 2 posts before yours...

I dont know how I managed to read over that post :p.

[aarhusforever]

Thank you for the info, Puinkabouter

[Mike____]

Originally Posted by Dequal

Foto door Veerle Poelaert.

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[Eric Offereins]

not completed yet?

[Mike____]

Some pictures

Originally Posted by BIEB

Eerste 2 foto's genomen van op een bus, 3e foto genomen van aan de Quick

De toren echt toch echt wel mooi strak, de tuin vind ik ook mooi, al is het wel jammer van die hekkens. Al is dat ook begrijpelijk..
En hoe het zit met de blauwe verlichting weet ik niet echt, op deze manier oogt het in elk geval een beetje vreemd. Van aan de andere kant zie je bijna niets in het blauw. Soms staat de schuine flankstreep ook blauw verlicht, maar zondag dus niet.

Originally Posted by Jongeheer

Na een tipje van een vriend () naar de Arteveldetoren gefietst. Ik zeg alvast één ding: ik heb ongelofelijk gesukkeld met mijn instellingen, vandaar dat er om de zoveel foto's een flits zichtbaar is


























ying en yang, lekker cliché

[Jongeheer]

Thanks Mike, you beat me to it

Originally Posted by Jongeheer

image hosted on flickr

Ghentinel by Peter Keyngnaert (pkeyn), on Flickr

(c) Mark Monfoort

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MG tower - KBC Arteveldetoren Gent Ghent Gand Belgium by metamorphoses, on Flickr

Before and after

[Godius]

Delightful landmark for the Ghent Region.

[snot]

Originally Posted by Godius

Cool tower but what i do not understand is why it's build so far from downtown Ghent?

Originally Posted by Puinkabouter

I just wrote a lengthy explanation for that 2 posts before yours...

Despite the relatively close railwaystation and a slow tramway connection the site is indeed very suburban and car-orientated. Density for the whole district is quite low.
I think it's overall a missed chance for Ghent. It's nothing more than an upgraded suburban office park with some planned towers, Ikea, and in the futur even worse: a theatre and shops that should be in the city center.

This office tower between a motorway offramp is nothing urban for me.

I would like to see more urbanity, more residential and a faster and more performant lightrail connection with the railway station and the city center.

[Jongeheer]

'Wings' (just completed) accounts for 117 apartments. The field between Ikea en Xpo is next in line. The Take Off-project is attracting buyers as we speak. In two years time, the lightrail tracks will become a loop. The totality of lightrail 1 has been renewed up to the city center. And a retailer the size of Decathlon has NOTHING to find in the city center. The movie theatre is going to be an additional smaller theatre for people that don't live in Ghent, the people that now take their car downtown to go watch in the Decascoop

Even worse..

[Jongeheer]

Another pic:

[snot]

Originally Posted by Jongeheer

The movie theatre is going to be an additional smaller theatre for people that don't live in Ghent, the people that now take their car downtown to go watch in the Decascoop

Even worse..

Strange vision on urbanity. Movie theaters should be in the city center and people should be encouraged to come over there with public transport.

[Kiboko]

Very nice tower, but a bit out of place in this industrial park. They should have build it in the citycenter instead.

[Jongeheer]

Originally Posted by snot

Strange vision on urbanity. Movie theaters should be in the city center and people should be encouraged to come over there with public transport.

I meant people from Sint-Denijs, Drongen, Destelbergen, Evergem, even Geraardsbergen, Sleidinge, Deinze, Gavere... You know what giant influence Ghent has on the west of Flanders. Do you think you would go out for a night out with the kids by public transport if you lived 1 hour away from the movie theatre? Do you think our public transportation can handle such traffic? It's struggling at the moment, and I take the train a lot.

Originally Posted by Dequal

http://i39.tinypic.com/11s2i6d.jpg

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[Jason.]

Originally Posted by Eric Offereins

not completed yet?

They're doing the decoration inside now. Should be totally finished at the end of june/july, if I remember correctly.

[Jason.]

Update: The official logo of KBC has replaced the MG Tower logo.