Slow Urbanism in Antwerp and Oostende

A short video showing the slow urbanism of Belgium cities. Antwerp used to be a city with a lot of Belle Epoque buildings. With the invention of the lift and the firebrigade demands not to build higher than x layers because they could spray water higher a transformation started. Which is still ongoing. The video shows in some scenes clearly the transformation from a beatyfull but a bit provincial city atmosphere to a quite urban metropolitan setting. Mostly only the public space stayed the same showing again how important the urban design of these lanes and profiles are.