From Flux To Frame Designing Infrastructure And Shaping Urbanization In Belgium Exclusive -

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This is not about killing the Belgian spirit of individualism. It is about saving it from suffocation. Without a frame, the flux becomes a quagmire. With a frame, the flux becomes flow. End of Article This is not about killing

Building "up" around existing transit nodes to reduce the need for car-based flux. With a frame, the flux becomes flow

This shift requires a radical redesign of existing infrastructure: This was no longer about connecting city centers

The construction of the Brussels Ring (R0) and the E-roads created a new, superimposed frame. This was no longer about connecting city centers to each other; it was about bypassing them. The infrastructure shifted from a nodal system (focused on stations) to a network system (focused on interchanges).

The research focuses on three distinct regions to show how infrastructure has dictated local urbanization: The Campine (De Kempen):