Project information
The project in Gent wants to visualise the history of Gent by marking historic tracks on-site in public space and to give an off-site introduction to the city and the urban reality. This includes references to the locally embedded sites and tracks. The different parts of the project are as follows.
Visualising the mediaeval trade route from Brugge to Köln
This trade route will be visualised by means of a
trail of coins laid out in the pavement. They refer to
the archaeological finding of 12th century French coins on
the Korenmarkt.
The coins will be engraved based on a wide range of historic images and texts. Consequently, every coin will highlight a small part of the city’s history and heritage. In other words, every coin will tell a part of the city’s history.
Innovative technologies in city museum (STAM)
The city museum wants to link itself to the city centre in a public friendly,
innovative and interactive way. The relationship between STAM and the city will
be provided by new product development based on innovative technologies:
- A multi-media and interactive presentation of several historic views of Gent.
- The development of an installation based on multi-touch technology, the MuTable.
- A personal portable guiding system based on location-bound items of the
permanent museum collection.
Revaluation of slow roads
This project will be implemented in Drongen, situated in the rural and suburban
periphery of Gent, north of the city centre. Slow roads are historic roads that
still can be identified in the landscape. The revaluation will occur in dialogue with
local residents and the target groups of this project, in particular cyclists and
pedestrians. Besides the physical revaluation of these roads, Gent is making
plans to develop and visualise a binding element for cultural historical interpretation.