Situated at Simon Bolivarplaats on the edge of Antwerp city centre and straddling a major motorway interchange leading into the city, the new law courts have been conceived as a symbolic gateway to the city. The Court House will form the catalyst for the regeneration of the area at the south-west end of Amerikalei, the main boulevard bisecting the city. A masterplan of the immediate area has been drawn up and includes the landscaping of the Bolivarplaats itself and the quarter of Antwerp dubbed 'the New South'.