“Sometimes the simple action of changing a pavement is decisive in redefining the way the public space is used. By homogenizing pavements and roads, the proposal re-establishes former hierarchies and defines new modes of cohabitation between cars and pedestrians. While changing the character of a former crossroads, the proposal becomes an active square thanks to the treatment of its new surfaces.” – Anna Puigjaner
A new hierarchy of traffic
— Lisa De Visscher
The redefinition of the role of traffic at this former crossroad in Saint-Josse-Ten-Noode enabled Dev-space to transform a residual road space into an urban square where the hierarchy between pedestrians and cars are inversed.
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DEV-space
https://dev-space.eu/
Guy Cudell Square
Saint-Josse-ten-Noode, Belgium
Urban planning
Negotiated procedure without advertising
Municipality of Saint-Josse-ten-Noode
18/12/2020
2000 m²
535 000 €
BLOC paysage
L'atelier






Photographer Serge Brison