Rue de la Ré

Public Space Plan / Lyon, France

Rue de la République is the main shopping street in Lyon, but footfall is decreasing. Gehl won first prize in a competition to re-design Lyon’s main shopping street and central public space followed by a conceptual design. Acupunctural interventions to create more places to spend time, activities, play, and flows. It included a set of urban furniture clusters, landscape design, pedestrian upgrades at a key intersections, and a concept for the main square, Place de la République.

Pilots with Urban Furnitures at Flex Zones

12 Public Space Improvements Along 2km

Urban living rooms along the street