Place de la Ré

Public Space Design / Lyon, France

Place de la République has been designed further in collaboration with the Municipality. The project aims to support a lively public realm and civic life, instead of a place where most are just passing by.

The strategy has been concentrating the flows in the middle, where people would naturally pass by.

We reinterpreted the existing water feature with a more immersive experience, at a suited location. Here is the preferred of the three landscape concepts created.

Organize flows and new leisure spaces

Conceptual Parameters: flows, resting areas and climatic comfort

70% more spaces for all ages and times of the day

More engaging water feature for kids and adults at all times than current offer by

Light interaction integrated in the water jets to change colors using smart

Plärrer Platz

Public Space Design / Nürnberg, DE

Conceptual Diagram: flows, resting areas and character

Concentrate flows around while unlocking comfortable space to wait for transportation.

Metro, trams, and buses connect at the Plärrer Platz, which needed a new lid for its metro. How can you design a square to both function as a transport hub and an attractive entrance to the historic inner city and the green corridor around it?

The new design organizes pedestrian flows and transport infrastructure, to create new spaces. It included central space by matured trees, varied activities, and safe crossings. It included a new office for the transport controllers, lifted above the tram tracks.

The project reestablishes a historical square that was lost in overengineered infrastructure. From... To...

Conceptual Parameters: flows, resting areas and climatic comfort

From a back of the city to a welcome arrival to the historic intercity

From an asphalt desert to a green part of the old town ring road

From a chaotic traffic island to a simple sustainable traffic solution