in spring 2016, the european parliament (EP) commissioned a design for temporary creative street furniture and greenery for the esplanade solidarność 1980, the main thoroughfare that links the different buildings of the parliament campus in brussels. with ‘constellations’, instead of designing temporary furniture, city3 in collaboration with atelier starzak strebicki and laura muyldermans proposed the EP to invest in a set of 100 chairs, 10 tables, and 50 plants. 

city3 + atelier starzak strebicki + laura muyldermans turn brussels' esplanade into a public, social space
city3 in collaboration with atelier starzak strebicki and laura muyldermans proposed the EP to invest in a set of 100 chairs, 10 tables, and 50 plants
all rights reserved to julie guiches © european union 2016 images 

 

 

with the design concept becoming a research project, city3 + atelier starzak strebicki + laura muyldermans were authorized to arrange and test the chairs, tables and plants during one year in various configurations. throughout the year, the chairs, tables and plants, in a variety of colors avoiding any form of pre-definition, are re-arranged in various ways and installed in different parts of the esplanade. the designers turned the vast space into a fruitful scene in which the chairs and tables and the people using them become the actors.

city3 + atelier starzak strebicki + laura muyldermans turn brussels' esplanade into a public, social space
the public interacts with the furniture as a means of anonymous social interaction

city3 + atelier starzak strebicki + laura muyldermans turn brussels' esplanade into a public, social space
the esplanade becomes a convivial, people-oriented and friendly public space

city3 + atelier starzak strebicki + laura muyldermans turn brussels' esplanade into a public, social space
 throughout the year, the chairs, tables and plants are re-arranged in various ways and installed in different parts of the esplanade

city3 + atelier starzak strebicki + laura muyldermans turn brussels' esplanade into a public, social space
the aim of the project is to encourage social interaction as well as redefine public space

city3 + atelier starzak strebicki + laura muyldermans turn brussels' esplanade into a public, social space
constellations will be available for public viewing until the end of august 2017

city3 + atelier starzak strebicki + laura muyldermans turn brussels' esplanade into a public, social space
the european parliament commissioned a design for temporary creative street furniture and greenery for the esplanade solidarność

city3 + atelier starzak strebicki + laura muyldermans turn brussels' esplanade into a public, social space
the design aims to study the different ways the public interacts with the furniture and its surroundings

city3 + atelier starzak strebicki + laura muyldermans turn brussels' esplanade into a public, social space
numerous scenarios of arranging objects were considered: in groups, in circles and along naturally perceived in the space lines

city3 + atelier starzak strebicki + laura muyldermans turn brussels' esplanade into a public, social space
creating points of connection between objects remained one of the most important tasks for the designers

city3 + atelier starzak strebicki + laura muyldermans turn brussels' esplanade into a public, social space

preliminary plans of the project

 

 

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edited by: lynn chaya | designboom