La désorientation à l’échelle urbaine est le thème de mon projet de fin d’études.
L’individu traverse l’espace urbain sans même le voir. Nous ne levons plus la tête pour observer ni pour prendre le temps. Être orienté.e n’est pas seulement savoir où l’on va, mais surtout savoir se perdre.
Mon projet consiste à élaborer des itinéraires offrant des indices d’orientation sans guider. Le promeneur attentif à son environnement, scrute, interroge, recherche des clefs de compréhension dans le lieu.
Seul.e ou à plusieurs, cette balade urbaine demande temps, et perspicacité pour trouver les indices. La découverte du parcours, les déambulations offrent des moments de pauses essentiels à partager avec les résidents, les commerçants, complices de ces flâneries.
Découvrir les quartiers en croisant des parcours, se laisser porter par les découvertes urbaines ouvrent de nouvelles perspectives de promenades.
Disorientation in urban scale is the theme of my graduation project.
People cross urban space without even seeing it. We do not raise our heads to observe or to take the time. Being oriented is not just about knowing where you are going, but knowing how to get lost.
My project wants to develop itineraries with orientation clues without guiding. The walker attentive to his environment, look, questions, searches for keys to understanding the environment.
Alone or in a group, this urban walk requires time, and insight to find clues. The discovery of the course, the strolls offer moments of essential breaks to share with residents, traders, accomplices of these strolls.
Discovering neighbourhoods by crossing paths, being carried away by urban discoveries open new perspectives of urban walks.
Disorientation in urban space is due to the guidance in cities. The role of the designer, today, is allowing people being orientated by themselves. It means, his role, my role, is to set something which allows walking randomly in the street to discover new things. But how manage this to let them forget guidance and do not worry about letting them fend for themselves?
The new challenges are to let people decide what is good for them, and what they really want to do, let them go where they want.