Diplôme Supérieur d’Arts Appliqués Lyon

École Supérieure d’Arts Appliqués La Martinière Diderot

what role can designers play in the Place de la Crise?

Marie GRESSET Diploma Project space design 2020

Squares are the place where crisis crystallizes! This is what I have found in a study conducted in public squares. However, public squares are resisting!
This is why I have tried to make the Place Jacques Elmaleh and the Place du Cardinal Jean Villot (respectively a car park and a playground with limited access) more humane and lively, while highlighting their complementary forms and uses. But as the health crisis of COVID-19 takes hold, new issues are emerging: what role can squares play in such a context? What are we looking for, and how can they become a gathering place at a time of social distancing? Finally, what role can designers play in the Place de la Crise?