Apur is involved in a project to redevelop 7 Parisian squares ((Place de la Bastille, du Panthéon, de la Madeleine, des Fêtes, Gambetta, de la Nation and d’Italie), in line with its research into a new approach towards public space which forms part of its partnership programme.
This project has several main objectives:
- re-balance the way public space is used in favour of ‘soft’ means of transport by limiting the presence of the cars;
- respond to the new expectations of those using public spaces who want to vary and intensify their use of that space;
- respond to the ecological imperative of a greener, more circular and resilient city better adapted to face the challenges of climate change;
- renew, innovate and transform public space into a place of invention and creation;
- research more flexible, simpler, basic and economical ways of bringing this about.
Within this framework, Apur has contributed:
- to the organisation of two seminars whose main objective was to share a common culture and attitude towards Parisian public space of the future;
- to the workshop project which drew up the programme plans for 7 squares, which show the fundamental approach to the development of these public spaces;
- to developing a tool box, an aid to outlining the new policy for public space in Paris.