Rue de la Braie

Rue de la Braie was developed for a residential street in central Brussels where illegal parking kept overriding the intended use of a woonerf. Through fifteen irregular benches, the project made parking impossible and returned the street to sitting, waiting and informal occupation.

Rue de la Braie was developed for a residential street in central Brussels that kept being used like a parking strip. Although the street had been redesigned as a woonerf, illegal parking continued to override its intended use.

The project responded with a series of fifteen benches designed to make parking impossible and return the street to everyday public life. Their irregular forms gave the intervention a strong spatial presence, but the logic was practical: change the layout, change the behaviour.

Assembled at Recyclart Fabrik from a design by Yannick Roels, the benches created room for sitting, waiting and informal occupation in a street used daily by schoolchildren and local residents. The project treated furniture not as an accessory, but as an active tool in shaping how shared space works.