Redevelopment of Square Sainctelette and IJzerplein
New design plans firmly tackle chaotic and dangerous Square Sainctelette and Place De l'Yser
PROJECT STORY
The challenge
The Sainctelette-Yser area is a chaotic intersection in Brussels that road users generally have great difficulty negotiating. The current situation is unpleasant and unsafe and in need of reform.
The solution
The common thread running through the new design is therefore creating a living and meeting space with cyclists and pedestrians at its core.
The impact
We are making Brussels into a city in which it is pleasant to walk and cycle, with a transport infrastructure that meets the needs of tomorrow. The work is scheduled to start in 2022.
The challenge
In 2017, the government of the Brussels-Capital Region put the redevelopment of the Sainctelette-Yser neighborhood out to tender; the area in question is the intersection of Boulevard d'Anvers and Boulevard Baudouin. It is an asymmetric intersection at which different roads and road users converge. Sainctelette was also named the city's most dangerous intersection by Brussels residents. The new design aims to transform the neighborhood into a livable, safe environment for cyclists and pedestrians.
The solution
Living and Meeting
The tender was won by AgenceTer-Karbon; the agency was appointed alongside Arcadis to manage this project. Creating space for living and meeting is the common thread running through the plans. For example, the wide and unused green central reservation near the new Kanal cultural temple will disappear and will make way for a vast square. The double bridge over the canal that brings Brussels-City and Molenbeek closer to each other will be widened on both sides to create an esplanade for pedestrians. Under the bridge, cyclists following the canal cycle path will have their own crossing, so they no longer need to cross the Kleine Ring.
The impact
Start-Up
We are making Brussels into a city in which it is pleasant to walk and cycle, with a transport infrastructure that meets the needs of tomorrow. The new design gives Sainctelette-Yser the transformation it needs and will contribute to sustainable mobility.
The construction permits were submitted at the end of 2019, with work scheduled to start in 2020.
