Luxembourg City, Luxembourg
Description: New public square, pavillions and vertical connection (lift) to the valley
Location: Constitution square, Luxembourg city
Current stage: Concept Design
Period: 2020
Area: 1.5 ha
Client: Gouvernement du Grand-Duché de Luxembourg
Architect: a+a
Civil engineer : TR engineering
Structural engineer : Greish
Djao-Rakitine Team: Irene Djao-Rakitine, Amélia Chevée, Joanna Ederyd
The Constitution Square is a symbolic place, a panoramic platform overlooking the Pétrusse valley at the southern end of the historic city. Located at the limit of a UNESCO area, the square was created on the Beck bastion, one of the emblematic places in the center of Luxembourg city.
The project aims at clarifying the space of the square defined by the geometry of the bastion and to create a large clump of trees with various and colorful species framing the statue of Gaelle Fra. The central area is slightly raised in order to amplify the belvedere status of the square. The project also reinforces the pedestrian connections of the square to the historic city-center by reducing the width of the street, and integrating it into the network of open spaces of the city. In parallel, the project aims to strengthen the connection of the city to the Pétrusse valley via the Constitution square by respectfully integrating a vertical connection (lifts) within the bastion with an entrance through the pavilion of the square.The intervention is both contemporary and timeless, revealing the founding historical elements of the square and its remarkable geography. It is a question of creating an iconic place for Luxembourg, an emblematic place in the history of the site but also of a present and a future, when the environment is a priority.
