Europäisches Parlament – Erneuerung Paul-Henri-Spaak-Gebäude in Brüssel (BE)

A prominent quality of the design is a public space, called the citizen’s esplanade, resting on the central part of the SPINELLI building and perpendicular to the existing Esplanade Solidarność. It aims to improve the connectivity between the Parliament site and the city centre. Featured with a rectangular water pond and rows of flagstaffs, this second espla-nade suggests a rather ceremonial purpose more than a public function for citizens, while the overlay attitude of the two perpendicular axes are poorly connected via two stairs from the Agora.