Exhibition Road
Special Mention at 2012 European Prize for Urban Public Space
A main road in one of London’s cultural districts has been repaved and rid of architectural barriers, while vehicular traffic has been regulated by means of a “shared surface” system that achieves a balance of consensus between traffic and pedestrians.
Authors:
Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
Developer:
Dixon Jones Ltd
This work located in one of London’s main cultural districts has managed to achieve a balance of consensus between traffic and pedestrians, instead of segregating these two very real uses of urban space. This is a premier example of such a deliberately designed calm «shared space», or «shared surface», on a major city road in a large metropolis.
Start of work: 2009
Total cost: 25,000,000 €
Surface: 26,000 m2
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