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Media L’art public face aux critiques

May 23, 2025

L’art public face aux critiques : le cas de "La Maturité"

A thought-provoking look at how Brussels grapples with its past through the controversy surrounding La Maturité, questioning whether public art should reflect today’s values, or challenge them.

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May 12, 2025

Ferma Report : Next - New Exposure Trends

An insightful dive into the FERMA NEXT Report, revealing why forward-thinking risk management is essential to anticipate emerging threats and move from reactive decisions to proactive resilience in an uncertain world.

Cliamte Emergency Manifesto 1

July 27, 2022

Climate Emergency Manifesto

A manifesto highlighting the urgent need for collective climate action and offering practical, citizen-focused measures to encourage more sustainable everyday choices.

SpinApp

March 22, 2022

SpinApp

A research-driven insight showing that perceived safety in public transport depends on social and contextual factors, supported by SpinApp, a tool that helps stakeholders assess and plan infrastructure resilience and refurbishment costs.

Brussels, climate and culture

March 12, 2021

Brussels, climate and culture

A city with many faces, opposing views, fragmented green spaces, heavy traffic jams, shrinking unbuilt surface but nevertheless striking a positive balance of friendliness, tolerance, cordiality and energy.

European Mobility Startup Manifesto

September 18, 2020

European Mobility Startup Manifesto

It has been an energizing project, based on the input of the participating start-ups we hope the vision laid out in the Manifesto will foster sustainable mobility, breathtaking creativity, innovative entrepreneurship and agile governance and in so doing contribute to a Europe that is strong, fair and healthy.

Media Adapt, focus, engage, here comes post-COVID-19

May 7, 2020

Adapt, focus, engage, here comes post-COVID-19

Despite the deep pain caused by the loss of many dear ones due to this pandemic, COVID-19 can also be seen as an occasion to re-think, re-design, re-view and roll-out. To be sure, the lock-down and confinement have generated improved air quality, lower noise levels, more frequent walking, jogging, walking and cycling,...

Cities, energy & waste

December 7, 2018

Cities, energy & waste

In 1960 the World counted two mega cities (with populations of over 10 million), New York and Tokyo; in 2011, the number had risen to twenty two. Today there are 47 megacities in the world. Most of them are located in Asia...

Media Mobility, density and urban green space

July 18, 2018

Mobility, density and urban green space

Cities can be looked at from many angles, in what follows I’d like to invite you to look at cities as a ‘multi-core dynamic network’. Standing alone, the cores are fairly meaningless, risking isolation, insecurity, with pockets of impoverishment...

Cities, from spheres of power to providers of competence

December 22, 2016

Cities, from spheres of power to providers of competence

Previously, in Europe, men were the main producers of goods and services in the city. They would go out to conduct business meetings with other men. Thus they would influence and decide the design of public space and public buildings...

Low carbon stations for low carbon cities

November 20, 2015

Low Carbon Stations

Yellow design’s “Low carbon stations for low carbon cities” provides a comprehensive perspective and instructions that are of universal applicability. We believe this report and its recommendations can benefit many people.

Matale an awaking city

March 17, 2014

Matale: an awaking city (trailer)

This custom-made video shot on location during early 2014 concerns the city of Matale, in Sri Lanka, due to undergo extensive urban renewal. We hear the hopes and dreams, hard reality and ambitious town planning projects as we speak with government ministers and the Mayor...

Spin-Up

August 9, 2013

Spin-Up

SPIN-UP is a methodology that assesses and improves the quality of public space and public transport space. In early 2004 we started defining the research project that would endeavour to explore the mechanism and boundaries of perceived security...

public waiting

July 23, 2007

Solutions & Guidelines

Feelings of insecurity in public waiting or transfer areas are common despite adequate technical levels of security. We found considerable knowledge and technical know how available in safe, secure environments but little if anything was being documented...

public transport

October 4, 2006

Bilan

The accessibility of public transport is the pre-requisite for sustainable urban development, a sustainable environment and, last but not least, a partial litmus-test for true democracies. YdesignFoundation aims to contribute to a better quality of life for citizens, communities and organizations...

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