NOEUD ROUTIER D'ACCES NORD

Campus de l'Université de Liège au Sart Tilman

Collaborator of architect Claude Strebelle, december 1979

The access to the Sart Tilman campus from the highway is for the university authotities a double problem :
- Lack of definition : the automobilist penetrates the campus without realizing, and could go far before being able to find his way. There should be a symbolic entrance, with devices for orientation and information;
- Dangerous circulation : there is a three ways crossing which prevents the clear perception of the hierarchy of priorities; the result is a lot of collission.
Our proposal integrates in a coherent system the different modes of circulation : local and transit cars, cyclists, walkers.

The shape given to the fast vehicular network is a chain of one-way loops. One of those is a roundabout which, beiing perceived at a glance, may be seen as the place of entrance. Even before the communications with road signs or sculptures, the road language is the expression of space.