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The boulevard separates the \u2018Design Quarter\u2019 and the Parc des Chantiers. In an attempt to improve the coexistence of cars, bicycles, and pedestrians, the artist Aure\u0301lien Bory designed a \u201cwavy\u201d boulevard.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Ignoring traditional straight, regimented lines, he chose a more poetic interpretation of pedestrian road-crossings, with generous, wavy lines linking the two banks of the boulevard, criss-crossing four large platforms. The result is a lively and chaotic flow of lines, far from the rectilinear nature of run-of-the-mill pedestrian passages.

The refusal to use a straight line is the guiding principle of this project: no rectilinear line exists on this boulevard, where the road markings are made up entirely of slight curves. So, don\u2019t bother looking for the shortest path \u2014 there isn\u2019t one!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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