Place Marie Jansonplein is the final piece in a series of open and public spaces on the hillside of the Brussels municipality of Sint-Gillis/Saint-Gilles where water is gradually collected in higher areas of the municipality to prevent flooding of the lower areas. The square hosts a weekly market and is home to a basketball court. Other than that, today it mainly functions as a place to pass through. The square is an extension of the well-known Sint-Gillis Voorplein/Parvis de Saint-Gilles but will be given a completely different character: it will be largely depaved and additional trees will be planted that can live for up to a century. The run-off water will have time to infiltrate via vegetated terraces. The existing paving stones will be largely collected, sorted and treated to be re-laid on site. What is striking about Studio Paula Viganò's design is that two of the adjoining streets, which currently have a hundred parking spaces, will become pedestrian zones with limited traffic. This proposal was made after a temporary activation of the square by Toestand vzw and a series of workshops with residents and shopkeepers.