To revitalise the town centre of Saint-Hubert, the architects at Suède 36 are banking on public participation. The residents seem receptive to the idea. Unlike other approaches, the focus on practical uses here clearly takes precedence over formal considerations. Too much so? 

Cleverly situated between the Ardennes and the Fagnes, the town of Saint-Hubert occupies a wooded, undulating landscape that attracts cyclists, hunters and tourists of all kinds. Whilst the town may seem small, its place in history speaks to its significance: from the Roman Empire, traces of which can still be found, through the Middle Ages when the Basilica of Saint-Hubert was built, right up to 1991 when the town was crowned ‘European Capital of Hunting and Nature’, Saint-Hubert is an influential town. The national roads that cross its town centre bear this out.