How could public space change social behavior?

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Planned cities are divided into straight asphalt strips and right-angled turns. People are led past each other in straight streams whenever possible. The places where many different people meet are not designed for exchange. Yet it would be an opportunity to meet at eye level. To see the people of the city in their diversity and perhaps even to get to know them.

For this effect, a circular form is to be introduced into everyday life. The circular structure is to bring people together subliminally, especially during short stays. The object guides the users' behaviour in a certain direction. The idea is to bend the everyday straightness, which leads to a constant coexistence, into a togetherness.