By building more compact inside the building block adjacent to the central square of Kuurne, our proposal creates space to design a new space that completes the public network in the core of the village. The new ‘Flax garden’ becomes a high quality public space, the green counterpart of the church square. With the realization of this new space a logic and accessible route appears in the center of the village. The garden is a meeting point, the adjacent new housing development profits from the new green space. The new village garden could be considered as a little part of the Vlaspark in the center of the community. “Welcome in the Flax Garden!”