All the paths around this area are “footway”s and the only path placed at this level before my edition yesterday was also a footway. I first put “pedestrian”, copying the esplanade of the VUB. I later realized that “pedestrian” is referenced by iD as a “pedestrian street” and indeed on the wiki: “in which some vehicle traffic may be authorized (e.g., emergency, cab, delivery, …)”. Since it's not a “street” and I don't think the forum roofs underneath are meant for vehicular traffic, I thought I was wrong and that it would be better to put “footway” as around. But feel free to change if pedestrian and better in this case.