Principal: OBR Rotterdam completion: 2006 in cooperation with office of engineers, Municipality Rotterdam
When you drive your car in the day time and you rush across a bridge, you will experience the bridge as a spot, because the surroundings change for a moment; the land is replaced by moving water. It is this transition that, together with 'the lighting of water' transforms the experience. They create space on a bridge. When darkness falls this experience will vanish, day light is replaced by ‘artificial lighting' which will lighten up the surroundings. Not everything will be lit and distinction disappears. We have developed the experience of space on a bridge, from the possibility to apply artificial lighting. Is it possible to experience the space on a bridge in your car at night? The design doesn't light the bridge with street lamps and lights. The bridge transforms and is lit 'from within'. Space is created with the help from technology. The construction and the lighting depend on each other and form an open structure. The configuration of light sources, ranging from small to large, indicate the track the car is following. ‘Artificial lighting' will give the driver the sense that the bridge isn't just a connecting piece, but also a space in the darkness. By moving forward, the driver finds himself in a track of light; he is surrounded by a configuration of artificial lighting. The bridge is concrete and dispersed with glass ‘dots'. These units, especially designed by a glass- and light supplier, have glass at the top and the bottom, so day light can enter the space under the bridge. The glass units contain energetic LED lighting. The LED lighting is indicative lighting, which means it is sufficient in comparison with general lighting principles.
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metrostation nesselande rotterdam
principal: RET en Gemeente Rotterdam winning design 2000 completion: 2005
The concept of the metro station was developed by means of two characteristics of travelling. Firstly travelling is concerning speed and continuity, stations are places for connection and different types of transport come together. Secondly the experience of interruption is a particular aspect of travelling, described as follows:
Imagine, you arrive at the station and the doors of your train are just about to close. The train has left without you, you have missed your train. Left behind on the platform boredom is hitting you, a strong relation to time is part of waiting Your trip is interrupted; the continuity of travelling is gone. While waiting you become aware of your surroundings, experiencing the station as a place.
This experience of an interruption plays an important role in the design for the new metro station. The experience is transformed into different qualities of waiting places, the station is surrounded by a green park with water, bridges etc. and gives a splendid view to the surroundings including Lake Zevenhuizen. A special quality of voids are enclosed by the platform, which provides visibility and offers the traveller a sense of safety as well as a better access to daylight under the railway viaduct. The station has three glass coverings with added louvre-boards for protection against wind and rain. Each covering distinguishes itself in relation to the others and are simultaneously interrupted by small waiting places, they manifest themselves between these coverings. In the development transparency is guaranteed without damaging the degree of presence; light construction of steel and glass is used in contrast to heavy concrete for pillars and viaduct.
