Drost + van Veen architects have realized a total of twelve bridges for De President business park in the municipality of Haarlemmermeer: nine bridges for slow traffic and three car bridges. The design focused on a meeting of contrasts on many levels. Inspiration is drawn from the surrounding landscape and graffiti art.
The bridges are designed as one family of images. They form clear icons that enhance the character of the area. In all bridges, the support structure, the bridge girder and the handrail form one continuous element. The unambiguous shape gives the bridges an appearance that refers to the rugged polder landscape. The further materialization of the bridges forms a clear contrast to this. The applied tree trunk, complete with bark, refers to the surrounding, park-like environment.
Artist Milou van Ham has provided the bridges with texts inspired by tree carvings. These texts enrich the bridges as a kind of prefab graffiti.
Winner of the Haarlemmermeer Architecture Prize 2009
Status: Realised 2006
Team: Evelien van Veen, Simone Drost, Constance Hope, Sean Matsumoto, Onno Groen, Kees de Wit
Client: Gemeente Haarlemmermeer
Location: Haarlemmermeer
Program: 12 bridges
Drost + van Veen architects have realized a total of twelve bridges for De President business park in the municipality of Haarlemmermeer: nine bridges for slow traffic and three car bridges. The design focused on a meeting of contrasts on many levels. Inspiration is drawn from the surrounding landscape and graffiti art.
The bridges are designed as one family of images. They form clear icons that enhance the character of the area. In all bridges, the support structure, the bridge girder and the handrail form one continuous element. The unambiguous shape gives the bridges an appearance that refers to the rugged polder landscape. The further materialization of the bridges forms a clear contrast to this. The applied tree trunk, complete with bark, refers to the surrounding, park-like environment.
Artist Milou van Ham has provided the bridges with texts inspired by tree carvings. These texts enrich the bridges as a kind of prefab graffiti.
Winner of the Haarlemmermeer Architecture Prize 2009
Status: Realised 2006
Team: Evelien van Veen, Simone Drost, Constance Hope, Sean Matsumoto, Onno Groen, Kees de Wit
Client: Gemeente Haarlemmermeer
Location: Haarlemmermeer
Program: 12 bridges
Drost + van Veen architects have realized a total of twelve bridges for De President business park in the municipality of Haarlemmermeer: nine bridges for slow traffic and three car bridges. The design focused on a meeting of contrasts on many levels. Inspiration is drawn from the surrounding landscape and graffiti art.
The bridges are designed as one family of images. They form clear icons that enhance the character of the area. In all bridges, the support structure, the bridge girder and the handrail form one continuous element. The unambiguous shape gives the bridges an appearance that refers to the rugged polder landscape. The further materialization of the bridges forms a clear contrast to this. The applied tree trunk, complete with bark, refers to the surrounding, park-like environment.
Artist Milou van Ham has provided the bridges with texts inspired by tree carvings. These texts enrich the bridges as a kind of prefab graffiti.
Winner of the Haarlemmermeer Architecture Prize 2009
Status: Realised 2006
Team: Evelien van Veen, Simone Drost, Constance Hope, Sean Matsumoto, Onno Groen, Kees de Wit
Client: Gemeente Haarlemmermeer
Location: Haarlemmermeer
Program: 12 bridges