18 Septemberplein by Massimiliano Fuksas Architects
The Italian architectural firm of Massimiliano Fuksas have designed the 18 Septemberplein
in Eindhoven, The Netherlands.
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The “18 septemberplein” is one of the major squares in the city of Eindhoven. The square is the connection between the central station area and the main shopping district of the city. The demand for 2000 parking places for bicycles together with the important logistical function of the square led to a design of an underground bicycle parking, leaving room for the movement of people on the square.
Two buildings, similar in form to each other but contrasting to there context, mark the space of the square. Two cone-like shapes form the entrance to the bicycle parking under a central strip of ceramic tiles, fountains lights and glass elements embedded in the square floor. At night the light elements together with the light coming through the glass elements from the parking, will create a tapestry of light.
Visit the website of Massimiliano Fuksas Architects – here.
Photography by Rob’t Hart and Rob Hoekstra
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Jason on 15 Jul 2010 at 8:01 pm #
Need more interior photos……
Cristina on 16 Jul 2010 at 1:00 pm #
I like the organic shape, and would love to see the interior, too.
Ken on 16 Jul 2010 at 1:01 pm #
So, what is the insect head, a bicycle parking structure?
C-Blok on 18 Jul 2010 at 10:21 am #
I’ve seen it in real life and I think it’s hideous. The finish is awful, it looks too amateuristic to be true. And just don’t get me started om the blob building. It’s a prime example of what stops good organic design from becoming more accepted. A lot of money has gone to waste here…
Enzo Girolami on 19 Jul 2010 at 8:52 am #
Agreed that this all looks a bit silly. As an architect, I can just imagine walking through town with a non-architect, and coming across this square and these two buildings and trying to come up with some plausible explanation as to why these structures look this way. They just appear too whimsical, too willful. It seems a bit like something a second tier Japanese architect would do, or South Korean even. Also, there appear to be no minorities in this town – no blacks or Asians or foreigners at all.
Davide Tommaso Ferrando on 05 Aug 2010 at 5:24 pm #
That’s what happens when a flashy render has to be transformed into real architecture. Even in photo it looks totally uncontrolled and, simply, wrong: in itself and in its relation with the surrounding environment.
njeri on 21 Sep 2010 at 4:09 am #
very nice! its becoming more and more apparent that acrhitecture is evolving and is embrassing art rather than architecture itself.very encouraging!