Facade of Pharos building, Hoofddorp
Rijksgebouwendienst / Kohn Pederson Fox Architects (New York / London / Shanghai)
Municipality Haarlemmermeer /2002 (never realised)
Published in Frame magazine, the international magazine of interior architecture and design
Jan/Feb 2004
Photos: Gert Jan Kocken
Image manipulation: Cheap-n-Nasty / Nick Strong
Installation to embellish the five-storey part of Pharos, KPF’s five-storey office building. Being a prominent landmark next to the railway station and Schiphol Airport, the work had to be a ‘welcoming-gesture’ which was to be integrated into the predominantly glazed façade. This ‘gesture’ exists of 85 windscreen wipers, such as those used for aeroplanes and lighthouses. Taking more than Holland’s notoriously rainy weather into consideration, I also developed a program that enables wipers to wave individually, by floors or in sync; the whole façade beckoning as one big welcome of oscillating ‘arms’.
Link: www.kpf.com
