in collaboration with Korteknie and Stuhlmacher architects
various sites
Zuidas, Amsterdam
2003
(not realised)
KA - meaning: 'eternal wanderer' - is collection of small-scale mobile units, imagined as spaces for exhibitions and research on art in the public space of the Zuidas, Amsterdam.
Depending use and desired space they were thought as to be combined and organized in different configurations. Conceived for academics, students, artists, architects, and others to exchange ideas, study, work and present work, during a period of approximately 10 years in which the area around the Zuidas would be transformed into one of the most prominent commercial centres in Europe.
KA reacts to the changes in different locations and in different settings with varying spatial scenarios. KA is changeable, movable and extendable. KA invites people to work in and with public space. KA embraces, absorbs, initiates, informs, stimulates and activates. KA provides location for what what was missing at the time in the Zuidas and continues to be missed: temporariness, improvisation and an open character. KA consists of 4 units that can be put together in different arrangements. Each unit is part of a larger whole but can at the same time also act as a stand alone.
The configuration of the elements changes with its location. On every new site a new relationship is to be defined between the object and the public space, between inside and outside, open and closed, public and private.
The units can be combined and adjusted according to the changing requirements of site and use. The character and shape of the open space and its relationship to the surroundings changes accordingly.
