brandgrens

Bombardment Periphery (Brandgrens)

On May 14th 1940 the city of Rotterdam was bombed. The bombs and especially the fire that followed reduced its centre to smoldering ashes.
Already during the war it was decided that the destroyed buildings wouldn't be rebuild, but that Rotterdam would be turned into a new, modern city.

For Rotterdam 2007 - City of Architecture, the border indicating the destroyed area will be marked with 128 huge spotlights. Each light has a capacity of 7000 watts. The invisible border will be shown in a spectacular way!

Idea and Project : Mothership, check www.enterthemothership.com

Photographer : Oscar Langerak (1,2,3) Rick Messemaker (4,5,6,7,8)