Kraaiennest Metro Station

The technical spaces are collected in a closed box underneath the escalators, giving access to the platform. The second box has a cut-out decorative skin to prevent graffiti and to let light through. Both sunlight and artificial light exploit the patterned panels thus creating an ephemeral environment, both inside and outside. This assemblage forms a lantern-like object that adds quality to the public realm and creates a safe environment that interacts with the market. The program forces the access system to be in the middle of the platform, disconnecting the station from its canopy. Through materialization and proportions, we have created a common language to unite the disparate elements, therefore creating a seemingly simple and clear object in the middle of a dynamic neighbourhood in Amsterdam Zuidoost.