Kraaijvanger

Little as ugly as the station area in Utrecht. But now there is a bright spot: thenew bicycle shed with an ingenious solution for an ancient architectural problem. Bob Witmanwrites this in the Volkskrant of 14 June j.l. According to him, every city has an architectural wound that heals badly. "That of Rotterdam dates from May 1940: a German bombardment: that of Amsterdam dates back to 1889, when the Central Station closed the city off the IJ.In Utrecht you have shopping center Hoog Catharijne, a rare form of urban automutilation around the Central Station any relationship with the old city blocks, but since this week there is a bright spot. This bright spot is the bicycle parking under Stationsplein West. Witman schrift fdat not the format is the most important achievement of this garage - it is now the largest in the world - but the facade. The good of it: it is not a closed wall, but a staircase. The 75-meter-long façade is a staircase with two platforms, swinging on the transition from the high Stationsplein to the Jaarbeursplein at ground level. The entire article can be found on pages 24 and 25 of the Volkskrant 'Sir Edmund' appendix.