Carrasco Square, Amsterdam
West 8  Adriaan Geuze 

Carrasco Square, Amsterdam

West 8  Adriaan Geuze 


The square is a knot of circulating traffic and pedestrians with train lines overhead, designed as a mosaic of grass and asphalt; the treatment of the columns which support the train lines creates an urban forest.

Lighting is one of the key elements of the project: the iron ‘trunks’ are lamps with light which varies in tone from orange to magenta; some of the support columns also work as street lamps...[+]