When in Amsterdam, one’s perception of day and night is often blurred by our enjoyment of an extensive array of varying cultural activities which the city holds. Those who have been there will often hold in their memory what they did there to a greater degree than the journey to get there. That journey, for those who have not yet travelled it, is identifiably fast but incredibly enriched by art, which constantly reaffirms Holland’s history. Distinguishable from most is this city’s ability to embrace art at the core of its national culture. Craft and the simplicity of one’s appreciation for it are explicit to us as spectators walking through Amsterdam’s streets.

We ask ourselves if an architectural intervention can unite art and culture to enhance our experience of both night and day equally, through the tumultuous nature of our daily activities Bridge attempts to engage users from the top level with selected sculptures whilst underneath house communal activates as gathering for music. The idea that many activities emerge from various people. The islands house smaller events to converge to the bridge allowing for smaller groups to set up activities and usually see others
allowing a merge of public activities, generating a public realm. The main driver around the bridge is that it acts as a beacon for art not only a transition of space. Architecture is always present, therefore, it must serve as a house of activity for all, no matter the time of day: Activity for all and any time.

With Louis Panszczyk & Benjamin Feng