CAPTURING MY WORLD: May 2008

Saturday, May 31, 2008

Friday, May 30, 2008

Thursday, May 29, 2008

Wednesday, May 28, 2008

Hoofddorp Towers, Lamp Post and Bus Stop

First and third pic: Zuidtoren. Second pic: Zuidtoren and Pharos Tower (background). Last pic: Hoofddorp Bus Station (Zuidtangent). Need to go back here to make better pictures of the red statue (I think that is a fun design, looks like a red frog or something, ready to jump on all the silly people travelling and doing their business without paying too much attention to their environment. Don't know if this is what the sculpture means, but it is what it means to me - it is a provocation with a tongue in cheek sense of humour). I am not too happy with the second and third pics of the buildings. I took the right perspective, but I need more contrast - with a little help from the sky. I came here in the evening, maybe I need to go back early in the morning?
Who takes pics from modern lamp posts? I do. I'm a bit crazy, you know. To me it looks like this lamp post is supporting the sky...
And I need to say something about the bus stop. These bus stops (Zuidtangent line) were looking great when they were finished: with wave-shaped transparent, coloured roofs. Fantastic objects for photographers, although they were primarily intended as a shelter for bus passengers, of course. But... these roofs were not mounted right and could fly off during a heavy storm - they had to remove them and think of a better solution. We're still waiting... I do hope they can keep the shape of the design, because there's nothing wrong with that. But isn't it silly that the construction obviously wasn't tested properly in a wind tunnel or something?

Skies and Sheep

Saturday, May 24, 2008

Water Lillies, Floriade Terrain, Hoofddorp

Tulip Bridge Driemerenweg, Hoofddorp

Haarlemmermeer Pavilion, Hoofddorp

In 2002, the Haarlemmermeer city council commissioned a building for the Floriade Exposition: The Haarlemmermeer Pavilion. Haarlemmermeer was chosen to host the Floriade because the year 2002 coincided with celebrating the draining and reclaiming of land which 150 years ago had been a lake. The avant-garde architectural firm Asymptote Architects from New York designed the building and has won several prizes. The building brings home how close we are to nature. Face to face with water, the air, and the greenness all around us. (Source: website restaurant Vork & Mes)