Description of project by Jürgen Mayer H.
Since December 2018, the cities of Kehl and Strasbourg are now better connected than ever, now linked by a new tram line over the border across the Rhine.
Strasbourg is Europe’s capital and thus a symbol for Europe’s unity. The new public transport connection between Strasbourg in France and Kehl in Germany underscores the cohesion of these countries at the center of the European Union.
On the French side, a landscape-like spatial fold designed by Zaha Hadid was created for the terminal station in 2001. At the other end of the line, at Kehl City Hall on the German side, a stop has now been erected designed by J.MAYER.H, a composition of bright round, exposed concrete discs that condenses aspects of dynamism, balance, lability, and mobility in an infrastructural sculpture. Both terminals are characterized by unique architecture, and everyday “minor border traffic” commutes between the two.
In 2016, the city of Kehl in Germany commissioned the German architect Jürgen Mayer H. to design a tram stop for the line linking Strasbourg and this city, Kehl. The design would be placed at the stop of the German city in response to Zaha Hadid's design at the French station.
The design of Jürgen Mayer H. consists in a set of concrete discs that represent aspects of dynamism, balance and mobility in an infrastructural sculpture. Both the terminal in France and Germany are characterized by a unique architecture, thus giving an interesting aspect to the ends of this important tram line.
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February 26, 2019
Cite: "Unusual Tram Stop in Kehl by Jürgen Mayer" METALOCUS.
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ISSN 1139-6415
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