Prins Alexandersquare

For Prins Alexanderplein in Rotterdam, Studio 75B developed a temporary intervention in which colour, history and urban space come together.

The square was reimagined in blue and green as an abstract landscape referring to the origins of the Alexanderpolder, where water and land still shape the logic of the site. What at first appears to be a simple chromatic gesture opens up a different way of looking at an everyday urban environment. In Hans Wilschut’s photographs, this transformation gains an additional layer. His images do not simply record the blue and green square as a visual intervention, but show how such a work relates to scale, use and surroundings. The photography reveals how the square, positioned between architecture, infrastructure and daily life, acquires a new identity. In that sense, the photographs do not only document a temporary work, but also capture a moment in which public space briefly becomes something out of the ordinary.