Amsterdam|Bijlmer
In 1982 the city of Amsterdam commissioned
Lucien den Arend to make a proposal for the entrance area of
the combined police station and fire station Flierbosdreef on
the avenue with the same name in the Amsterdam Bijlmer. Lucien
den Arend made two proposals. One for a
two by four
by two meter open, steel sculpture and a second one based
on his perpendicular cylinders series. The arts committee chose
for the latter one.
The sculptor elaborated on the linear structure
of the facades of the building and projected the perimeter of
the sculpture onto the asphalt and extended the lines as if
they were sketched. Actually they were sawed into the street
and filled with the same white plastic material as the lines
on streets. As this work was the last of the perpendicular cylinders
sequence, the extensions I, II and III were not continued; the
title being perpendicular cylinders.
perpendicular cylinders - 1982-85 stainless
steel - 500x500x50cm - entrance of the Flierbosdreef fire station
- Amsterdam-Bijlmer NL
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