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 sawn 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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