Program
Design and compositional collaboration for an artistic intervention within the renewal of Hoofdstation Groningen, developed with Studio PolyLester in connection with Koen van Velsen Architecten for ProRail.
The task focused on contributing spatial, visual, and scenographic design elements within the station environment, supporting the larger transformation of the historic station into a renewed public transport and civic space.
Client
ProRail, Municipality of Groningen
Location
Groningen, The Netherlands
Date Started
2023
Project Status
Executed
Design
By Studio Polyester
Role
Design layout | Compositional Collaboration
Other Partners
Koen van Velsen architect
Rights/Credit
Project rights remain with the respective office/client
Images ©StudioPolylester & Other Partners
Project Overview
Hoofdstation Groningen is approached as more than a transport interchange. Within the renewal of the historic station, the project contributes to the idea of the station as a civic interior — a place shaped by movement, waiting, orientation, and everyday public life.
The design work sits between architecture, art, and scenography. Rather than introducing a detached object, the intervention works through composition, surfaces, spatial rhythm, and atmosphere, helping the station read as one coherent environment.
In this sense, the project supports the transformation of the station into a contemporary public place: functional and infrastructural, but also generous, legible, and connected to the identity of Groningen.
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