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Rainbow Station

Prize(s) Winners in Exterior Architectural Illumination / Light Art Project

Lead Designers Daan Roosegaarde

Completion Date November 2014

Project Location Netherlands

Entry Description

RAINBOW STATION connects the historic Amsterdam Central Station to astronomy to create a site-specific rainbow of light, celebrating the 125th anniversary of the railway station and the start of the UNESCO International Year of Light 2015.

In collaboration with Leiden University, Roosegaarde has unravelled light into a spectrum of colours. Through a new liquid crystal technology developed for research on exoplanets, RAINBOW STATION takes the exact shape of the 125-year-old historic station roof.

When exhibited, RAINBOW STATION can be seen every day for a brief moment within one hour after sunset. The light and colour let fifty million travellers a year experience a magical moment at night.

Company Description

We are pioneers for the livability of our future landscape in the global world. Clean air, clean water, clean energy, and now clean space are our new future values. As social design lab, Dutch artist and innovator Daan Roosegaarde and his team of designers and engineers connect people and technology to improve daily life in urban environments and spark imagination.