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rotterdam. the netherlands
On May 14 1940 a German bomb -
ing raid destroyed the city centre
mination consists of a LEO - fitting
with a curved glass lens which
c. of Rotterdam within 15 minutes. beams an icon representing the
The Netherlands capitulated and burning city. the silhouette of a
the city was burning for days. Heinkel bomber, the contours of
25.000 homes,11.000 other build- the desperate arms and the head
ings were destroyed and 800 in - of Zadkine monument. The icon
habitants lost their lives. The makes one aware that the bomb-
boundaries of the devastated area ing was a perverse, inhumane act
gets a name: ·oe Brandgrens'. which brought death and de -
struction.
In 2006, the municipality of Rot -
terdam decided to realize a per- There are two different icons
manent phys ica l marking of the made. A red one that marks the
Brandgrens. West 8 designed the destroyed city centre anda green
marking that not only empha- icon ma r king the destroying of
sizes the permanent marking of ·friendly' fire at the Noordereiland.
the Bran dgrens. but also gives in-
formation about the histo r ical On the 14th of May 201 0, exactly 70
context. years alter the bombing, the per-
ma nent ma rki ng is finished with
The design of West 8 constists of the unveiling of the 'Brand -
a ground illumninated light line in grenssteen'. Which gives infor-
the streets to permanent ly ma r k mation about the bombing.
the Brandgrens. The ground illu -