Uri Ben-Ari is an independent architect and researcher living in Eindhoven since 2007. His work currently tackles urban research methods, from mapping and evaluating patterns of growth, through analyzing existing planning policies, and offering site-specific, pragmatic courses of action. He considers himself a mediator, linking visions with real-time requirements and behavior.
Ben-Ari is the initiator and co-curator of Instatements, a physical and virtual platform that seeks to redefine adaptive reuse and redevelopment, based on ex-industrial buildings, their historic versus contemporary prototypes and their significance with regard to the city centre.

13.5.09

Fietshalte/W, Netherlands 2009

Stop, Explore, Move along

with Gil Molho, Hessel Rippe, Nicole de Boer
dimensions approx. 13 x 3 x 3 meters
materials fiber-reinforced concrete, steel mesh, wood, polyester, PVC a.o.

Fietshalte (lit. 'Bike-Stop') is a bicycle-friendly drive-thru - a lightweight structure placed next to bicycle lanes along parks, urban traffic or in the countryside. The station functions as rest area and info-box, and can be fitted with lighting, display panels and other devices. As it is open to access for cyclists, rollerbladers and pedestrians, Fietshalte/W offers a chance to stop, examine and experience one's surroundings, promoting recreational cycling in the countryside and in the city.

Fietshalte/W is a registered project.


Four versions of Fietshalte/W, corresponding to four primary settings, are proposed:
1) scenic 2) industrial 3) renewing neighborhoods 4) daily route to work.
Each station is site-specific in form and content. Together the stations form a city network of information and communication hotspots. Locations in Eindhoven may include the Karpendonkse Park, Kanaaldijk Zuid, Strip-S, Woensel-West and the High-Tech Campus.


On Sunday 10th May, Fietshalte/W (W for Woensel) was first presented in a public stall on Groenewoudseweg in the Woensel-West biennal Lentemarkt, receiving favourable responses.

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