ROTTERDAM CENTRAL STATION OBSERVATIONS

I went to the Albert Heijn inside the station to buy some food and felt anxious about parking my bike. I bought it inside with me, but there is no place here to park it. I'm thinking wether I can just leave it here for a moment or not. Am I gonna get a fine? Is it gonna be stolen?
All the noises, the speed at which everyone moves doesn't make this place comfortable to me. It is a place of passage and I feel there is not enough time here, as if time was flowing faster. I have the impression that everybody is late, also because it's a space that doesn't wait for you. The clocks, the arrows, the cities names on screens create a communication that has to instantly work. It is objective and constrained, and the way people walk and run is constrained as well: oddly enough, also people who are running to not miss the train move in a very controlled way. They don't run, they perform running, subconsciously knowing that they are seen by an audience. But even people who have just walked out of a train tend to rush to a destination, as if the station itself was pushing them. The crowd has to keep moving, as a river descending the stairs.
People sitting on the benches are just a few now and they keep themselves busy with something to do. The noises of the trains, of the automatic stairs, of trolleys, certainly don't help to focus.
A female voice from the speakers announces the departures from a heavenly place, with a metaphysical calmness that does not belong to this world.
I was also wondering about the gates that prevent to reach the platforms without a ticket or a Chipcard. They are blocking the way to get to the train without paying, but also to some shops, cafes and the supermarket as well. Are some places at the station for travellers only? Do people with a ticket feel more invited to enter there if those places are exclusively for them?

Lorenzo Bacchin

Module A

Teana and Bibi

Final Presentation
Reclaiming a space