Every city suburb ought to be so fortunate as Carnisselande, the Rotterdam suburb for which Subsequent Architects have built a mammoth piece of public art that also serves as lookout point. Situated on a hill, the giant Corten steel staircase, from which Carnisselande guests are provided an unobstructed view of the Rotterdam city skyline, seems to be a continuous kind, supplying a walking route along the complete loop—an appearance that is, in fact, an illusion. “Based on the principal of the Möbius strip, the continuous route of the stair is a delusion – upside becomes underside becomes upside. The suggestion of a continuous route is consequently, in the end, an impossibility.” Carnisselande residents, we suspect, aren’t quibbling a lot about this bit of visual trickery.
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