A large part of the passenger lounge at Schiphol Airport,
was redesigned by Studio Paul Linse, Amsterdam.
As a theme they chose “Home Away From Home”. Idea was
to give travelers a somewhat ‘homely’ feel, even though
they where on a foreign airport. Part of the design was a large red
glass wall, that would bring a monumental shape into the lounge, and
flood the space with red light when sunlight falls through it. The
drawing on the wall was commissioned to Serge Verheugen.
On the glass wall, we can see the ‘homely’ feel of
the house itself.
First we see the trees standing outside the house, in front of the
door that has a welcome-mat inside. We come across a rococo style
table, with a small cast of Rodin’s “Thinker”,
contemplating over a “Crying Gipsy Boy”-painting on
the wall. Culture in various forms interacting quietly…
From the window we see a house surrounded by trees, smoke coming
from the chimney. The wall next to it is home to a burning fireplace
and is made of the same bricks as the house outside. In front of
the wall is a television set, that shows the same picture as the
view from the window. Could it be that the house we’re in
is the same house as the one on TV and the one seen from the window?
Next it seems the window has turned into a fish tank. In it a ruin
of a castle, any house’s dream-house. And one colorless fish
swims against the flow from all other, brightly colored, fish.
Then we see the arched reading lamp so enthralled in its book, the
book floats up casting a shadow on the table.
Finally the flowers in the vase, grow into a patterned wallpaper
on the walls, bringing nature truly into the home.
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