Underground Bicycle Parking Leidseplein Amsterdam, North-Holland Building, forty lizards of Blaauw Jan, Dutch Architecture
Underground Bicycle Parking Leidseplein in Amsterdam
28 May 2021
Underground Bicycle Parking Leidseplein Amsterdam by ZJA
Design: architectural studio ZJA
Location: Kleine-Gartmanplantsoen, Amsterdam, North-Holland, The Netherlands

Photos © ZJA
Inauguration Underground Bicycle Parking Leidseplein In Amsterdam
Amsterdam, May 28th 2021 – Under the Kleine-Gartmanplantsoen, one of the busiest squares in Amsterdam right next to the Leidseplein, the underground bicycle parking Leidseplein designed by the architectural studio ZJA has been inaugurated. The forty lizards of Blaauw Jan, a work of art by Hans van Houwelingen have returned to the park and watch over the bicycles in the parking. On one hand the lizards of the work of art are integrated in the design of the bicycle parking. And on the other, the bridge over the Lijnbaansgracht, designed in the characteristic style of the Amsterdam School, is also a leading visual element in the design of the bicycle parking and its entrance.

ZJA, together with Ballast Nedam, was awarded the contract by the municipality of Amsterdam for the construction and design of the bicycle parking Leidseplein under the Kleine-Gartmanplantsoen. By bringing all bicycles underground, a spatial, green square has been created above ground. This has been designed by landscape architect Ruwan Aluvihare of the municipality of ...