I · V · O · All three components · For now in the portfolio. One day on the Maasvlakte.
When you enter the Nieuwe Waterweg from the sea, this is the first thing you see.
Not a crane. Not a harbour. A sphere.
Large enough to be seen from the sea. Mirrored, so the sky and water are reflected in it. And on top, on a staircase running straight to the centre: a person.
From outside: a perfect sphere on a round base. One staircase runs straight up the exterior, to the highest point. No lift. No alternative route. You climb, or you don't.
From inside: the interior is entirely mirrored. Wherever you look — you see yourself. From every angle simultaneously. You cannot look at the system. You are the system.
You cannot look at the system. You are the system.
At the base: an information centre. About the I·V·O lens, the landscape, the harbour, the sea. A place where visitors can land before they climb.
The visitor does not simply enter the landmark. The visitor becomes part of its geometry.
The opening makes the route through the object visible before a visitor ever enters it.
The person at the top is the observer. Literally at the highest point. The staircase is the only way — you earn the perspective. Inside, you watch yourself observe.
The trap as direction. One line up. No detour. No alternative. Direction is not abstract — it is a choice you make with your body.
The Second Maasvlakte as field. Land reclaimed from the sea — itself a statement about human intervention in the environment. The sea as context that is always larger.
This is a vision. It exists as image, as idea, as direction.
For now in the portfolio. One day on the Maasvlakte.