#bakema

Complex routing, horizontally and vertically

Independent ascension points

New types of connectivity

Example of Van Nelle Factory

Illustrations of other projects, by Bakema and others

Implementation of complex routing in Cityplan

Final design of the all-important ascension point

Peek into the future

The above eight elements that Bakema uses to convey his argument and their organization in the room imply that visitors were expected to move clockwise along the walls of the room, starting at the entrance and finishing at the exit to the third room. There were no pictures available of the fourth wall, leaving three options. First, the wall might not have been photogenic enough to be included in the photos released to the press. Secondly, the wall could have been unimportant and fairly irrelevant for the content of the exhibition. Thirdly, the wall could have been blank. The routing leads us to believe that the fourth wall might be blank. If there would have been items displayed on the wall the clockwise routing would not have been self-evident, and viewers would obstruct the view into the third room.