
New lighting for the Erasmus Bridge
The Erasmus Bridge: a landmark for Rotterdam, a symbol for the city, and a very popular photo location for tourists. This leading bridge celebrated its twentieth anniversary in 2016 – a good time to replace the lighting of the bridge.
The challenge
Together with Industrielicht, Dynniq submitted a plan to replace all lighting with LED. Part of the replacement plan was a lighting test. The municipality and architect were invited to judge whether the result met the expectations. LED lighting has a different look than the current lamps, and the old lighting was part of the design by Ben van Berkel of UNStudio. The light image of the bridge with the new lighting had to correspond as much as possible to the original lighting plan.