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 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.