News Platform

In 2023 the Aalborg based developer and contractor A. Enggaard completed the design and construction of a new office building as part of the urban transformation on Østre Havn in Aalborg. Adjacent to the new building - among others housing Nordjyske Medier - A. Enggaard and BY+LAND have designed a public square using the circle as the main geometric shape. Kollision was invited to take part in designing and implementing a mix of a traditional poster column and a digital news streamer as part of the urban furniture on the square.

Taking departure in the circle, Kollision designed an installation based on three columns each supporting a large custom designed “levitating” news streamer. The three columns, made of galvanised steel, serve as a canvas for physical posters advertising for concerts, events and happenings around the city. At dusk the digital halo on top of the three columns remind bypassers of the constant flow of information as the digital streamer displays the most present news on culture and sports in the region. The news stream is once in a while interrupted by slow colourful artistic expressions turning the news stream into a lighting sculpture.

Kollision designed the News Platform in dialogue with A. Enggaard and BY+LAND. The installation was completed in collaboration with Design Smedien handling production and installation of the physical structure and Lighting-Up installing all lighting fixtures into the curved aluminium sheets structuring each LED in a perfect grid. Kollision handled design, drawings, diagrams, layout and programming of all content using Kollision’s MAP player.