rietveld landscape: firemen walk with us

'firemen walk with us' by rietveld landscape installed with the dark eiffel building in maastricht, the netherlands


'firemen walk with us' by dutch architecture and design office rietveld landscape is an installation which confronts the
risk-adverse behaviour that currently characterizes our society. in particular, it addresses fire safety in relationship to the
temporary use of vacant buildings as being a major problem that needs to be resolved.

within the dark eiffel building, a deserted architectural icon within the city of maastricht, the netherlands,
the firm has created a landscape of fire. exhibited only in the evening, visitors are invited inside after sunset to experience the piece.
through the project, maastricht's fire department and rietveld landscape hope to show that the many abandoned properties
have many possibilities of use to offer. 'firemen walk with us' is on show as part of the international biennale of vacancy and reallocation
and is an elaboration of the firm's vision 'vacancy for innovation' which they presented at the venice architecture biennale 2010.
see designboom's coverage of their contribution to the dutch pavilion here.

each visit to the eiffel building lasts 40 minutes and accommodates a maximum of 10 visitors at a time.
you can register here to participate.



view of 'firemen walk with us' installation



the exhibition aims to get individuals to reconsider the use of vacant buildings



general view