HanseWerk
One trial substation first, then around 100.
For HanseWerk, we paint substations across northern Germany, from Sylt to Fehmarn. Each one gets a motif from its town.
- Locations
- Northern Germany, from Sylt to Fehmarn
- Timeframe
- 2016, more commissions later
- Technique
- Graffiti, photorealistic wall illusions and local motifs
01The problem
Gray boxes in the landscape.
Substations are everywhere: at the edge of town, by the road, in the middle of the village. Most are gray utility buildings nobody looks at.
HanseWerk operates stations like these all over the north, spread widely from Sylt to Fehmarn. Before painting many, one was to show what's possible.
02The solution
Every station one of a kind.
It started with one station and a 3D illusion: the wall seems broken open, revealing what appear to be the pipes, turbine and green components of a power plant. Above it are the logo and the slogan “Energielösung für den Norden”.
For the other stations, we agreed on the motifs with the towns and municipalities. Buildings, landscape and local character give each one its own picture. At the largest combined heat and power plant in the Hamburg metropolitan region, the engine that runs inside the building now also appears on the outside wall.
3D illusion as a trial
The first station shows the inside of a power plant, photorealistically.
Agreed with the municipalities
We discussed every motif with the town or municipality in advance.
Motifs from the town
Buildings, landscape and local features make every station unique.
03The result
One trial turned into around 100 stations.
- 1
- trial station, 2016
- around 100
- more stations commissioned
04The proof
Station by station.
01Machinery on the facadePhotorealistic illusion
02Harbor and ship's wheelSubstation
03Landscape and buildingsSubstation
04Windmill on the stationSubstation
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