Urban podium in Rotterdam:
This modern podium is located in on side of a square that is srrownded by residential appartments,Saint Laurens cathedral and Delfsevaart canal. I saw the pictures before this podium and notice that this area was so dull, boring and there were no special activities (Figure 1 and 2). It seems that city built this podium to make this area more vital. This simple structure is a stage for performance and  define the square with other buildings. Two side of it is open, therefore it can not reduce the view to canal an church whether there is performance or not. Other people in residential areas also could watch performance from their places. At nights because of the lighting it can draw more attention to itself but in days it does not seem to be attractive and the gray color makes it worst. Furthermore the confliction between this modern structure and old church from certain views is interesting. In general this structure can help to increase activity in this area.

Google Map (Figure 1)

Google Map (Figure 2)

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