Bike parking isn't always user-friendly. This underwater Amsterdam garage changes that

Rotterdam-based architecture firm Wurck redesigned the station square in front of Amsterdam Central Station, which includes a new underwater bicycle parking facility for almost 7,000 bikes. - Aiste Rakauskaite Photography

Users and their bikes enter the facility from two escalators, where they can view themselves going underwater and see the boat traffic passing by. - Aiste Rakauskaite Photography

The parking facility is accessible from the station and from the street, and services those travelling to and from the city’s biggest public transportation hub. - Aiste Rakauskaite Photography

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Location

1012 ZZ Amsterdam, Netherlands

Architect

Wurck

Client

City of Amsterdam

Contractor

Max Bögl

Amsterdam's Central Station now has an underwater bicycle parking facility that can store up to 7,000 bikes. Wurck designed the space with user-friendliness top of mind.

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