Piazza, entrance from the 18 September SquarePiazza from the adjacent Lichttoren tower
The Piazza Center ("the Piazza") is a building and indoor shopping center in the city center of Eindhoven anchored by a branch of the upscale De Bijenkorf department store chain and by a Decathlon sporting goods superstore.[1]
Opened in 1969, the Piazza was originally an open-air square, housing a red marble sculpture group designed by Mario Negri. The square was located between the De Bijenkorf building, designed by Gio Ponti and covered with green glazed tiles. Opposite stood a shopping center designed by Theo Boosten. In between was Perry van de Kar's sporting goods store with a tunnel to the right that led to the Fellenoord [nl] neighborhood of Eindhoven.
The square was designed as a recreational square, but it was mainly used as a youth hangout. There were also meetings, such as those of the Red Youth and the Rocking Rebels (founded in 1979 and emerged from the so-called Elvis gang). It later became a meeting place for skateboarders, where Wieger van Wageningen[nl] became one of the world's best-known.[2]
Ultimately, the activities mentioned did not fully meet the wishes of shoppers, the square looked a bit messy and the shopping center was not running smoothly. The Piazza was eventually completely reconstructed according to a design by Massimiliano Fuksas. It became a covered square. Negri's works of art were moved to the other side of De Bijenkorf, and the steel pipe sculpture designed by Frans Gast[nl] was placed in Henri Dunant Park. An impressive steel entrance gate was built and a walkway was also added to the adjacent MediaMarkt electronics superstore and parking garage, located on the other side of the Boschdijk tunnel. The renovated Piazza was opened in 2015.[2]
^"Piazza Center". This is Eindhoven. Retrieved 17 November 2023.
^ abTurck, Ankie de (26 March 2018). "Nostalgie: de geschiedenis van de Piazza" [Nostalgia: the history of the Piazza]. indebuurt Eindhoven (in Dutch). Retrieved 17 November 2023.
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