“Flyoverpapa”

PAPA was commissioned by the department of Urban Planning of the city of The Hague to visualize the qualities of the area around the Prinsclaus Flyover. The project resulted in the Memorandum of Basic Principles to be used by professionals who will  develop this area. The concept was made by Lino Hellings. Marjolijn Boterenbrood, visual artist, drew maps of the area. Cilia Erens, soundartist composed two soundscapes. Rob van Maanen, cultural psychologist wrote a series of short texts.  PAPA send photographers to fly overs abroad. Photographers Shahidul Alam (Dhaka Bangladesh) and Toye Gbade (Lagos Nigeria) pictured the activities under the flyover in their respective cities. Photography The Hague by Lino Hellings and Rob van Maanen. Photography Sao Paulo Lino Hellings 

Lagos -  The Obalende Flyover busstation, mosques, several small kiosks, mobile phone shops, petrol station etc. At the end of the day it is a very large market. Lagos Nigeria Toye Gbade…
Toye Gbade – Flyoverpapa

The Hague -  Prins Clausplein. In the past years the citycouncil has made some great adjustements to make the area more accessible to cyclists and walkers. This bicycle flyover ( or overpass as…
Lino Hellings – Flyoverpapa

Here is a local restaurant running from under a bridge in Obalende, one of the busiest motor parks in lagos. It basically caters for the traffic of commuters daily plying…
Toye Gbade – Flyoverpapa

Prins Clausplein. The horse plays a central role in this area. The men who used to run car demolation businusinesses still do a bit of scrap metal recycling but most…
Lino Hellings – Flyoverpapa

Prins Clausplein. These thirty posts are a summary of the complete work made into an interactive CD for the city developers of The Hague. It is a shame we cannot…
Lino Hellings – Flyoverpapa

The Mohakhali Flyover, acts as a bus station, an open air market. An intercity train heads towards a station near the international airport. Dhaka Bangladesh by Shahidul Alam.…
Shahidul Alam – Flyoverpapa

Prins Clausplein. Scattered around the area there are several small industrial areas. They house up to thirty businesses among them depots for city furniture and soil. This is a business…
Lino Hellings – Flyoverpapa

Prins Clausplein. Another great way to reconcile the devastating highway with the vulnerable acitivities in the landscape around it, is this soundwall. The two coloured hedge on the top hosts…
Rob van Maanen – Flyoverpapa

Prins Clausplein. The area hosts numerous sportsfacilities like a cricketclub. One of the few in the Netherlands. There are football-, korfball-, tennisclubs-, indoorski facilities, horseback ridingschools and a golfcourse. There…
Lino Hellings – Flyoverpapa

Prins Clausplein. The Vliet waterway used to be the main way of transport in old times. It was digged out by the Romans. Then the rich people builded there mansions…
Rob van Maanen – Flyoverpapa

A catadore is a freelance rubbish collector of recyclable waste. The sorting begins on the street. The side of the cart is hung with pre-sorted ropes and rubbish sacks.…
Lino Hellings – Flyoverpapa

Prins Clausplein. Once Stroom, a foundation that promotes art in public space organized a barbecue on this spot for a selected group of artists, architects and citydevelopers. They were send…
Lino Hellings – Flyoverpapa

Prins Clausplein is a traffic intersection with seven overpasses. The highway does not lead directly to destination below. In the Netherlands we tend to build fly overs on the outskirts…
Lino Hellings – Flyoverpapa

This futuristic machine is part of a small fairground, a popular daytrip destination for elementary schools of the Hague. The next door Chinese restaurant called The Chinese Wall looks a…
Rob van Maanen – Flyoverpapa

The Prince Claus flyover. The cameras on the left on the motorway are to enforce the speed limit. The surveillance camera watches hooligans once they enter the area from the…
Lino Hellings – Flyoverpapa

Prins Clausplein. The Mansions on this side of the water are all being reused as hardly any private person can afford living in a big place like this anymore. This…
Lino Hellings – Flyoverpapa

Open air gym organised by a world champion boxing and men from the (neighbor)hood. Directly under the traffic viaducts, it is a good initiative, although they did send some people…
Lino Hellings – Flyoverpapa

Obalende Flyover. This is another space recovered from the previous users and converted to an emergency police post. Kind of like a rapid response/intelligence squad spot. Lagos Nigeria Toye Gbade…
Toye Gbade – Flyoverpapa

Prinsclaus Flyover where the bicyclepath, the waterway and the railtrack meet. The area under the flyover is the domain of a single fox, crows who have their nests in the…
Lino Hellings – Flyoverpapa

Under the Mohakhali Flyover riot police are on standby in anticipation of trouble since garment workers have called a strike. They work 7 days a week for usd 24 per…
Shahidul Alam – Flyoverpapa

Mohakhali Flyover. There are very few places for couples to meet in the crowded city of Dhaka. This is especially so for people with a low income who cannot afford…
Shahidul Alam – Flyoverpapa

The footpath next to the Mohakhali Flyover is a thriving business area. A young man swats away flies from his freshly fried ‘shingaras’ meat pies. …
Shahidul Alam – Flyoverpapa

Prins Clausplein. The map shows the highway leads to distant places on the globe but not to the direct spaces around it. The little roads and pathes in the landscape…
Lino Hellings – Flyoverpapa