SITUATION

As part of the ring road around Wismar's old town, Dr.-Leber-Straße is primarily a thoroughfare. This location and the lack of quality of stay characterize the area. Passers-by pass by at different speeds. The dynamics of the place can thus be characterized by speed and fleetingness.

IDEA
Taking up the genius loci, seagulls flying past are the defining motif.
When viewed in detail, individual seagulls can be recognized. From a distance or while passing the fence quickly, the birds can only be perceived as a flock, as a band. The design thus plays with two associations. On the one hand, it picks up on the seagull as an animal that characterizes the port city and, on the other, it recalls the flight of birds that takes place twice a year.
REALIZATION

When viewed from the front, the pictorial elements are barely perceptible due to the small front surface of the flat steel profiles. The application of paint looks like spots, but suggests that something will be visible there. When in motion, the viewer can be surprised by the recognizable image.
Depending on the viewing angle and distance, the image sections change and allow the depiction to play out like a movie. This play with perception and the "fleeting" characteristics of "moving" images are appropriate to the location.