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Air in Airdrie was designed as a landmark for a roundabout in Airdrie. Rather than being known as a roundabout in Airdrie, the site was known as the 'Safeway Roundabout', after the supermarket. The work was primarily designed to give the square and thereby the village, an identity of their own.





The shape of the work most closely resembles a much enlarged lightbulb. The cone shape that represents the lampshade contains a digitally manipulated image of the surroundings of the roundabout. The upper side of the manipulated image shows a deep, deep blue sky in which birds continuously fly. The lower side represents the manipulated surroundings of the roundabout. The manipulated image shows neon lettering on the buildings: the petrol station declaims its sale of litres of famous Airdrie air. The manipulated Airdrie is an invitation to reflect: the village and the roundabout in particular once more have an identity where imagination plays an important role.





Idea & exucution: Martine Neddam
Commissioned by: Monklands District Council, Planning Department,
Willie Miller
Completed: 1996
Constructed by: Neon Weka, Holland