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Smart Highway

Interactive and sustainable roads of tomorrow.

Smart Highway

Smart Highway

SMART HIGHWAY are sustainable roads, designed for tomorrow. In its first design GLOWING LINES charges during day-time and glows for several hours at night to create an iconic highway experience and increase safety. Other designs such as VAN GOGH BICYCLE PATH and GATES OF LIGHT have also been realised to enhance safety and poetry.

Winner of Best Future Concept, Dutch Design Award, Accenture Innovation Award, and INDEX Award Denmark.

Smart Highway

The first GLOWING LINES were realised after a trial period of three months in the Netherlands, and glows up to eight hours at night. The project exhibited for three years in the municipality of Oss. GLOWING LINES will further be developed and launched internationally.

SMART HIGHWAY are interactive and sustainable roads of tomorrow by Daan Roosegaarde and Heijmans Infrastructure. The goal was to make smart roads by using light, energy and information that interact with the traffic situation. SMART HIGHWAY consists of the projects: Electric Priority Lane, Dynamic Paint, Glowing Lines, Interactive Light, Road Printer, and Wind Light.

VAN GOGH PATH shares the same vision, made of thousands of twinkling stones inspired by 'Starry Night'. The path combines innovation with cultural heritage in the town of Nuenen in the Netherlands, Van Gogh’s place of residence in 1883.

The collaboration between Roosegaarde and Heijmans is a true example of innovative industry. The design and interactivity by Studio Roosegaarde and the craftsmanship of Heijmans are fused into one common goal: innovation of the Dutch landscape.

SMART HIGHWAYS are interactive and sustainable roads of today.
SMART HIGHWAYS are interactive and sustainable roads of today.
SMART HIGHWAYS are interactive and sustainable roads of today.
SMART HIGHWAYS are interactive and sustainable roads of today.
SMART HIGHWAYS are interactive and sustainable roads of today.
SMART HIGHWAYS are interactive and sustainable roads of today.
SMART HIGHWAYS are interactive and sustainable roads of today.
SMART HIGHWAYS are interactive and sustainable roads of today.
SMART HIGHWAYS are interactive and sustainable roads of today.
SMART HIGHWAYS are interactive and sustainable roads of today.
SMART HIGHWAYS are interactive and sustainable roads of today.
SMART HIGHWAYS are interactive and sustainable roads of today.
SMART HIGHWAYS are interactive and sustainable roads of today.
SMART HIGHWAYS are interactive and sustainable roads of today.
SMART HIGHWAYS are interactive and sustainable roads of today.
SMART HIGHWAYS are interactive and sustainable roads of today.
SMART HIGHWAYS are interactive and sustainable roads of today.
SMART HIGHWAYS are interactive and sustainable roads of today.
SMART HIGHWAYS are interactive and sustainable roads of today.
SMART HIGHWAYS are interactive and sustainable roads of today.

Specifications:

2012-2015. Smart coatings, energy harvesting, sensors and other media. Concept and Design by Studio Roosegaarde and the engineers from Heijmans.

Clients:

Studio Roosegaarde and Heijmans N.V. with the support of the Province of Brabant, the city of Eindhoven, the city of Oss, and BKKC.

Awards:

Best Future Concept, Dutch Design Award, NL. Accenture Innovation Award, NL. INDEX Award, DM.

Designtalk with Daan Roosegaarde and Adrian van Hooydonk of BMW
Designtalk with Daan Roosegaarde and Adrian van Hooydonk of BMW
Daan Roosegaarde and BMW Group's Design director Adrian van Hooydonk at the design talk in Soho House Amsterdam about their favorite space and the future of mobility.
CNN covers our Smart Highway
Roosegaarde’s Smart Highway featured by CNN as an example for innovative transport system - now live on CNN.
'Awesome Glowing Roads of the Future' at WIRED
'Awesome Glowing Roads of the Future' at WIRED
Journalist Liz Stinson interviews Daan Roosegaarde about his new design at WIRED. 'There is 80 percent bullshit to get 20 percent beauty' Roosegaarde says. 'But it is worth it.'