Bicycle in apple

February 2011 – The eye-catcher at the railway station in Alphen aan den Rijn is the Bike Apple, a bike shelter in the form of an apple. The bike shelter is open, enhancing social control and safety. The different floors are reached via straight and spiral steel staircases for which Staco has supplied the perfo treads. Staco pressed gratings are used to enclose areas, ensuring safety.

Although the basic form of an apple looks simple, the design is a complex one. The walkway on which the bicycles are parked winds around a cone-shaped core of steel columns like a spiral-shaped peel. The outer cladding consists of chain-link meshing with butterfly patterns. The various floors are accessible via steel staircases.

Jos van den Bersselaar Constructie from Udenhout asked Staco to supply hot-dip galvanised steel gratings in a range of forms and sizes. Staco supplied perfo treads for the straight and spiral stairs. Staco pressed gratings are used to enclose areas, ensuring safety. Jos van den Bersselaar Constructie supplied the Bike Apple completely pre-assembled and then installed it on location. It can house 970 bicycles.