Dutch Firm wins Best Future Concept with Smart Highways

Courtesy of Studio Roosegaarde

Imagine driving down a road at night without street lights with the light-emitting road guiding your way. As the temperature outside drops the road starts to reveal images of ice crystals, signaling to you, the driver, that conditions are now icy and slippery. This futuristic concept may soon be a reality as Dutch design firm Studio Roosegaarde and the engineers at Heijmans Infrastructure team up to develop “Smart Highways” – a design agenda for interactive, sustainable and safe roads. The concept won the two firms Best Future Concept at the Dutch Design Awards 2012. Join us after the break for more.

The Smart Highway uses a variety of technological innovations to develop roads that use light, energy and road signs to adapt to environmental and traffic situations. The design ideas feature a glow in the dark road, dynamic paint, interactive light, induction priority lanes and wind light.

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Cite: Irina Vinnitskaya. "Dutch Firm wins Best Future Concept with Smart Highways" 15 Nov 2012. ArchDaily. Accessed . <https://www.archdaily.com/292418/dutch-firm-wins-best-future-concept-with-smart-highways> ISSN 0719-8884

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