PRAAG: NIEUWE TRAM (KOTAS) (4/5)

Onlangs heeft Kotas een nieuw tramrijtuig ontwikkeld: de Skoda ForCity en die nu in grote getalen de oude trams gaan vervangen. 

Hierover zegt hij:

 

"The design of new Prague tram represent an altogether new concept of the external as well as internal form and spatial solution, which is based especially on the principle of visual lightness.

The dominant theme sees the form of the front spherical windscreen merge into the window and roofs of the three-part body. On purpose, the dark surfaces contrast with silver metallic finish of the sills. The lower section red stripe unifies the perimeter of the tram, encompassing as it does the entire circumference, as well as the four key support frames.

The position of these under the articulated links and the extended position under the front and rear of the vehicle is the most distinctive innovation as well as the most characteristic attribute of this construction and design concept.

Trams help to create the architecture of a town and in the case of Prague they are also one of the symbols which characterize the Prague streets. The trams Škoda ForCity are ambitious to inject into those same streets a new, visually unique memorable element."

In het filmpje de officiële inwijding van zijn tram in Praag. De meester zelf is ook te zien op 0'50''.