Rotterdam.Projects 16

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1 Rotterdam Projects 16 Created 01-Feb-16 By DIEGO SFRAGULLA, CORDOBA, Argentina Rotterdam Centraal Station Rotterdam, Benthem Crouwel Architekten mixed-use development, train station Cube Housing Euromast Montevideo Market Hall McDonalds Rotterdam De Fabriek Delfshaven 5 Wilhelminaplein Subway Station Rotterdam, Zwarts & Jansma s subway station Shoe Shop Shoebaloo 11 De Brug Unilever 12 Red Apple 13 Rotterdam, KCAP s & Planners housing, mixed-use development 6 KPN Office 14 Rotterdam, Renzo Piano office 7 Periscope Houses 15 Rotterdam, Joke Vos architecten dwellings 8 Rotterdam, Mei architects and planners factory, mixed-use development, renovation 10 Rotterdam, JHK en office Rotterdam, Mei architects and planners horeca, restaurant 4 Rotterdam, MVRDV housing, market, restaurant, underground parking Millenium Tower Rotterdam, MVSA s shop Rotterdam, Mecanoo housing 3 Rotterdam, Hugh A Maaskant watch-tower Rotterdam, WZMH s apartment, hotel, office Rotterdam, Piet Blom dwellings, housing, promenade 2 Blaak Rotterdam, KCAP s & Planners office 9 Brainpark Rotterdam Office Villa 17 Rotterdam, Broekbakema office 1

2 photo: Roderick Trompert photo: Roderick Trompert Rotterdam Centraal Station Stationsplein Rotterdam Rotterdam is to get a new Central Station This is to be re-anchored in the city centre and integrated in the European network of transport hubs created by the arrival of the high speed rail system (HSL) So a Grand Station of international standing is required In the design, the city is drawn to the new station by compacting the small-scale urban fabric round about so that railway zone and city become a single entity The finer texture with its new sight lines and the mix of living and working will greatly improve the social climate of this zone On entering the tall light-filled station concourse, travellers have an overall view and see at once where the trains are The sunken and widened passage beneath the tracks is a natural continuation of the concourse Platforms have a largely transparent roof some 250 metres long spanning the entire track zone Marking the onset of Rotterdam's 'cultural axis', the new Grand Central Station points the way to the city's heart photo: Roderick Trompert m² Main designer, Landscape architect Benthem Crouwel Architekten MVSA s West 8 Prorail Roderick 2

3 photo: Olivier van den Hoven photo: Naomi Schiphorst Cube Housing Overblaak MH Rotterdam The cube house (pole- or tree house) is designed as an abstract tree, the total complex (Blaak Heights) a wood (village) The village is like a safe oasis where several functions could take place: small-scale business, shops, school and a children s playground downstairs (promenade level) and living in the cube houses upstairs The strong interaction between the private (upstairs) and the public is characteristic for this situation The inhabitant has a great view because of the sloping windows The complex is in fact a pedestrian bridge, crossing a traffic artery This was an idea of the municipality at the time Piet Blom was asked to furnish this bridge The cube house could be called an architectonic experiment, in which Blom has considered form, aesthetics and spatial effects of greater importance than functionality and practical purpose Living in a cube (the top) reminds of a tree house which is accessible through the pole (the trunk) An archetypical way of living really photo: Dirk Verwoerd m² Piet Blom City of Rotterdam olivier_van_den_hoven The show-cube at number 70 is open daily, from 11:00-17:00 h Entrance: 2 euro For more information see the website wwwkubuswoningnl Take the Subway or train to Station Blaak Or tram

4 photo: Jan van der Ploeg photo: Bas Czerwinski Euromast Parkhaven GM Rotterdam The Euromast was built on the occasion of the Floriade, an international exposition on horticulture The tower is named Euromast Euro because Rotterdam is in the heart of the European market and mast because not only Dutch know what the word means but also English, Germans, Swedes, Norwegians and Danes They also use the word mast At a height of 32 m Dutch architect Maaskant provided the tower with a replica of a ship s bridge complete with navigation systems and a chartroom In this room the public could experience what it means to navigate a sea-vessel Made of reinforced concrete and 9 m in diameter (inside) it has walls that are 30 cm thick The foundation consists of 131 concrete piles On these piles rests a block of reinforced concrete weighing 1,900,000 kilograms and serving as a counterweight to the aboveground construction The crow s nest restaurant - weighing 240 tons - was ingeniously hoisted up in five days up to 100 m above ground 1960 Hugh A Maaskant JP van Eesteren NV Eurotoren boeboe photo: Rotterdam Marketing The Euromast is open daily, all year round April up to September: from 930 to 2300 hrs October up to March: from 1000 to 2300 hrs Different opening hours apply during Christmas and around New Year s Day Platforms open till 2200 hrs Last ride Euroscoop at 2145 hrs Brasserie open till 2300 hrs Tram: From the Central Station you can reach the Euromast without changing by tram 8 direction Spangen Get off at Euromast stop Underground: From the Central Station you can also take the underground to Dijkzigt You have to change at Churchillplein/Beurs 4

5 photo: Mecanoo photo: Christian Richters Montevideo Landverhuizersplein MH Rotterdam The Montevideo tower is one of the high-rise buildings on the Wilhelminapier that determine the skyline of Rotterdam The starting point of the design was the Holland-America feeling of the pier The building is a composition of interlocking volumes, a section of which cantilevers over the quayside The restaurants and offices in the lower part enhance the vibrant urban atmosphere, while the tower section references 1930s skyscrapers in New York, Boston and Chicago The structure features an American-style steel structure on the lower two floors, a ninety-metre-tall typically Dutch concrete structure in the middle section, and a steel-structure top The name Montevideo recalls the tradition of warehouses that once stood here with exotic names such as New Orleans, Santos, Baltimore and Havana The letter M atop the building is an eight-metre-high weather vane It stands for Rotterdam s maritime tradition, the River Maas and, of course, the building s name photo: Christian Richters Project is not public! m² Mecanoo Structural engineer ABT Building physics consultant Peutz Consulting Engineers & Associes ING Real Estate NGHM Take the subway to Wilhelminaplein, and walk for another 5 min to the end of the pier 5

6 photo: Ossip van Duivenbode photo: Ossip van Duivenbode Market Hall Westnieuwland 3011 Rotterdam Market Hall is the first covered food market of the, drawing inspiration from food markets in Stockholm, Barcelona and Valencia The roof of Market Hall is an arch accommodating 228 apartments The combination of an apartment building covering a fresh food market with food shops, restaurants, a supermarket and an underground parking is a new typology and a world premiere for Rotterdam The large mural which covers the interior of the arch, The Horn of Plenty by artists Arno Coenen and Iris Roskam, has a surface of 11000m2 making it the largest artwork of the The artwork evokes the illusion of laying on your back in a meadow, looking up, right through Markthal towards the sky The sun in the centre figures as Horn of Plenty from which the fresh produce falls down to earth The design vision of MVRDV describes Market Hall as urbanism, the function mix is an integrated design, a 24 hour building which is a public and lasting addition to the city of Rotterdam photo: Ossip van Duivenbode m² Artist Associate architect Artist Acoustics consultant Developer Sustainability consultant Arno Coenen INBO Iris Roskam JP van Eesteren Martens en Van Oord Peutz Consulting Engineers & Associes Provast Royal Haskoning Techniplan MI_MOA Markthal is open seven days a week, Mondays to Saturdays from 10:00 till 20:00, and Sundays from 12:00 till 18:00, with extended opening times for the restaurants The underground parking Markthal is open 24/7 Market Hall is located between the Binnenrotte square, Hoogstraat and Blaak, next to Blaak station (subway and train) and with direct connections to Rotterdam Central Station 6

7 photo: Ossip van Duivenbode photo: Ossip van Duivenbode McDonalds Rotterdam Coolsingel AD Rotterdam -stadhuis/ McDonald s invited Mei architects to design a new restaurant on the renewed Coolsingel The new pavilion has been carefully detailed and articulated to open up views of the monumental post office behind it, resulting in a most compact possible core, with glazed façades all around A fully transparent lobby makes it seem as though the public space flows through the building Like the historical buildings in the area, the pavilion features a richly articulated façade, carried out in one single material: brass This warm and elegant-looking material is vandal-proof and enduring at the same time This McDonald s is open day 24/7 By day the building is inviting to shoppers, while in the evening it glows to attract the nightlife crowd The skin of brass is perforated with heart-shaped openings to form a veil around the glazed building through which illumination shines With the application of various degrees of perforation, the brass façade depicts a crowd of people on Coolsingel photo: Ossip van Duivenbode m² Main designer, Interior architect Structural engineer Supplier Security consultant Services engineer Technical engineer Mei architects and planners NivOO3 Adviesbureau Roelen BVR Groep Glasimpex Grontmij Sweegers en de Bruijn VPT Versteeg McDonald's Mei 24/7 The McDonald s Coolsingel is located in the city center of Rotterdam From Rotterdam Central you can walk to it in about 15 minutes From Rotterdam Central you can take the Metro (line D and E) or several different tramlines The nearest Metro/Tram station is Stadhuis 7

8 photo: Jeroen Musch photo: Jeroen Musch De Fabriek Delfshaven Mathenesserdijk GG Rotterdam In the heart of bustling Delfshaven on the banks of the river Schie is an old characteristic industrial complex located which has lost a lot of its luster and vibrancy in the course of the years The by time grown together agglomeration of characteristic buildings has become in an almost irreversible process of decline by years of vacancy and neglect The strategic design of Mei is based on the preservation of the still existing aesthetic, cultural, historical and constructive quality, whereas the collapsed and dilapidated areas are replaced by an atrium adding spatial (light, air and space) and programmatic quality The atrium forms the "heart" of the building as a meeting place for entrepreneur The levelled business units gather around the atrium and make use of the existing characteristic façade openings around which are retained The additions that are made are minimalistic and possess a uniform colour palette to maintain the spatial quality m² Building physics consultant Structural engineer Mei architects and planners BAM Housing Grontmij Nederland BV Pieters Bouwtechniek Stichting Havensteder and Lingotto Mei photo: Jeroen Musch Interested in a guided tour? Please contact Mei architects and planners to make an appointment Call + 31 (0) or pr@mei-archeu Metro (lines A, B en C) or tram (21 en 23) from Rotterdam CS, stop at Delfshaven, 200 meters from De Fabriek 8

9 photo: Zwarts & Jansma architects photo: Zwarts & Jansma architects Wilhelminaplein Subway Station Wilhelminaplein DE Rotterdam A complex of courthouse and offices The Wilhelminahof was built as a stimulus for the southern bank of the Maas The Wilhelminaplein metro station is constructed beneath this complex at the site of an existing tunnel which had to remain operational during construction work At its deepest point, the 135-metre-long station is 16 m below surface, making it the deepest in the The passenger tunnel was honored for its ambiance and social safe-ness The initial idea was to make a station with a luxurious allure and a high-quality finish in an attempt to upgrade the public transport network, so that it would represent a true alternative for transport by car The station was actually constructed in reverse order First the walls were poured, and served as supporting structure during the excavation of the building site Then the roof of the station was placed on top The mass of the roof prevented the tunnel structure drifting upwards under the pressure of the ground water photo: Naomi Schiphorst Zwarts & Jansma s RET Rotterdam MI_MOA Daily Take the subway to stop Wilhelminaplein 9

10 photo: Rob Niemantsverdriet photo: Rotterdam Marketing Millenium Tower Weena CN Rotterdam The Millenniumtoren is a 131 meter (including the antenna 149 meter) high building at the Weena, opposite of the Delftse Poort It has 34 floors, and 5 elevators Parts is being used as office space, with tenants Loyens Loeff, Arcadium Bastion and HAL investments The five star hotel Westin also occupies part of the building On the first floor the tower has a connection to the next-door congress and concert center De Doelen m² Main designer, WZMH s AGS Architekten & Planners Ballast Nedam BAM Kintel Rotterdam BV MI_MOA photo: Rotterdam Marketing Hotel: 24/7 The tower is opposite of the Central Station in Rotterdam 10

11 photo: Naomi Schiphorst photo: Naomi Schiphorst Shoe Shop Shoebaloo Kruiskade EE Rotterdam A designer footwear boutique in the, with three shoe shops in Amsterdam, as popular for its shoes as for its cutting-edge interiors The concept store in Rotterdam has a large and exclusive collection of shoes, bags and accessory (Miu Miu, Gucci, Fendi, Dior, Dolce & Gabbana, Prada and many more) The shop is a super glossy world of color and reflection The shop window glass has a light green foil of which holes are cut out Just behind these peepholes at the inside of the shop there are white leather coffers, which each one shoe as a jewel A dark, large open space folds as a glossy interior A mirroring stretch ceiling make that the spatiality becomes more intense The ceiling is made with a plastic foil mounted on a profile and fitted by heat (with a kind of large blow drier) This ceiling will slightly heave by the motion of people in the store The dark grey floor is a synthetic floor (self-leveling screed) with a mirroring top coating m² Interior architect MVSA s Bouwbedrijf Van den Hengel Shoebaloo bv, Amsterdam Naomi photo: Naomi Schiphorst Monday: 12:00-18:00 Tuesday - Thursday & Saturday: 10:00 18:00 Friday: 10:00-21:00 Sunday: 13:00-18:00 5 minutes walking from Central Station, in the city centre, shopping and night-life district 11

12 photo: Bjorn Utpott photo: Bjorn Utpott De Brug Unilever Naussaukade Rotterdam The new headquarters of Unilever BV in Rotterdam is 130 meter long and 'floats' 26 meter above the old factory complex of Blue Band Besides a good idea to save space with the the bridge (in Dutch: 'de brug') construction, it is also a spectacular example of prefabrication The entire steel structure is put together somewhere else, transported to location over the river Maas, and then rolled into its final place The façade elements are mounted from inside The building is inspired by the nearby lift bridge The existing 24-hour production of the plant on the ground floor was ensured during the construction photo: Bjorn Utpott Project is not public! m² Main designer, Urban planner Supplier JHK en West 8 Colorcoat by Corus Dura Vermeer Vastgoed BV MI_MOA 12

13 photo: Rob Hoekstra photo: Rob Hoekstra Red Apple Wijnhaven 3011 Rotterdam The Red Apple is located in the vivacious heart of Rotterdam This landmark contains 231 apartments and penthouses that all overlook the river Maas or the Old Port The head of The Red Apple, is made out of the converging lines of the Wijnhaven Island and are joined together in a pentagonal volume, hanging over the base On the southwest corner is the sleek apartment tower with a glass lobby and entrance on the ground floor and residential / work lofts above In the skyline of Rotterdam, The Red Apple is characterized by its bright red façade lines These lines are formed from anodized aluminium panels without adding paint The lifestyle concept and the interior, is designed together with Jan des Bouvrie The name is an obvious reference to another metropolis, the Big Apple, New York City But the name also refers to the first function of this site since it was here that flat-bottomed boats moored and unloaded their cargo of apples to be sold in nearby markets Project is not public! m² Main designer, Interior architect KCAP s & Planners Jan des Bouvrie PWS Rotterdam KCAP photo: Rob Hoekstra 13

14 photo: Rob Niemantsverdriet KPN Office Wilhelminakade AP Rotterdam Located at the southern end of the Erasmus Bridge, this for the - relatively tall tower (98 meters, 23 storeys) provides office space for the KPN Telecom company The façade that is facing the city and the bridge is clad with green lights, distributed over the glass They work as a giant billboard and change every day, with the season, activities, festivals or just show KNP-logos The 37 x 72 meter / 2922 m2 monochrome screen turns into a place to a giant public display for animations and graphics It consists of 896 square Osram lamps in a 22*41 grid photo: Marc Heeman Project is not public! m² Renzo Piano William Properties, KPN Telecom toffe_tico The building is located just next to the Erasmus Bridge, on the southern end of the rivier Maas Take the subway to stop 'Wilhelminaplein' It's on the other side of the street 14

15 photo: Peter Varkevisser Photography Periscope Houses Marinus van Elswijkkade 3059 SG Rotterdam The neighbourhood Waterwijk (waterquarter) is situated in the new urban suburb Nesselande, an expansion area of Rotterdam In this quarter the 12 dwellings are the main eye-catchers at the edge of the neighbourhood, with a row of periscope-houses next to the water Nesselande lies somewhere between Nieuwerkerk and Zevenhuizen In the 'exclusive and idyllic archipelago' the prosperous (mostly inhabitants of Rotterdam, fleeing the city) can built their dreamhouse without interference of municipal committees Despite a specially organized design competition (as an inspiration-tool for fresh, new ideas), the area offers the same familiar image many of these neighbourhoods have: a lot of catalogus-houses and here-and-there an architectural stunt In the masterplan some parts have been allocated for medium scale project developments, and this project is one of them The 12 dwellings are built upon the so-called drive-in principle: you park your car in the house, and live on the first floor photo: Peter Varkevisser Photography Project is not public! m² Structural engineer Joke Vos architecten Adviesbureau Buizer Van Houwelingen Gorkum Assink Vastgoed Projectontwikkeling Peter_Varkevisser_Photography 15

16 photo: Paulien Borst photo: Paulien Borst Blaak 31 Blaak GA Rotterdam Blaak 31 is situated alongside Rotterdam s future Market Hall, designed by MVDRV The office building will be used mainly by the legal and tax service provider Loyens & Loeff for which Delft based interior architects Fokkema & Partners designed the interior spaces A large number of new projects in Rotterdam s Laurenskwartier and the Waterstad contribute to the current revival of the historic city of Rotterdam A new series of buildings for living and working is added to the reconstruction architecture of the 1950 s to make the centre lively and attractive again On this important site the 12 story building shows a striking form, distinctive and recognizable The volumes are slightly rotated relative to each other and shift 270 meters every three floors This form is partly determined by the distance to the Market Hall with the aim of allowing maximum light and privacy for both buildings In addition, the underground metro line affects the massing of the building photo: Paulien Borst Project is not public! Main designer, Interior architect KCAP s & Planners Fokkema & Partners en Provast KCAP 16

17 photo: Menno Emmink photo: Menno Emmink Brainpark Rotterdam Office Villa Bahialaan WC Rotterdam A building with a dynamic heart In association with future tenant Faasen & Partners Advocaten, OVG sought an architect to design an attractive and inspiring office building for Parcel 4 Sustainability was a special point of focus for this project We were selected to design this through an architect selection procedure Six office villas grouped in two clusters of three serve as a transition between the high-rise office buildings of Brainpark III and the Fascinatio residential area All the office villas rest on a green embankment Half-sunk into this embankment and hidden from the street view are the parking areas The cohesion of the six villas is emphasised by the green embankment, a single building line and a fixed height of four layers Another aspect was the common inspiration of the imagery - especially the modernistic, robust forms and attention for the individual character of the villa through sections and accents photo: Menno Emmink Project is not public! m² Building costs consultant Structural engineer Building physics consultant Broekbakema Basalt bouwadvies Broersma Traject OVG Rotterdam Broekbakema 17