company building vierhavenstraat
rotterdam / the netherlands
client
bouwfonds mab ontwikkeling, amersfoort
realization
2000
Large-scale collective building for shops and businesses in the Rotterdam harbour district. The building generally has two storeys and contains a furniture store, a mega-building market cum garden centre, a deck for car parking, and lettable areas initially intended for diverse companies that required temporary accommodation as a result of urban renewal elsewhere. Stylish, uniform materialization in aluminium gives the constellation of various components a unified allure. Because the office blocks in the vicinity look out directly on this building, the roof has been designed as if it were a fifth façade. In one sweeping gesture, it covers the entire complex in a powerful, elegant arch that conforms to the architectural situation and dimensions. An overhang at the end and a strikingly high, upward-folded wing on the long side clearly mark the entrances. The parking deck and the hothouses of the garden centre lie outside the building proper. The building façade has been extended as a perforated screen around these components, so that the unity of form is continued. The hothouses and parking deck thus remain integral parts of the complex.
rotterdam / the netherlands
client
bouwfonds mab ontwikkeling, amersfoort
realization
2000
Large-scale collective building for shops and businesses in the Rotterdam harbour district. The building generally has two storeys and contains a furniture store, a mega-building market cum garden centre, a deck for car parking, and lettable areas initially intended for diverse companies that required temporary accommodation as a result of urban renewal elsewhere. Stylish, uniform materialization in aluminium gives the constellation of various components a unified allure. Because the office blocks in the vicinity look out directly on this building, the roof has been designed as if it were a fifth façade. In one sweeping gesture, it covers the entire complex in a powerful, elegant arch that conforms to the architectural situation and dimensions. An overhang at the end and a strikingly high, upward-folded wing on the long side clearly mark the entrances. The parking deck and the hothouses of the garden centre lie outside the building proper. The building façade has been extended as a perforated screen around these components, so that the unity of form is continued. The hothouses and parking deck thus remain integral parts of the complex.
