Zuidplein Theatre is the new cultural hotspot of Rotterdam-Zuid. A new theatre building replaces the adjacent existing 1953 structure, housing two auditoriums, a café/restaurant and a branch of the Rotterdam Library. Designed by De Zwarte Hond, Zuidplein Theatre is developed and realised as a Design/Build/Maintain project by Heijmans and Ballast Nedam.
Former factory building is transformed into plug and play office by implementing an enlarged wooden furniture piece.
The Becelhuis is part of the characteristic factory complex on the former Unilever premises located on the southbank of the river Maas in Rotterdam. In 1930 the Becelhuis was added to the site with spaces for production, offices, storage and management rooms. In 2017 the margarine and spreads department demerged from Unilever and continued as an independent global company named Upfield.
Team: Marieke van Hensbergen, Johan De Wachter, Gemma Carcasona Molió, Théophile Paquet, Patricia Mata Mayrand, Nicolette Marzovilla, Anna Kintsurashvili and Marco Moretto.
An old industrial building that used to serve as a warehouse and office space is situated directly at the Coolhaven in Rotterdam. Due to its concrete skeleton, the building has a typical industrial character from the 1950s of the Rotterdam reconstruction era. We were asked to design a spacious loft home in this building.
The owners were inspired by an earlier transformation we have realized. Their wish was to add a lot of light, as few walls as possible, a void and an eye-catching staircase. In addition, they wanted to experience to live in something special and keep the industrial character.
The Erasmus Bridge is the product of an integrated design approach. Construction, urbanism, infrastructure and public functions are given shape in one comprehensive gesture, but one that is complex to read, nevertheless. During preliminary and definitive design phases, the design was continuously refined, although its main outlines and features were constant. The five differently shaped, concrete piers, the railings, the landings, the details of fixtures and joints, and the maintenance equipment were all integrally designed.
UN Studio: Ben van Berkel with Freek Loos, Hans Cromjongh and Ger Gijzen, Willemijn Lofvers, Sibo de Man, Gerard Nijenhuis, Manon Patinama, John Rebel, Ernst van Rijn, Hugo Schuurman, Caspar Smeets, Paul Toornend, Jan Willem Walraad, Dick Wetzels, Karel Vollers.
The KPN building at the beginning of Wilhelminapier in Rotterdam was designed by Renzo Piano. It was the talk of the town upon completion in 1999, but by 2016 it had ceased to meet the user’s needs. With Piano’s consent, an extensive redevelopment by V8 was planned to breathe new life into the building. At ground level there is a huge entrance with public functions and business facilities; the tower has been converted from a traditional office building into a flexible and up-to-the-minute workplace. In its new incarnation the building has reconnected with the neighborhood and the city and is set to act as a catalyst of public life on the pier.
This spacious villa with Italian style has a typical farmhouse character combined with a modern feel. It’s located in a green oase in a small dutch village close to Rotterdam.
Because of the close collaboration between exterior architect Friso Woudstra and interior architect Martijn Veldman the lines of exterior and interior are merged into one natural surrounding with a great detail of perfection and symmetry.
Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen and the Museo Nacional del Prado in Madrid both have unique collections of oil sketches by Peter Paul Rubens (Siegen 1577-Antwerp 1640). For years they have shared a wish to bring together the finest works from their collections and complement them with masterpieces from other museums to create an unprecedented overview. Pure Rubens, running in the museum’s large Bodon Wing (1500 m2) in the busiest period of the year, is aimed at a broad public.
Rubens was the master of the oil sketch. He was the first artist to prepare a great many of his important compositions by painting sketches on panel. Whereas Rubens’s large works are sometimes described as hackwork, in part because of the contributions often made by assistants, the brilliant, virtuoso – almost impressionistic – touch of the master himself is always present in his oil sketches. Four centuries later, these works have lost none of their impact.
Located in one of the most fashionable area in Rotterdam harbor, the ancient spices depot of the Dutch East India Company, also known as Pakhuismeesteren, is going through a refurbishment that will turn it into one of the hotel of the Spanish Room Mate Hotel chain.
The Room Mate chain is well known for creating different characters for each of its hotels giving them a different personality and uniqueness around the world. In this case, Bruno is the name of the hotel and therefore the character created to tell the story of his life.
Campus Hoogvliet is a cluster of six buildings that together compose one academic and socially focused campus, located just outside of Rotterdam. These six new buildings–a sports center, an art studio, a safety academy, 100 residential units within one building, and two schools–have been plugged into a programmed tarmac that communicates the campus’ boundary, and includes custom designed seating, a running track, and other place-making denotations. The campus’ immediate surroundings are characterized by mid-twentieth century housing developments–which were prolifically constructed during its booming period of post-WWII growth–and the campus aims to rectify the social and cultural deterioration that coupled the demolition of this once historic village.
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