dimanche 31 janvier 2016

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Timmerhuis in Rotterdam Building by OMA

Timmerhuis Rotterdam Building, Dutch City Hall Project, News, Design, Property, Image

Timmerhuis Rotterdam Building by OMA

New City Hall Development in The Netherlands – design by OMA, Architects

31 Jan 2016

Timmerhuis in Rotterdam

Timmerhuis in Rotterdam by OMA

Design: OMA

Photographs added of this major new building © Ton Hermans:

Empty place behind the Town hall in 2011 where later the new ‘Timmerhuis’ came:

The construction workers:

In the beginning:

Building under construction:

View from one of the the flats:

For Rotterdam’s Timmerhuis, a new building for the city hall that accommodates municipal services, offices, and residential units, OMA conceived a modular building with repeated units gradually set back from the street as they rise into two irregular peaks. The building’s composition of smaller cells creates an impressive, complex form when viewed from Coolsingel, one of Rotterdam’s main arteries, and allows for subtlety and adaptability as the new building meets the Stadstimmerhuis (a municipal building, from 1953), which surrounds it on two sides.

behind the town hall:

under construction:

One of the flats, part of the building:

Work is done:

The Timmerhuis’s innovative structural system generates maximum efficiency and versatility both in construction and in program: units can adapt to either office space or residential parameters as desired. Green terraces on higher levels provide the possibility of an apartment with a garden in the heart of urban Rotterdam. On the street level, the structure allows for generous open space, with modules overhanging rather than encroaching into an interstitial area, encouraging an active and open engagement between the Timmerhuis and the city.

image courtesy of OMA; photography by Ossip van Duivenbode

The design brief stipulated that the Timmerhuis must be the most sustainable building in the Netherlands. OMA tackled this imperative through the building’s core concept of flexibility, and also through the two large atriums, which act like lungs. They are connected to a climate system that stores warmth in summer and cold in winter and releases this energy as warm or cold air as required. The building’s triple glazed curtain wall facade uses hi-tech translucent insulation that allows for unprecedented energy efficiency.

image courtesy of OMA

Rather than being yet another statement in Rotterdam’s crowded history of revisionist planning and cacophony of architectural styles, the ambiguous mass of the Timmerhuis tries to mediate between the existing buildings surrounding it. The axis between the existing town hall and the post office coincides with the axis of symmetry of the Timmerhuis , and the street between these two buildings continues into a passageway to the Haagseveer. The Timmerhuis integrates with the neighbouring Stadtimmerhuis by maintaining the same floor heights, while the plinth height of 20m conforms to the character of the surrounding Laurenskwartier.

Heijmans Timmerhuis – Timelaps filmpje vanaf WTC from Timmerhuis on Vimeo.

Statement by Reinier de Graaf:

Today’s Rotterdam is an ecology of successive architectural convictions over time: the modernism of the post-war reconstruction; the humanism of the seventies; the post-modernism of the eighties; high-rise buildings and the compact city in the nineties and a sort of “free for all” in the new millennium.

Rather than adding yet another grand statement, Timmerhuis attempts a constructive ‘surrender’ to the city’s present state. The building’s formless, seemingly improvised composition acts as an echo of the city’s mood. It creates the possibility of different experiences: from the Coolsingel, viewed between the Town Hall and the Post Office, the building appears nearly symmetrical, monumental even… on the other side, in relation to the existing monument, the same building appears delicate and accommodating.

The cantilevering steel structure allows the uninterrupted unfolding of public space on the ground floor, home to a large public passage and the new location for the Museum Rotterdam.

Heijmans Timmerhuis – Timelaps filmpje vanaf Stadhuis from Timmerhuis Rotterdam on Vimeo.

LOCATION: Rotterdam, Netherlands
CLIENT: Stadsontwikkeling Rotterdam
YEAR: 2009–15
STATUS: Completed
PROGRAM: Mixed Use
PARTNER: Reinier de Graaf
ASSOCIATES: Alex de Jong, Katrien van Dijk

image courtesy of OMA; photography by Sebastian van Damme

OMA

Website: Timmerhuis in Rotterdam, Building by OMA

Timmerhuis is geopend!

Op vrijdag 11 december vierde Rotterdam haar volgende grote aanwinst. Het Timmerhuis ging officieel open in het hart van de stad. Een icoon dat het leven terug brengt naar de plek waar de wederopbouw van Rotterdam werd aangestuurd. Wonen, werken, cultuur en ontspannen komen samen in één gebouw.

Na een periode van voorbereiden en bouwen wordt het gebouw nu dan ook echt gebruikt. Alle appartementen zijn verkocht en opgeleverd en een groot gedeelte is ook reeds bewoond. De ambtenaren van de gemeente Rotterdam hebben ook de gloednieuwe werkplek al in genomen. De winkels zijn grotendeels open en Thoms, het eerste restaurant, is ook geopend. Het Timmerhuis heeft de afgelopen dagen / weken veel aandacht gekregen in de pers. Teveel om allemaal naar te verwijzen maar onderstaand treft u er een aantal links naar berichten (tekst en beeld) aan.

Het Timmerhuis team wenst u prettige feestdagen en een gezond 2016.

Website: Timmerhuis in Rotterdam

To see all listed projects on a single map please follow this link.

Rotterdam Architecture

Rotterdam Buildings

Also by OMA in Rotterdam:

De Rotterdam

image courtesy of OMA; photography by Ossip van Duivenbode
De Rotterdam

Stadskantoor

picture from architects
Rotterdam Stadskantoor

Coolsingel Project

picture from architects
Coolsingel Rotterdam

Rotterdam Architect Offices

Dutch Buildings

Office for Metropolitan Architecture

Rem Koolhaas

Shenzhen Stock Exchange by OMA

building image © from Architects

Selected Buildings by Office for Metropolitan Architecture

Singapore Tower

Netherlands Embassy Berlin

Hamburg Science Centre

Maison á Bordeaux

Comments / photos for Timmerhuis RotterdamArchitecture page welcome

Timmerhuis Rotterdam Building Building : page

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Timmerhuis in Rotterdam Building by OMA

Timmerhuis Rotterdam Building, Dutch City Hall Project, News, Design, Property, Image

Timmerhuis Rotterdam Building by OMA

New City Hall Development in The Netherlands – design by OMA, Architects

31 Jan 2016

Timmerhuis in Rotterdam

Timmerhuis in Rotterdam by OMA

Design: OMA

Photographs added of this major new building © Ton Hermans:

Empty place behind the Town hall in 2011 where later the new ‘Timmerhuis’ came:

The workers…

One of the flats, part of the building:

Work is done:

image courtesy of OMA; photography by Ossip van Duivenbode

image courtesy of OMA

Heijmans Timmerhuis – Timelaps filmpje vanaf WTC from Timmerhuis Rotterdam on Vimeo.

Statement by Reinier de Graaf:

The cantilevering steel structure allows the uninterrupted unfolding of public space on the ground floor, home to a large public passage and the new location for the Museum Rotterdam.

Heijmans Timmerhuis – Timelaps filmpje vanaf Stadhuis from Timmerhuis Rotterdam on Vimeo.

LOCATION: Rotterdam, Netherlands
CLIENT: Stadsontwikkeling Rotterdam
YEAR: 2009–15
STATUS: Completed
PROGRAM: Mixed Use
PARTNER: Reinier de Graaf
ASSOCIATES: Alex de Jong, Katrien van Dijk

image courtesy of OMA; photography by Sebastian van Damme

OMA

Website: Timmerhuis in Rotterdam, Building by OMA

Timmerhuis is geopend!

Het Timmerhuis team wenst u prettige feestdagen en een gezond 2016.

Website: Timmerhuis in Rotterdam

To see all listed projects on a single map please follow this link.

Rotterdam Architecture

Rotterdam Buildings

Also by OMA in Rotterdam:

De Rotterdam

image courtesy of OMA; photography by Ossip van Duivenbode
De Rotterdam

Stadskantoor

picture from architects
Rotterdam Stadskantoor

Coolsingel Project

picture from architects
Coolsingel Rotterdam

Rotterdam Architect Offices

Dutch Buildings

Office for Metropolitan Architecture

Rem Koolhaas

Shenzhen Stock Exchange by OMA

building image © from Architects

Selected Buildings by Office for Metropolitan Architecture

Singapore Tower

Netherlands Embassy Berlin

Hamburg Science Centre

Maison á Bordeaux

Comments / photos for Timmerhuis RotterdamArchitecture page welcome

Timmerhuis Rotterdam Building Building : page

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HOW TO: Make easy one-pot sun-dried tomato and basil pasta

If you’re looking for an easy vegetarian recipe, this no-fuss one-pot pasta will definitely hit the spot. Although you may think making a pasta dish would need at least two pans and a colander at minimum, we’ll show you how you can make delicious and creamy sun-dried tomato and basil linguine with just one pot. Read on for the full recipe.

samedi 30 janvier 2016

Rotterdam Architecture Photos: Dutch Building Images

Rotterdam Architecture Images, Dutch Building Photos, Designs, Towers, Pictures

Rotterdam Architecture Photos

Netherlands Building Development Pictures by Ton Hermans – Architectural Designs in Holland

30 Jan 2016

Rotterdam Building Photos

Photographs of key buildings taken around this major Dutch city, photos © Ton Hermans.

75 years of post-war reconstruction in Rotterdam

Reconstruction in Rotterdam

‘Wederopbouw’, or Reconstruction, is the term used to describe the process of repairing the damage to The Netherlands after World War II. Rotterdam was one of the hardest hit cities in the Netherlands, states proartsdesign.nl. The bombing of 14 May 1940 destroyed 24,000 homes, 2,400 shops and another 4,000 buildings, almost wiping out the entire city centre.

A symbolic picture with reference to the upcoming festival of the Rebuilt City of Rotterdam, in March 2016, 75 years after the destruction:

Reconstruction Plan
No stone was left unturned in rebuilding the city. On May 18, 1940, city architect Witteveen was commissioned to draw up a reconstruction plan. Within ten days, he had drafted a rough outline. The bombing was of course disastrous, but at the same time it was an opportunity to reconstruct the city and solve a number of major urban issues.
From the outset, the guiding principle was to completely redesign the centre rather than restore the original street grid and repair important buildings. The 144 buildings which could have been renovated were instead demolished; only the Sint-Laurenskerk church, Town Hall, the Post Office and the Schielandshuis were preserved.

75 Jaar wederopbouw – 75 years of Rebuilding | Rotterdam Festivals

29 Nov 2012

On Tuesday, November 27, the brick sculpture “Wall Relief no.1” from 1955 by Henry Moore, part of the former Bouwcentrum at the Weena, was transported to a parking lot nearby as construction of the “First Rotterdam” (Architecten Cie) began.

Later this famous work of art gets its old place back along the Weena in the new tower.

Photo from 45 years ago, just after the wall was finished:

19 Nov 2012

Rotterdam Central Station – by the architectural team of Benthem Crouwel, Meijer & Van Schooten en West 8:

31 Mar 2012

Next to the KPN-office (architect Renzo Piano) DE ROTTERDAM of architect Rem Koolhaas (OMA) rises each week one floor behind the Noordereiland and will become the largest building by far in The Netherlands:

DE ROTTERDAM, seen behind an old warehouse – now in use as a home for students:

Rotterdam Central Station – roof construction at the new Central Station for train and subway, now 30 m high:

Roof construction at Rotterdam CS:

First pile underground – cycle-store for 5,400 bicycles:

Roof construction and Metro-entrance:

The apartment building B-TOWER *, in the middle of the picture, at the east-side of the LIJNBAAN, now finished. Architect Wiel Arets. *‘B’ because it stands next to the department store Bijenkorf. (Bee-hive):

26 Mar 2012

The new Rijnhavenbrug (Rhineharbour bridge) that was opened last month. It connects the Wilhelminapier with Katendrecht and can only be used by bicycles and pedestrians. It has a bend (change of direction) in the middle. In the distance is Hotel New York, the former headquaters of the Holland America Line:

Part of the Unilever building on the Weena boulevard now is in use by The Royal Bank of Scotland:

14 Jul 2011

The Netherlands Architecture Institute, NAi Rotterdam, reopened the renewed building of architect Jo Coenen on June 30, 2011, photos © Ton Hermans.

Netherlands Architecture Institute

View from the 5th floor of the Netherlands Architecture Institute at new high buildings in the center of Rotterdam:

22 Dec 2010

Erasmus Bridge:

13 Dec 2010

Rotterdam Building photos © Ton Hermans, Rotterdam

The ‘New Orleans’ by architect Alvaro Siza, in the sightline of the mainboulevard, the Coolsingel, on 11 Dec. 2010. Seen during the celebration of the 345th anniversary of the founding of the Royal Netherlands Marine Corps on 10 December 1665. 40 years ago I made a plan for high-rise buildings on the same place, at the other side of the river, visible from the Coolsingel:

First sketch (1969) for a high-rise area on Feijenoord, visible from the Coolsingel. Text: Jan Klerks, Chairman Rotterdam Skyscrapers Foundation:

Scots Church, inside on 11 Dec 2010, with Minister Rev. Robert Calvert:

6 Dec 2010

Rotterdam Building photos © Ton Hermans, Rotterdam

Buildings viewed from the ’Wineharbour-island’:

High-rise building on the Wijnhaveneiland, realised in recent years. Only the Regentessebridge, dating from the end of the 19th century, survived WWII here:

New head office (32x133m) for Unilever Food, above the old building from 1891, by architects JHK Architecten:

The lying of a commememoration-stone on the place where, before the bombardment on May 14 1940, the Scottish Church stood. Built in 1643, when Rotterdam already had a large Scottish community. The 1952 rebuilt Scottish church is located elsewhere:

Schotse kerk, 1952, by architect Meischke, C.A. ; First stone: Nov.13, 1951:

Scheepmakerstoren building by architect Taco Pino:

Buildings along the Scheepmakershaven:

Development of the Leuvehaven – one of the annual World Harbour Days:

One of the oldest harbours of Rotterdam: the Leuvehaven.
Left: the new Inntel Hotel building by architects MAS Architectuur:

Building the ’bridge construction’ for Unilever, Nassaukade, Rotterdam:

29 Nov 2010

Difference in scale: the white Erasmushuis (HBU) 1940 by architect Dudok and the Schielandtoren, apartments by architects de.Architecten Cie, 1995:

New apartments in 17 floors above a 60 years old department store. Binnenwegplein, part of the Lijnbaan, first free pedestrian area on the Continent:

Start of a floating quarter in the Rijnhaven by architects Public Domain Architecten:

Green walled building along the Binnenrotte:

Delftse Poort, office building. Part of ING bank building by architect A.Bonnema:

C & A-store building, Coolsingel by architect Pi de Bruijn:

Schouwburgplein by Adriaan Geuze:

Euromast, 185 m high, by architect H. A .Maaskant:

New buildings under construction. Building on right of C&A with HBU on the roof is from before the war, by architect Willem Dudok:

Three High-rise buildings:
Left: Schielandtoren, by architects de.Architecten Cie.
Middle: Robeco by architect Quist.
Right: Generale Bank building by architects Murphy/Jahn.

Rabobank Building with giraffes by architects Kraaijvanger Urbis:

Office buildings: Nationale Nederlanden head office building by architect A.Bonnema.
Unilever head office building (in the distance next to it) by architect J.Hoogstad
(in front: building of large underground parking)

Another important square that was part of plan from 1946 of Van Traa – the Hofplein:

Window-cleaning on the glass roof of the ‘Book Block’ building:

Plan of townplanner Van Traa in 1946 for the rebuilding of the whole devastated red area – rebuilding Rotterdam after the destruction by the German Luftwaffe on May 14 1940. Photo on Schouwburgplein:

26 Nov 2010

Office building ‘Het Boekenblok’ (‘Bookblock’), Blaak 31, by architects KCAP ; right photo – distant apartment building by architect Piet Blom:

The Manhattan Hotel by architects Webb & Partners, Toronto. Built in 2000 as The Millennium Tower, nowadays building known as The Manhattan Hotel:

Rotterdam Skyscrapers – in middle is the Maastoren by Dam & Partners:

Rotterdam Skyscrapers – on left is the World Port Center by Norman Foster, London:

Rotterdam Transport Center building – new traffic Center for train & subway:

Old & new Rotterdam architecture: behind the Queen Victoria is the World Port Center building by Norman Foster:

Three Rotterdam high-rise buildings completed during recent years, from left to right:
Willemswerf, office building by architect W.G.Quist
Red Apple, apartment building by architect K.Christiaanse
Waterstadtoren, apartment building by architect H.Duijzer

Residential building Statendam by architect Kollhoff. Part of the rebuilding of the centre of Rotterdam that was destroyed during the bombardment in May 1940: