HAMTAEHYEON

The residential high-rise tower by Francine Houben is the counterpart for the free-standing office building, Foster's World Port Center. For Mecanoo it was important the contrast between the north and south sides should not be expressed in the way the buildings looked, and did not want to create a ‘housing project’ image. It consists of a composition of intersecting volumes, part of which is suspended above the quay. The construction contributes to the Holland-Amerika feeling: a system that alternates steel (Amerika), concrete (Holland) and then steel again. The first two floors are built of steel and bear the 152 meters high tower and the Water Apartments jutting 16 metres out. The 27 floors above are executed with a concrete climbing form. From the 28th floor steel is used. Windows, balconies and loggias are distributed in a rhythmic composition: corner-spanning, storey-high, circular, staggered, opening on hinges and sliding open.

http://www.mimoa.eu/projects/Netherlands/Rotterdam/Monte%20Video

The school exists out of two parallel building volumes, connected through air-ways. The most important functions are grouped around the central atrium. The three lower storeys contain the public functions, like small companies, restaurant, reading room. The upper 5 storeys are reserved for offices, computer and study-spaces. Predominantly used materials are cobalt blue screen processed glass and clear glass – an expression of the open character, the maximal flexibility and the remarkable views. The school expanded too quickly for the building (completed in 2000), so a temporary expansion is made in the stacked port cabins, opposite of the street. The much awaited permanent expansion is built behind the main building, expected to be finished in 2008, also designed by Erick van Egeraat.

http://www.mimoa.eu/projects/Netherlands/Rotterdam/Inholland

Built by the international known Australian architect Peter Wilson, the theatre is situated along the waterfront, between river and city. It faces both the Maas River and Rijn Harbour – a multiple orientation, a single wrapping facade, a 360 degree building. Visitors have an excellent view of the harbour and the magnificent skyline of Rotterdam. An internalized ramp allows three 18m long trucks to park directly besides the first floor stage. The ramp roof provides an architectural promenade in the foyer. The Luxor auditorium seats 1500 people.

http://www.mimoa.eu/projects/Netherlands/Rotterdam/New%20Luxor

Located at the southern end of the Erasmus Bridge, this – for the Netherlands - 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.

http://www.mimoa.eu/projects/Netherlands/Rotterdam/KPN%20Office

The completely refurbished Las Palmas building on the Wilhelmina Pier in Rotterdam now houses several cultural institutions and companies that operate in the creative sector. One of them is the Netherlands Photo museum with large exposition space, a library and storage space for archiving and preserving photographic material. On the rooftop a whole new structure houses the office of OVG Projectontwikkeling, as real estate developer also involved in this project. Its location occupies an important place in Rotterdam’s history. Hundreds of thousands of emigrants set sail for the USA and Canada from the Wilhelmina Pier, which served as the headquarters of the Holland-America Line from 1901. Las Palmas was completed in 1953 to accommodate workshops and warehousing for the Holland-America Line. Before the renovation it was used as a club venue. The building’s spaciousness, robust concrete structure and striking interior make it eminently suitable for this new cultural function.

Delftse Poort Offices - Bonnema Architecten
The insurance company Nationale Nederlanden invited 5 Dutch architects to compete and design a preliminary plan: Quist, Kraaijvanger Urbis, Van Mourik and Coenen. Bonnema was chosen unanimous not only because of its efficiency but largely because of its image: strong but slender. Bonnema convinced the board to make an even higher building they first intended to, with more floor area, to enhance the proportions and the architectural impact. It was immediately the largest building in the Netherlands, with 151,35 m. It is used by insurance companies Nationale Nederlanden and RVS Verzekeringen, and the ING Bank. Building this new headquarters high-rise office building was one step further in a long lasting development plan for this area. Enclosed between the railway tracks, station-square and the large Weena street, this spot was studied by many architects and urban designers before Bonnema started.

http://www.mimoa.eu/projects/Netherlands/Rotterdam/Delftse%20Poort%20Offices

로테르담 역근처에 있는 건물인데 강남역에 있는 삼성건물이 연상된다

Millennium Tower - WZMH Architects
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.

http://www.mimoa.eu/projects/Netherlands/Rotterdam/Millenium%20Tower

Westzeedijk, Rotterdam,  The Netherlands, 1992
대지는 이중적인 조건(a dual condition)을 나타내고 있다. 대지의 남단은 제방(dike) 위에 위치한 고속도로(highway) 마아스바울레바르트(Maasboulevard) -街에 의해 경계가 이뤄져 있고, 상대적으로 낮은 높이의 북단은 일상적인 명상(conventional contemplation)을 위한 박물관 공원(the Museum Park)과 마주보고 있다. 프로젝트 계획서(program)에는 통합되거나 분리되어 사용될 수 있는 세 개의 主전시공간(major exhibition space)과 강연장(auditorium) 그리고 독립적으로 접근(운영)이 가능한 식당(restaurant)이 요구되었다.
쿤스탈 미술관은 두 개의 통로가 교차된 사각형 상자처럼 보인다. 그 중 하나는 마아스바울레바르트-街와 평행하게 동서를 연결하는 도로이고, 다른 하나는 공원으로 향해 관통하여 있는 공용(옥외) 경사로에 의한 남북 축이다. 프로그램, 대지 조건과 사각형 건물을 4개로 나누고 있는 십자형 통로가 이 프로젝트에 대한 도전의 출발점이 되었다. 하나의 미술관을 4개의 독립된 프로젝트(four autonomous projects)로 계획하면서, 이로 인해 상대적으로 차이가 큰(contradictory) 공간 경험의 시간과정(sequence)을 극복하고 연속적인 나선구조(a spiral)를 형성할 수 있는 방안을 마련하여야 했다. 다시 말해서, 4개의 분리된 사각형의 공간 속에 나선형 연결 구조를 함께 상상하여야 했다. 이 결과 건물의 개념(concept)은 연속적인 순환과정(continuous circuit)으로 결정되었다.
첫 번째 보행용 경사로(the pedestrian ramp)는 유리 벽면에 의해 공용 공간으로 개방된 외부와 순환통로(circuit)의 일부인 내부, 둘로 나누어지고 있다. 첫 번째와 평행하지만 반대 방향으로 연결된 두 번째 경사로는 강연장과 그 하부의 식당 부분을 위하여 테라스처럼 구성되어 있다. 그리고 두개의 경사로가 교차하는 부분에서는 주출입구(the main entrance)가 위치하고 있다. 그 곳에서 방문객들은 공원으로 내려가거나 제방쪽으로 올라가는 첫 번째 경사로와 만날 수 있다. 첫 번째 홀(hall 1)로 진입 공간에서 사람들은 계단으로 전면이 막힌 곳에 이르게 되는데, 이 곳을 지나면 푸른 잎을 배경(backdrop)으로 나무 기둥들의 조경 경관과 때때로 공원측 정면에 있는 다양한 종류의 유리면에 의해 형태가 굴절된(distorted) 모습을 점차 볼 수 있게 된다. 그 곳에서 사람들은 내부 경사로(the inner ramp)를 따라 넓게 천창이 개방되고 가로(the boulevard)에 면한 홀 2(hall 2)로 이동할 수 있다.
옥상정원(roof garden)을 따라 만들어진 세 번째 경사로는 더욱 친근감 있는 단층(single-height) 높이의 홀(hall)과 더욱이 지붕 테라스(the roof terrace)로 연결되어 있다. 대지는 고속도로와 박물관 공원(Museum Park) 사이에 놓인 60 * 60㎡ 규모로, 인접하여 자연사 박물관(Nature Museum)이 있다. 이 공원의 마스터 플랜(master plan)은 OMA의 디자인이며, 공원 내에는 보에이만스 판 뵈닝헌 미술관(Boijmans van Beuningen Museum)과 네덜란드 건축 협회(Netherlands Architecture Institute)가 위치하고 있다.
쿤스탈 미술관은 연면적 7,000㎡의 철골철근 콘크리트 구조의 건축물이며, 순회 전시회(travelling exhibitions)를 위한 전람 홀(Expo hall)을 주공간으로 한다. 공사 예산은 1,500만 유로로 1992년에 완공된 로테르담-市 소유의 미술관이다.
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