Pictured:
The Bridge: Erasmusbrug, 800m span over the Maas River, links North and South Rotterdam. The suspension bridge has a 139-metre high steel pylon, which is secured with 40 cables. Named after St. Erasmus (St. Elmo) Patron Saint of Sailors. Designed by Ben van Berkel (1996)
The Building: De Rotterdam. The three connected towers are 149.1m (489.2 ft) high, with a hotel, offices, apartments and shopes. Called a "vertical city", it has received world architectural acclaim. Designed by Rem Koolhaas in 1998.
The Bridge: Erasmusbrug, 800m span over the Maas River, links North and South Rotterdam. The suspension bridge has a 139-metre high steel pylon, which is secured with 40 cables. Named after St. Erasmus (St. Elmo) Patron Saint of Sailors. Designed by Ben van Berkel (1996)
The Building: De Rotterdam. The three connected towers are 149.1m (489.2 ft) high, with a hotel, offices, apartments and shopes. Called a "vertical city", it has received world architectural acclaim. Designed by Rem Koolhaas in 1998.
Much of the city was destroyed during WW2
making it necessary to rebuild. Architects since have choosen new, sustainable
and modern materials, as well as tried to retain much of the older structures
where viable. It is quite a beautiful mix .
Pictured
above:
Apartment Building: The Red Apple 40-storey, 124 m (407 ft). Designed by KCAP Architects & Planners andJan des Bouvrie.
The Cube Houses (Kijk-Kubus) designed by architect Piet Blom. Located on Overblaak Street, right above the Blaak Subway Station. There are 40 cubes in this group all attached together. The walls and windows are angled at 54.7 degrees. Meant to provide living space in areas with very little ground space.
De Markthal: Apartments are arched over the food market of food stands, shops and underground parking. The ceiling a huge art work called the 'Horn of Plenty' by Arno Coenen and Iris Roskam.
A statue on Willemsplein in front of Inntel Hotels Rotterdam Centre.
One of four lions guarding Regentessebrug. A fixed bridge built in 1898, designed by DB Logemann
Connor and Easton explore the square between De Markthal and Laurenskerk (Church of St. Lawrence). The Church was built between 1449 and 1525, and it is Rotterdam's only surviving late Gothic building. After the bombing of Rotterdam in the Second World War, the image of the heavily damaged church and the reconstruction works that followed became a symbol of all that the city and its people had endured.
The war memorial ‘The Bow’ (45m high). Commemorates the 3500 sailors who lost their lives on board of Dutch merchant ships in World War II.
One of many clovers that make the walls of the bridge at Regentessebrug
Apartment Building: The Red Apple 40-storey, 124 m (407 ft). Designed by KCAP Architects & Planners andJan des Bouvrie.
The Cube Houses (Kijk-Kubus) designed by architect Piet Blom. Located on Overblaak Street, right above the Blaak Subway Station. There are 40 cubes in this group all attached together. The walls and windows are angled at 54.7 degrees. Meant to provide living space in areas with very little ground space.
De Markthal: Apartments are arched over the food market of food stands, shops and underground parking. The ceiling a huge art work called the 'Horn of Plenty' by Arno Coenen and Iris Roskam.
A statue on Willemsplein in front of Inntel Hotels Rotterdam Centre.
One of four lions guarding Regentessebrug. A fixed bridge built in 1898, designed by DB Logemann
Connor and Easton explore the square between De Markthal and Laurenskerk (Church of St. Lawrence). The Church was built between 1449 and 1525, and it is Rotterdam's only surviving late Gothic building. After the bombing of Rotterdam in the Second World War, the image of the heavily damaged church and the reconstruction works that followed became a symbol of all that the city and its people had endured.
The war memorial ‘The Bow’ (45m high). Commemorates the 3500 sailors who lost their lives on board of Dutch merchant ships in World War II.
One of many clovers that make the walls of the bridge at Regentessebrug
I love how inventive we are as humans! Need more space? We'll just stack it higher! I love that they also solved the problem artistically. I mean these buildings are so beautiful. Here's my question: on the areas that overhang at the top, who owns the land beneath? The building that actually touches the ground or the one that looms above it?
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