Description
In Rotterdam, an Apartement Block Bends over a Market
It’s been called a cathedral, the Sistine Chapel of fresh food and even the best market in the world, but if you go inside, it is mostly a surreal explosion of fruit, vegetables and flowers. Tree-sized sunflowers sit next to four storey-high sugar snaps; grapes, broccoli and avocados – all mega sized, colourful, lush and overwhelming, and often leads to congestion at the building’s entrances. People look up in awe and stop walking, then raise their phones for a snapshot. The visitors realize that the hall is covered by an arch of 228 apartments that bend over the food market in a mind-blowing gesture of defence.
People
Architect
Civil Engineer
Client
Provast, The Hague, NL
Owner
Time & Place
Status
built
Date
01/01/2014
Address
Rotterdam, Netherlands
Specifications
Floors
Floors: 12
Height
Height: 50
Staircases
Units per Staircase
Units per Floor
Units
Unit Area
Plot Area
Floor Area Typical
Area Total
Podium Area
Courtyard Area
Ground floor Area
Residents
Parking Spaces
Taxonomy
Organisation
6 appartments
Material
Reinforced concrete, Steel
Structure
reinforced concrete frame, steel frame
Usage
Housing, Office, shops
Tags
hybrid use, interior urbanism, mural