MarktHal - side façade
Europe, Netherlands, Rotterdam Centre, Laurenskwarier, Markthal, Side façade (slightly cut from R,B&T)
A side façade of the neo-modernist ‘Markthal’ is shown here. It was designed by MVRDV with Winy Maas in the lead. It involved a long and complicated design process in which obvious solutions like two parallel apartment slabs with a glass roof that would covered the sandwiched market floor were rejected because of its commonness.
The Markthal should have an iconic shape and should offer an unique shopping experience – of course, western culture is nowadays driven by the ‘experience economy’ ;-)
Upon its inception there was discussion about the Markthal itself. Its position in the urban grid and the way it would take the trade away from the open air week market. The businesses in the Markthal are mostly up-market, so they didn’t take much business away from the street market traders.
Shot from The View ferriswheel.
This is number 1359 of Minimalism - explicit graphism and 661 of Rotterdam architecture.
MarktHal - side façade
Europe, Netherlands, Rotterdam Centre, Laurenskwarier, Markthal, Side façade (slightly cut from R,B&T)
A side façade of the neo-modernist ‘Markthal’ is shown here. It was designed by MVRDV with Winy Maas in the lead. It involved a long and complicated design process in which obvious solutions like two parallel apartment slabs with a glass roof that would covered the sandwiched market floor were rejected because of its commonness.
The Markthal should have an iconic shape and should offer an unique shopping experience – of course, western culture is nowadays driven by the ‘experience economy’ ;-)
Upon its inception there was discussion about the Markthal itself. Its position in the urban grid and the way it would take the trade away from the open air week market. The businesses in the Markthal are mostly up-market, so they didn’t take much business away from the street market traders.
Shot from The View ferriswheel.
This is number 1359 of Minimalism - explicit graphism and 661 of Rotterdam architecture.