Flooded again (Rijnhaven - the redevelopment (17))
Europe, The Netherlands, Zuid Holland, Rotterdam Zuid, Rijnvhaven, Kop van Zuid, Wilhelminapier (slightly cut)
The Rijnhaven, as if the redevelopment didn’t take place. High tide and the swollen river Maas flooded the old harbour basin again. And I can be naïve; I accessed the platform level of the metro station Rijnhaven, expecting the old harbour to be emptied and with a fine dusting of snow. And home again, expecting Photoshop's new generative filling tool (AI-based) to fully de-obstruct the New Luxor (obstructed as it was by a lighting fixture of Rijnhaven metro station). Oh well ;-)
In the BG is the Wilhelmina Pier, once the home of the HAL transatlantic shipping company, the Hanno container terminal and various storage facilities (vemen), now accommodates some of Rotterdam’s most iconic highrises, from l to r: Montevideo (Mecanoo/Francine Houben), World Port Center(Norman Foster, New Orleans( Alvaro Siza) and Boston (Van Dongen-Koschuchts), De Rotterdam (OMA/Koolhaas), KPN building (Renzo Piano), and the Erasmus Bridge (Ben van Berkel). The Regional Court building (Kraaijvanger Architects) and InHolland (Erick van Egeraat Associated Architects) are on the right.
The cause of this radical restructuring was, of course, the global change in maritime transport modes and the Kop van Zuid urban revitalization plan that eventually made the best of it and converted the Pier and the rest of the Kop van Zuid into an integrated living, recreative and commercial service quarter. It’s comparable with the Docklands in London and the waterfront re-developments in Barcelona and New York.
This is number 18 of the Rijnhaven – The redevelopment and 23 of Rotterdam Snow
Flooded again (Rijnhaven - the redevelopment (17))
Europe, The Netherlands, Zuid Holland, Rotterdam Zuid, Rijnvhaven, Kop van Zuid, Wilhelminapier (slightly cut)
The Rijnhaven, as if the redevelopment didn’t take place. High tide and the swollen river Maas flooded the old harbour basin again. And I can be naïve; I accessed the platform level of the metro station Rijnhaven, expecting the old harbour to be emptied and with a fine dusting of snow. And home again, expecting Photoshop's new generative filling tool (AI-based) to fully de-obstruct the New Luxor (obstructed as it was by a lighting fixture of Rijnhaven metro station). Oh well ;-)
In the BG is the Wilhelmina Pier, once the home of the HAL transatlantic shipping company, the Hanno container terminal and various storage facilities (vemen), now accommodates some of Rotterdam’s most iconic highrises, from l to r: Montevideo (Mecanoo/Francine Houben), World Port Center(Norman Foster, New Orleans( Alvaro Siza) and Boston (Van Dongen-Koschuchts), De Rotterdam (OMA/Koolhaas), KPN building (Renzo Piano), and the Erasmus Bridge (Ben van Berkel). The Regional Court building (Kraaijvanger Architects) and InHolland (Erick van Egeraat Associated Architects) are on the right.
The cause of this radical restructuring was, of course, the global change in maritime transport modes and the Kop van Zuid urban revitalization plan that eventually made the best of it and converted the Pier and the rest of the Kop van Zuid into an integrated living, recreative and commercial service quarter. It’s comparable with the Docklands in London and the waterfront re-developments in Barcelona and New York.
This is number 18 of the Rijnhaven – The redevelopment and 23 of Rotterdam Snow