Karel Doorman maintenance
Europe, Netherlands, Zuid Holland, Rotterdam, Binnenwegplein, Karel Doorman, Residential building, Ibelings van Tilburg, Liebherr crane (uncut)
The Karel Doorman (during the planning stage called the ‘Linea Nova’) is a 16 story residential building. It’s realized on top of a functionalistic Rotterdam ‘wederopbouw’ icon, the Ter Meulen department store (designed in 1948 by Van den Broek & Bakema).
The Karel Doorman is an element of the comprehensive Hart 010 redevelopment plan; It has a very light steel and wood structure because it rests on the foundation and the concrete skeleton of the '48 department store. It weighs only a fifth of what a traditional residential building would do. A large amount of pre-fab construction elements were used. Shown here is the glass façade of the right-hand tower of the building.
Replacing a glass element of the glass façade is no mean feat. A giant crane is necessary.
This 1538 of Minimalism / explicit Graphism and number 743 of Rotterdam architecture.
Karel Doorman maintenance
Europe, Netherlands, Zuid Holland, Rotterdam, Binnenwegplein, Karel Doorman, Residential building, Ibelings van Tilburg, Liebherr crane (uncut)
The Karel Doorman (during the planning stage called the ‘Linea Nova’) is a 16 story residential building. It’s realized on top of a functionalistic Rotterdam ‘wederopbouw’ icon, the Ter Meulen department store (designed in 1948 by Van den Broek & Bakema).
The Karel Doorman is an element of the comprehensive Hart 010 redevelopment plan; It has a very light steel and wood structure because it rests on the foundation and the concrete skeleton of the '48 department store. It weighs only a fifth of what a traditional residential building would do. A large amount of pre-fab construction elements were used. Shown here is the glass façade of the right-hand tower of the building.
Replacing a glass element of the glass façade is no mean feat. A giant crane is necessary.
This 1538 of Minimalism / explicit Graphism and number 743 of Rotterdam architecture.