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Markthal, Rotterdam

Markthal, Rotterdam

 

 

The Market Hall in Rotterdam is situated between Binnenrotte , Hoogstraat and Blaak . [3] It is a residential and commercial building with indoor market hall . The opening took place on October 1, 2014 by Queen Máxima . In addition to an indoor market, the complex houses 228 apartments , 4,600 m² of retail space , 1600 m² hospitality and parking for more than a thousand cars. [1]

 

 

Architecture [ edit ]

 

The Market Hall was designed by architects MVRDV . The gray stone building has an arch shape as a horseshoe . It has both faces a glass façade. The laminated glass panels, most of which are square and 1 485 millimeters wide, are hung in a cable net facade of 34 meters high and 42 meters wide, which thus is the largest in Europe. Each façade has 26 vertical and 22 horizontal lines. [4

 

 

Artwork [ edit ]

 

The inner facade of the Market Hall is lined with a 11,000 m2 (two football fields) great artwork of Arno Coenen , entitled Cornucopia. This title refers to the Cornucopia , a horn from the Latin mythology that symbolizes abundance and saturation. [5] The artwork shows highly magnified fruits, vegetables, grains, fish, flowers and insects. In the background is the tower of the Laurens church to see. The artist tried with his piece "that childlike sense of wonder you had when you used to Erik and Insects Book [sic] read or Alice in Wonderland "recall. [6] According to the atheistic Coenen is his work "a worship of Nature, an ode to the universe, "which he calls" just as impressive and divine "as the story of creation . [6]

 

Artwork Coenen was selected from nine international candidates. [7] For the production of the animation uses digital 3D techniques. To render the huge file of 1.47 terabyte servers were used which are also used for the films of Pixar Studios . [6] The digital animation was divided into blocks and printed on perforated steel, 4,000 panels. [5]

 

In 2014 international media attention arose before. [8] [9] [10] Some publications called it the greatest work of art in the world "(a claim that is probably not true) [10] or "the Sistine Chapel of Rotterdam '. Arno Coenen has realized work in collaboration with a team of six specialists. [10]

 

 

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