Rob Kints (Robk1964)
Rotterdam Markthal
The Market Hall (Dutch: Markthal or Koopboog) is a residential- and office building with a market hall underneath, located in Rotterdam. The building was opened on October 1, 2014, by Queen Máxima of the Netherlands. Besides the large market hall, the complex houses 228 apartments, 4600 m2 retail space, 1600 m2 horeca and an underground 4-storey parking garage with a capacity of 1200+ cars.
The inside of the building is painted with a 11.000 m2 artwork of Arno Coenen, named Hoorn des Overvloeds. The artwork shows strongly enlarged fruits, vegetables, seeds, fish, flowers and insects.
The artwork of Coenen was selected out of 9 international candidates. The work was made using digital 3D-techniques. This enormous file of 1,47 terabytes needed special servers, these are also used by Pixar Studios for making animated movies.The digital 3D-animation was separated in 4000 pieces and then printed on to steel. The 4000 steel panels are now on the inside of the hall. Right after the opening in 2014, the artwork got a lot of attention from around the world.Some called it The largest artwork in the world or The Sistine Chapel of Rotterdam.
Rotterdam Markthal
The Market Hall (Dutch: Markthal or Koopboog) is a residential- and office building with a market hall underneath, located in Rotterdam. The building was opened on October 1, 2014, by Queen Máxima of the Netherlands. Besides the large market hall, the complex houses 228 apartments, 4600 m2 retail space, 1600 m2 horeca and an underground 4-storey parking garage with a capacity of 1200+ cars.
The inside of the building is painted with a 11.000 m2 artwork of Arno Coenen, named Hoorn des Overvloeds. The artwork shows strongly enlarged fruits, vegetables, seeds, fish, flowers and insects.
The artwork of Coenen was selected out of 9 international candidates. The work was made using digital 3D-techniques. This enormous file of 1,47 terabytes needed special servers, these are also used by Pixar Studios for making animated movies.The digital 3D-animation was separated in 4000 pieces and then printed on to steel. The 4000 steel panels are now on the inside of the hall. Right after the opening in 2014, the artwork got a lot of attention from around the world.Some called it The largest artwork in the world or The Sistine Chapel of Rotterdam.