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Europe, Netherlands, Zuid Holland, Rotterdam, Timmerhuis (OMA), Yellow balls (cut from B & T)
This Timmerhuis art installation on display is probably trying to add some organic accents to correct for the stark rectilinearity and uniformity of the building.
The ‘Timmerhuis’ - the first 5 floors of this OMA building (Rem Koolhaas, Reinier de Graaf. Interior design: Saskia Simon, Katrien van Dijk) are used by the municipality of Rotterdam (22.000 square meters, max capacity of 1800 of civil servants) and Museum Rotterdam, the top section of the building is formed by 84 apartments. It’s this level that gives the building it’s striking multi-'cube' shape. In OMA speak the rectangular 'cubes' are called pixels.
Other defining features are it’s play with inside/outside, due to the extensive use of partly translucent glass (OMA likes to call the building ‘a cloud of glass and steel’) and last but not least its internal metal modular frame which defines the building’s internal space – it divides and unites, as is shown in this capture, which is shot into one of the two atriums of the building. The modular frame is obviously empty in the atriums. The size of an individual cell is 7,2 x 7,2 x 3.6 m and when a cell is actually filled it becomes a 'pixel' with a floor area of 50 square meters.
This is number 5 of the new StadsTimmerhuis album.
De eerste steen voor dit gebouw werd gelegd op 25 juni 1900 door burgemeester Th.P. Viruly en werd gebouwd in opdracht van Mevrouw P.M. Lefévre de Montigny – Bisdom van Vliet, beter bekend als Paulina Bisdom van Vliet.
Op de achtergrond, rechtsachter, is nog net een stukje van de Sint-Barnabaskerk zichtbaar. Er gaat een gerucht dat Paulina het gebouw Concordia liet neerzetten om zodoende vanuit haar woning niet tegen die kerk aan te hoeven kijken. Wat er van waar is, blijft een groot vraagteken.
Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, the Netherlands
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Maasvlakte, Rotterdam industrial area, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands.
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On the other side: The nearly finished ATM Container Terminals.
Europe, Netherlands, Zuid Holland, Rotterdam, Coolsingel, Coolse poort, Groosman & partners (slightly cut from all sides)
The ‘Coolse Poort’ office building (Rob van Erk (Groosman & Partners, 1979) is a Rotterdam landmark. Not in a strictly positive way. During the planning stage there was a vehement discussion in the city council about the building and the underlying urbanistic concept. The post- WW2 ‘ wederopbouw’ (reconstruction) of the city was well underway and this had led to the construction a slew of high rise office buildings. It was part of the city’s initial high rise policy’, an essential part of the functionalistic city plan that was based on the separation of functions. Severely curtailing the livability of the city centre.
The discussion eventually led to an urbanistic policy shift, thru new zoning rules which ordered that the direct context of office high rises should be low rises with non-office, and preferable recreational functions. In the case of the Coolse poort, 'De Veste' was realized next to it (demolished in 1995): a small scale multiplex cinema ('Alhambra, the last years of its life a 'riksbioscoop' (all tickets 1,25 Euro)), a discotheque and two restaurants. A few years later high rise policy 2.0 was introduced, which favoured high rise apartment buildings over office ones, assuring a 'repopulation' of the city centre. A recent result of this policy is the Karel Doorman which is placed on top of a 'Wederopbouw' department store.
Oh, after the 'Coolse Poort' was constructed, the public knew what to do and called it the ‘Rode biet’ (Beetroot) and the ‘Aubergine’ (Eggplant) because of the hues of the aluminium and glass panels in the façade.
Shot toward the point where two of the building volumes of the edifice meet. The Coolse Poort is nowadays used by Allianz (an Insurance company).
Number 496 of the Rotterdam architecture album.
Monster, Westland, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands
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The Sand Motor is an innovative method for coastal protection. It is a huge volume of sand that has been applied along the coast of the province South-Holland at Ter Heijde in 2011. Wind, waves and currents will spread the sand naturally along of South-Holland coastline. It's like building with nature. The Sand Motor will gradually change in shape and will eventually befully incorporated into the dunes and the beach. The coast will be broader and safer. Watch the film about the construction of the Sand Motor.
More shots from this area.
Europe, The Netherlands, Zuid Holland, Rotterdam, Katendrecht, Facades, Art installation, People (uncut)
After the Rotterdam harbour activities were moved to the outer ring of the Rotterdam agglomeration in the 80s, the Katendrecht quarter is, at last, has undergone a massive redevelopment.
There are now terraced houses and apartment buildings and a school on the southern edge (the Maashaven side) of Katendrecht, where the Hanno freight terminal was
The primary object is the mini-stage / installation that we jokingly call ‘Hugo de Jonge’s echo chamber’ since it is close to his home ;-) The New Luxor theatre is in the BG across the Rhine harbour.
Shot with the Lumix LX7 in 16:9 format, 3>1 HDR mode and with the tiltable LVF2 electronic viewfinder mounted.
This is number 335 of the Urban Frontiers album and 71 of Facades.
De Spijkenisserbrug is een verkeersbrug over de Oude Maas tussen de Nederlandse plaatsen Hoogvliet en Spijkenisse. De provinciale weg N492 (de Groene Kruisweg) ligt over deze brug. Deze eerste Spijkenisserbrug uit 1903 werd ontworpen door hoofdingenieur H.M. Henket (1863-1902) van Rijkswaterstaat. Het was een vierdelige vakwerkconstructie waarvan een van de middelste delen was uitgevoerd als draaibrug.
In de jaren 70 werd steeds duidelijker dat deze brug niet langer te handhaven was: toenemende scheepvaart, toenemend verkeer, sterke toename van de stroomsnelheid en grote risico's op beschadigingen.In de jaren zeventig werd daarom besloten de brug te vervangen. Deze nieuwe brug werd naast de oude brug gebouwd, om het verkeer over de brug zo min mogelijk te storen.
De nieuwe brug werd hoger gelegd dan de oude, zodat deze minder vaak hoeft te worden geopend voor het scheepvaartverkeer. De nieuwe brug bestaat, voor zover het de brugdelen betreft, uit vier van de tien oude delen van de Moerdijkbrug, die eveneens vervangen werd.
overcast morning in the historic delfshaven harbour in nowadays rotterdam, zuid holland, netherlands
Maasvlakte, Rotterdam industrial area, Zuid-Holland, the Netherlands
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River Meuse, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, the Netherlands.
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On the left the highest building of the Netherlands: Maastoren [Meuse Tower, 161,2 M].
Benoordenhout, The Hague, Zuid-Holland, the Netherlands
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Europe, Netherlands, Zuid Holland, Den Haag, Energiekwartier, Electriciteitsfebriek, Chistiaaan Zwanikken exhibition, People (uncut)
Christiaan Zwanikken is all about forced hybridization, mythical story telling and interaction. In his kinetic sculptures and installations he combines high tech electronic technology and lo-tech mechanical parts (often salvaged from scrapyards) with plants and body elements of animals (skulls, wings etc). Of course vapour and steam are used too.
The stories he tells are about spooking an innocent drumming Duracell rabbit, head banging anorexic cyborgs with goat’s skulls, a mechanical donkey on a tread mill and motorized, internally lit, racing skulls on dangerously bending thin metal tracks ('Who let the dogs out" the installation is.shown bottom-right in this frame).
For work like Zwanikken’s, context is very important. Luckily it isn’t exhibited within the sterile white walls of a museum but in a delightfully gritty cathedral like multi level industrial building: the Electriciteitsfabriek (EF) (the Electricity factory). Some of the works were even crafted here. It’s the giant former storage facility (1928) of the The Hague municipal power station, from the time when it was still coal fired. The power station itself is still in operation, nowadays it’s gas-turbine based.
The Zwanikken exhibition is really an engaging must visit. The exhibition closes on April 30, so hurry. Check it out: here.
Europe. Zuid Holland, Rotterdam Zuid, Laan op Zuid, Rotterdam Marathon 2019, Runners, Pacers, Marius Kipsarem (slightly cut from all sides)
Frontrunners (pacers) and winner Marius Kipsaremn, captured on the Laan Op Zuid, after running 22 Km. At this point in the race, the athletes were speeding up.
As I explained before, modern city marathons are highly commercial and directed races. The athletes that are destined to win (with the numbers 1 - 8) have protected status - a group of dedicated 'hares'(hazen) - the athletes with 'pace' added to their number - act as.... pacers, in a way moving windbreakers. Kipserem (number 1) indeed won in a record-breaking 2:04:11, a Rotterdam record.
Number 37 of the Rotterdam Marathon album.
The Hague, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands.
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Gemeentemuseum The Hague [1935] by architect Hendrik Petrus Berlage. The architect considered this latest work of his as his best. Sadly he did not live to see the completion of it.
chilly day in a plot of red tulips near de engel, zuid holland, netherlands
it looks lovely warm, but we're having very long winter this year, with northern winds wiping away hope of better days and all traces of warmth the sun normally brings this time of the year :( booo, winter!
plot of mixed yellow and fiery red tulips in the dutch bulb country, not far away from famous keukenhof garden in fact.
near de engel, zuid holland, netheland
Wijnhaven, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, the Netherlands
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Willemwerf by architect Wim Quist
Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, the Netherlands
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Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen. Art by Anselm Kiefer and Georg Baselitz.
Oud-IJsselmonde, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands.
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Maasvlakte II, Rotterdam industrial area, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands.
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The old coastal dunes [see image below] have been levelled and the windmills that used to mark out the old coastline have been demolished. Especially for odd transitional landscape photos like this I started a new set called Dutch Desert.
Large = larger [and slightly better].
De Pauw Estate, Wassenaar, Zuid-Holland, the Netherlands
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Europe, The Netherlands, Zuid Holland, Rotterdam Zuid, Rijnhaven, Barges, Workers, Smit Waalhaven 8 (slightly cut)
The Kop van Zuid court building, the extension of the Nieuwe Luxor parking and the access ramp of the Floating office, form the backdrop for the barges and other heavy material that's used to install the 'Nieuwe warmteweg' - About this initiative:
Nieuwe warmteweg (New heat route)
In the port of Rotterdam, a lot of heat is released during industrial processes. A large part of this residual heat is discharged into surface water or disappears into the atmosphere, while this heat is still very suitable for heating houses or businesses. This is the idea behind the heat grid: to use residual heat elsewhere usefully via a new transport network.
This network runs from the waste incineration/power plant of AVR-Van Gansewinkel in Rozenburg to the heart of Rotterdam. The network consists of a supply and discharge pipe and is divided into a northern and southern branch. The heat is 'released' to the district heating networks of Nuon and Eneco.
The heat network is designed in such a way that other companies can also purchase or supply heat along the entire route. It can also be linked to other renewable energy sources such as geothermal energy, biomass and solar energy. Two pumping stations, one in Hoogvliet and one at the Groene Kruisweg, ensure that the pressure and therefore the transport speed of the water in the network remains sufficiently high. Furthermore, there are huge buffer tanks with hot water in two places along the network to be able to absorb peaks in heat demand. The capacity of the network is sufficient to heat 50,000 households. The useful use of residual heat reduces CO2 emissions from 70 to 80 kilotons annually.
The first part of the transport network consists of steel pipes with a diameter of five hundred millimetres. The north and south branches of the network have steel pipes with a diameter of four hundred millimetres.
All tubes have a roughly one hundred millimetres thick insulating purfoam sheath, surrounded by an outer layer made of polyethene. The pipes used for the river and harbour crossings have steel outside covers. In the well-insulated mantle, there are leak detection wires that detect moisture that penetrates in case of external damage.
Shot with the oldest lens in my inventory. The heavy and sturdy Tamron 28-300 (285D) . It was manufactured in 1999. And though it's heavily and not really carefully used, it's still going strong.
This is number 288 of Rotterdam harbour & industry and 1037 of Minimalism/Explicit graphism
Puttershoek, Hoeksche Waard, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands.
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The remaining chimney and building of a large scale demolished old sugar factory plant were given the status of national monument.
Botlek, Rotterdam industrial area, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands.
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Zeeheldenkwartier, The Hague, Zuid-Holland, the Netherlands
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100 years ago art movement De Stijl was founded, with Piet Mondrian as its chief representative. In the city of The Hague this is celebrated by adding his well known primary colors and lines on buildings throughout the city in 2017
The Hague, Zuid-Holland, the Netherlands
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Kasteel Duivenvoorde (Castle Duivenvoorde) is located in the town of Voorschoten, Zuid-Holland in the Netherlands. It was first mentioned in 1226, making it one of the older castles in Zuid-Holland
The castle is remarkable in that it was never sold; it was inherited by several different noble houses, sometimes through the matrilineal line, something that can be said of very few Dutch castles. For the first five centuries of its history, the castle was owned by one and the same family, namely the Van Duivenvoordes, who gave their name - at that time, van Duvenvoirde - to the castle. Though the castle was named thus, the van Duvenvoirdes properly formed part of the House of Wassenaer, an ancient noble family that has played an important role in Dutch history. Toward the end of the 17th century an owner of Kasteel Duivenvoorde, Johan, retook the name of van Wassenaar Therefor, though the same family remained to live in the House, this was ow under a different name. [Wikipedia]
"Belle ambiance retransmise avec ce traitement particulier." (SOPHIE C. / www.flickr.com/photos/sophie-clb/)
Europe, Netherlands, Zuid Holland, Rotterdam, Schouwburgplein, Rotterdam viert de stad, Giant baby (uncut)
The giant baby (height: 15 m, weight: 2 tons) with its articulated aluminum space frame (design: Edith Gruson / ProArtDesign) is the symbol of a festival that’s going on in our town: Rotterdam celebrates the city (Rotterdam viert de stad). The city is celebrating 75 years of reconstruction (after the destruction of the city centre in WW2) with this cultural event. The Rotterdam of today is celebrated while looking to the city of the future. A video about the creation of this art installation is here.
On the left of the giant baby is the Schouwburg (Wim Quist, 1988), on the right is the Caplypso (Alsop Architects, 2012) high rise apartment building.
Check out the program of the event here.
Europe, The Netherlands, Zuid Holland, Rotterdam, Wilhelminapier, Fotomuseum, Rotterdam Werkt exposition (cut from B& T)
The Rotterdam Werkt exposition's unfortunate Covid19 context, alas sees to it that it's not visited by many people. Like in other musea you have to book a time slot in advance and in the mueseum there's a routing that prevents people from bumping in to each other. By consequence, a visit is very much safer than a trip to the local supermarket.
And the exposition is fabulous. The meuseum wrote the following about it:
"Rotterdam works! takes you on a journey through the evolution of the city’s ports as well as businesses that were normally closed to outsiders. Visitors will be able to see many previously unseen photographs and film footage of people, buildings, events, and life in the city. This traffic sign is more or less the begin of the route,
Just for this exhibition, the photos on display have been temporarily taken from the collections of contemporary photographers, the Nederlands Fotomuseum, the Rotterdam City Archives, the Royal Collections of the Netherlands, the company archives of Nationale-Nederlanden, Heineken, de Bijenkorf, and many more. Together, they show a city that is always in motion and constantly changing while also telling the story of photography as it has developed from 1864 to the present."
This is number 13 of the Nederlands Fotomuseum album and 21 of In times of Corona .