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Wilhelminapier, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, the Netherlands
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Europe, The Netherlands, Zuid Holland, Rotterdam Zuid, Brielselaan, GEM house, Interior (cut from B&T)
The main room of the GEM house is shown here – the low slung brutalist building in front of the massive Maassilo. Through its overhang ( partly suspended above the water of the Maashaven), it’s a typical modernist Herman Haan building.
It was built as a service dwelling and office for the GEM silo (now: Maassilo) and is still in use as office space.
This picture was captured during the “….niet gecompliceerder maar ook niet eenvoudiger” (…not more complicated but not simpler either) 2003 exhibition in the GEM house, dedicated to the life and work of Herman Haan
“Herman Haan (1914-1996) can be seen as an 'architect's architect', admired by colleagues, but hardly known by the general public. However, this was different in the 1960s through the media attention (television, newspapers, etc) he received because of his travels and explorations in and around the Sahara and Mali. His interest in the region started young: he travelled to Africa yearly (mainly in and around the Sahara. One can say that he lived two lives: one as an adventurer/explorer/archaeologist and another as an architect in the Netherlands.
As an architect, he was one of the participants of the Team 10 circle. And, notably, he was one of the Team 10 members that attended the faithful CIAM (Congrès Internationaux d'Architecture Moderne) meeting in Otterlo (NL) in 1959 that led to the break-up of CIAM.” (I used this for this text part).
One might argue that this break-up was one of the things that led to the end of modernism as an architectural movement, too. The ‘real’ end is generally attributed to the demolition of the Pruitt-Igoe building complex in St Louis, Missouri (USA).
Haan's work is very much within the post-war, modernist tradition of Team 10, but with an emphasis on using open space and suspended building volumes. And always with a humanist twist. His work consists mainly of private houses.
Shot with a Kodak DC 4800 with the Ektanar 0,6 Wide angle converter (resulting angle in full frame: 17 mm), hence the spatial distortion at the edges.
This is number 727 of the Rotterdam Architecture album.
Warmond, Zuid-Holland, the Netherlands
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Scheveningen, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands
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Europe, The Netherlands, Zuid Holland, Roterdam, Coolsingel, Carnaval people (uncut)
In Rotterdam, we do Carnaval a little differently. We wait for agreeable temperatures and festive summer light. Shot during the 2014 edition of the ZomerCarnaval, which used to be named 'Antillian Carnaval'.
This is number 360 of Rotterdam streets.
Dordrecht, Zuid-Holland, the Netherlands
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Maasdijk, Westland, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands.
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early morning bicycle ride to work through the empty main market square of delft, zuid holland, netherlands
Flammulina velutipes
- velvet shank
- collybie à pied velouté
- seta de aguja de oro
- Gemeiner Samtfußrübling
- gewoon fluweelpootje
Location: Staelduinse Bos, The Netherlands.
Date taken: December 12, 2024.
beautiful morning cloud above the jetty in popular recreation area along rotte river near zevenhuizen, zuid holland, netherlands
Maasvlakte II, Rotterdam industrial area, Zuid-Holland, the Netherlands
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In the distance the new land of the Maasvlakte, protruding into the North Sea.
Europe, Netherlands, Zuid Holland, Rotterdam, Erasmus bridge (De Zwaan), Flags, Cables (Tuien) uncut
The cables (tuien) of the Erasmus bridge are adorned with little red flags because there’s a festival 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.
The orange flags are signal flags. According to the creators, VollaersZwart, orange is the colour of optimism, attachment, energy and creativity. It's a playful reference to the Rotterdam city culture. Together the several 1000 flags form a set of (morse)coded messages. When you would like to decode them - you'll have until July 31, when the flags will be removed ;-)
Check out the program of the event here.
“De Stad” (The city) the soundtrack by the lovely Eefje de Visser is here
Europe. Zuid Holland, Rotterdam Zuid. Katendrecht, Building, Reinforced concrete, Skeleton, Building blocks (uncut)
An apartment building in the making in Katendrecht the former red quarter of Rotterdam. And industrial zone - the Hanno freight terminal used to be here.
This is number 197 of the Urban Frontiers album.
Maasvlakte Beach, Rotterdam area, Zuid-Holland, the Netherlands
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Maasvlakte Beach, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, the Netherlands
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Botlek, Rotterdam industrial area, Zuid-Holland, the Netherlands.
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Europe, The Netherlands, Zuid Holland, Rotterdam, Feijenoord, Vrij Entrepot ‘De 5 werelddelen’(uncut)
The Vrij Entrepot is currently a big supermarket and residential building. Its formal name is Entrepot Building 'De Vijf Continent'. It was built between 1875 and 1879 for the duty-free storage of transit goods and was the then most modern warehouse in the world. The building is almost 200 meters long, 37 meters wide, 15 meters high and has four floors. 192 I-shaped cast iron columns support its virtually free floor plan
Its style: utilitarian eclectic. The design: the architectural firm G.J. Morre and Co.(Delft). Th.J. Stieltjes did the engineering as the chief engineer of the R.H.V. The initiative: Lodewijk Pincoffs and H.A. Then-Bergh, the directors of the Rotterdamsche Handels Vereeniging (R.H.V.).
The building served as a warehouse until 1990. It was transformed in 1993 by Cepezed Architects with catering, a supermarket, parking spaces on the ground floor, and lofts on either side of a newly installed void running the full length of the building.
The history of this building is (in Dutch): here.
Shot with the Lumix LX7, set to 3:2 aspect ratio in raw mode, with the tiltable LVF2 electronic viewfinder mounted.
This number 338 of the Urban Frontiers album.
Scheveningen, The Hague, Zuid-Holland, the Netherlands
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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 Monster in 2011. Wind, waves and currents will spread the sand naturally along of South-Holland coastline. The view here is towards Scheveningen.
Caland Canal, Europoort industrial area, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, the Netherlands
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This summer the Caland Canal Wind Shield received a new section [by architect Maarten Struijs & landscape artist Frans de Wit].
Europe, The Netherlands, Zuid Holland, Rotterdam Zuid, Rijnhaven, Terraforming, Bayhouse, (slightly cut from B & L)
As I wrote earlier, Rijnhaven is being redeveloped. This harbour was created in 1895 to offer shelter for Rhine vessels ('rijnaken'), when during the winter these vessels could not operate due to the freezing of the rivers.
After the creation of the harbour, the transit freight traffic to Rotterdam continued to increase and the new Rijnhaven was made suitable for large sea-going vessels by deepening it. As planned, the Rijnhaven became an important port for the transhipment of bulk goods 'on stream' - the sea-going vessels were moored on buoys, separate from the quay and their cargo was directly moved to rhine ships. In de 70/80s of the last century, the Rijnhaven lost its transhipment function and was brought back to its old function. In 2015, the rhine ship berths were moved to, among others, the Maashaven. Enabling the redevelopment of the old harbour.
It will be partly (30%) filled up (pure terraforming) to enable the realization of amongst others an office/apartment building strip with up to 200m high edifices, called the 'Skyline Posthumalaan' with an adjacent park and city beach. And there will be the floating Rijnhavenpark too here.
The filling is still in progress. Warnings are there for the absent minded. In The BG is the Wilhelminapier with the mixed use Montevideo high rise
Due to an issue with my computer, processed with one of its predecessors, a 12 year old Core 2 Quad running Photoshop CS 3.
This is number 9 of Rijnhaven - the redevelopment and 296 of Rotterdam harbour and industry.
Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, the Netherlands
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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.
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.
Europe, The Netherlands, Zuid Holland, Rotterdam, Schouwburgplein, Pathé multiplex (slightly cut from all sides)
The IFFR started in 1972, as Film International Rotterdam. The founding director was the late Huub Bals. The attendance to the opening film of the first festival was a bit of a disaster – it attracted only 17 viewers, and the alderman of cultural affairs of the city of Rotterdam refused to deliver his opening speech for those few lost in the cavernous Calypso theatre.
At the start of the festival, only 700 of the total 15.000 available tickets were bought. Bals had to intensify his marketing efforts. One of the things he did was distribute leaflets in the centre of Amsterdam with the text: “ Als je niet bij Film International bent geweest, moet je verder je smoel houden als er ergens over film wordt gepraat” (If you didn’t visit the Film International, you should shut up in places where film is discussed).
The subtitle of this year's festival, “Geniet van een ongekende ervaring“ (Enjoy an unprecedented experience), sounds still a bit imperative, but it’s only a vague echo of Bals’ edgy slogan.
Behind the Pathé Multiplex is the 'Calypso' residential building (William Alsop).
This is number 22 of the IFFR album.
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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