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Scheveningen, The Hague, Zuid-Holland, the Netherlands
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Europe, Netherlands, Zuid Holland, Rotterdam, Noordereiland, Pavement, Fitness instruction
In these times of Corona you don’t go to a studio to make music, but just take an extended walk and talk, somewhat hindered by the 1,5 m distance.
On this walk, we encountered another example of social distancing and social coping on the tip of the Noordereiland – a place where people love(d) to hang out and coached fitness group go(went). An instructor found a creative way to remotely facilitate his fitness group.
Shot with the vintage Fuji F30 – one of the cams that started the serious compact cam revolution with its ‘super CCD’ (Fuji’s first push into the land of innovative image sensors) and magnesium-alloy construction.
This is number 10 of the In times of Corona album and 301 of the Fuji F10 and F30 one.
Europe, The Netherlands, Zuid Holland, Rotterdam Zuid, Cruise Terminal, World Port Centre, CC's Mardi Gras, Mist (uncut)
The LNG powered 'Mardi Gras's was on its way from the wharf where it was built (Meyer Turku in Finland) to Florida, for its maiden trip. The only visually redeeming feature of Carnival Cruises' newest ship is its spilt aerodynamic smoke stack (pioneered by the 'France' transatlantic liner in the 60s) and.....'Coney island 'on its upper deck.
The massive scale of the ship and its exposed fairground (there's even a roller coaster ride installed) seems to signify a dominant trend in the cruise industry.
The previous 'Coney island' phase is shown here: the 'Harmony of the Sea' for the first time breaking the Manhattanism mould and actually showing a fragment of 'Coney Island' (the protruding garish water slide). Coney island is a metaphor for the fairground/amusement park functions that form an important part of Manhattanistic (a term coined by Rem Koolhaas) New York high rises. The conceptual base of Manhattanism is discussed here.
Juxtaposing the Mardi Grass is Norman Foster's World Port Centre (2001). it accommodates the head offices of the Rotterdam Port Authority, the Rotterdam Fire brigade and the 'Veiligheidsregio'.
This is number 1002 of Minimalism / explicit Graphism.and 282 of Rotterdam Harbour & Industry.
Kinderdijk, Zuid-Holland, the Netherlands
Unesco World Heritage
The old Dutch masters made great paintings and are famous for their use of light. To get as close as possible to their style, I used a B+W Circulair Polarization Filter to reduce the reflections in the water and to emphasize the Clouds a little more.
Some post-processing was done to remove powerlines in the background.
The Unesco location Kinderdijk is one of the Netherlands most visitid tourist attractions. Lots of possibilities to take magnificent photo's!
Check my other work to see more.
Europe, Netherlands, Zuid Holland, Rotterdam, Word Port Days, Wilhelminekade, Fairplayer, People (slightly cut from L & T)
People waiting to visit the Fairplayer. Visitors of the Word Port Days generally spend a lot of time waiting in cues. The Faitplayer is a Heavy Lift Crane Vessel (HLCV) used in the offshore industry, operated by Jumbo - not the supermarket ;-)
Shot during the World Port Days 2019.
This is number 44 of the World Port Days album and number 84 of the Way of the crowd one.
Rozenburg, Rotterdam industrial area, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands.
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Europe, Netherlands, Zuid Holland, Maassluis, Componistenwijk, Flat, Renovation (very slightly cut)
For now the last of this mini-series about some life stages of reïnforced concrete buildings.
First: background info about the building type shown here. A building system flat.
After the end of WW2, one of the problems of Holland was its housing shortage, the associated figure was 200.000.
This figure turned out to be of the conservative size. People didn't wait anymore to get married, the economy began to grow again. So the output of the housing industry became very important. In the years '46 to '65, the yearly production rate never sunk below 35.000 and often even rose above 90.000. Because of the advantages (low cost, short lead time, fast construction, less need of skilled labour), for some 12% of the production a industrial (prefab) building systems was used. The most prominent systems were MUWI, Dura-Coignet, and PLN/Elementum.
These were rational and standardized systems that were of course based on modernistic design principles - they were, in a way, the epitome of modernist logic. A building often only offered one floor plan, which' dimensions were generally not generous (often between 45 en 75 square meters).
The urban design was often not handled by the municipalities but by the factories involved.
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The building shown here was made using the PLN (Elementum) system. The system was developed in Denmark and fabricated in Maassluis, in the Elementum factory operated by Panagro. Like all the Dutch building system factories, the elements didn't have to be transported over a long distance. In the case of (Elementum), the output was used only in Vlaardingen (2571 units), Schiedam (923), Spijkenisse (432) and Maassluis (2674).
In the nineties of the previous century and later, many units (all social housing) were demolished or renovated and the quarters redeveloped. This obviously had to do with their age but also due to the fact that the design of the housing no longer fitted the actual residents and the way they use the houses and their environment. Another reason was that most municipalities (and housing corporations) involved, wanted to diminish the number of social housing (low cost) units. They aimed for a socially 'more balanced composition of the populace'.
(Main source: 'Een geruisloze doorbraak', de gechiedenis van architectuur en stedenbouw tijdens de bezetting en de werderopbouw van Nederland (NAI / Cor Wagenaar 1992))
Industrial building systems (IBS) are still important nowadys. Check out this video and this one. The more 'advanced' state of IBS is modular construction, check it out here.
The soundtrack: Suzanne Vega - Tom's diner.
Netherlands, Zuid Holland, Rotterdam, Wilhelminapier, De Rotterdam (OMA/Rem Koolhaas), Rotterdam Cruise Terminal (Bakema & van der Broek, Martime Simulator Centre (uncut)
The Rotterdam Cruiseterminal (Bakema & van der Broek - the former terminal building of the Holland-America Line with its recent movable articulated walkway) flanked by the apartmen part of the
De Rotterdam, Rem Koolhaas' hotel-office-apartment building (2014) on the left and the Maritime Simulator Centre on the right. Some of the usual suspects when testing a new camera. In this case the delightful Nikon 1 J5. Oh, in the BG is the decommisioned De Hef railroad bridge.
Europe, Netherlands, Zuid Holland, Leiden, Center, Lammermarkt Parking (JHK), Cars (uncut)
The Lammermarkt parking (JHK architects 2017) can accomadate 525 cars. It’depth is 22m and there are 7 levels, configured in a spiral.
This is what the JHK wrote about the facility “Although parking is not a goal in itself, parking in parking garage Lammermarkt is an experience in itself. The typology of the round parking garage means that all floors are spatially connected to each other. Although the depth is emphasized and visible, this spaciousness forms the basis for a socially safe environment that feels pleasant and comfortable. The light-filled parking garage excels in functionality and comfort. The routing is clear, the parking spaces are wide and the stairs and elevators are easily found. There is no intersecting traffic and traffic with one-way traffic is maximal.
In a spiral, the motorist drives down and automatically comes across an empty parking space. There is therefore no search traffic. A timeline on the footpaths guides the pedestrian to the lifts and the stairwell. You can pocket or rise one floor per century. Important moments from the century in question are depicted on the back wall of the garage, where half a floor has been created for a work of art that takes the visitor into Leiden's history. These illustrations by graphic designer Tom van der Heiden are not only beautifully narrative but also contribute to the recognisability and orientation in the garage. They help in retrieving the car. In the lift hall the artworks are once again explained with references to places in the contemporary city that can be visited. As a pedestrian you leave the parking garage through a round pavilion on the ground level. By means of an open staircase, a generous connection is made with the administration space and the parking floor on the first floor below ground level. The city of Leiden and the De Valk windmill leave the car park as a result of the curved and five-meter high glass façade.” (Source: JHK architecten)
Shot during another underground parking exploration with Arlette :-)
Europe, Netherlands, Zuid Holland, Rotterdam, Katendrecht, High rise, Cranes (uncut)
Cranes on the building site of another high-rise building complex in Katendrecht Rotterdam.
Because of the rain, I didn't go to the Wilhelminapier, my favorite new camera testing ground, for testing my new Lumix GX9. It will replace the G5. Not because the G5 has problems but because the advances of the Lumix m4/3 technology are too spectacular to ignore. This capture should showcase one of the major advancements: the new 20 MP sensor without the dreaded AA filter (which basically makes a cam slightly myopic ('bijziend') to avoid moiré / aliasing). The absence of the filter generally makes pics sharper- there's actually hardly any need to sharpen the GX9 pics, it's just an option now, instead of a requirement, and in the case of my 10 years old H-FSA45200 - a tele zoom lens, which begins to lose its sharpness at the last part of its tele zoom range - it actually gets a new lease of life since you can now actually use the whole zoom range.
Number 197 of the Lumix G-Vario 45-200 album.
Monster Beach, 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 the city of Monster 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.
Museumpark, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, the Netherlands
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Olympus E-3
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De Railion 1602 heeft nog een tijdje rondgereden in de rode DB kleuren. Is vervolgens overgegaan naar 'Railexperts' en is uiteindelijk terzijde gesteld.
Mogelijk nog in gebruik als "plukloc".
De Railion 1603 is in 2018 gesloopt.
(Bron: Wikipedia)
De BR 189 069-8 is op 1 maart 2016 overgegaan naar DB Cargo Deutschland AG.
Heeft thans het NVR nummer: 91 80 6189 069-8 D-DB.
The Balij is a forest in Zuid Holland in the Netherlands.
Please don't use my images on websites or any other media without asking for my written permission.
De Hooglandse Kerk is een gotisch kerkgebouw in de Nederlandse stad Leiden. Doordat het schip en de toren lager zijn dan het koor en het transept, heeft de kerk een zeer karakteristiek silhouet. De Hooglandse Kerk is in gebruik bij de Protestantse Kerk in Nederland. De geschiedenis van de Hooglandse Kerk begint wanneer de bisschop van Utrecht, Gwijde van Avesnes, op 20 december 1314 toestemming verleent voor de bouw van een houten kapel op het ‘Hooge Land’ als bijkerk van de parochiekerk van Leiderdorp. De kapel is gewijd aan de heilige Pancratius († ca. 300). Enkele decennia later wordt deze kapel vervangen door een eenvoudige stenen kerk met een torentje, maar met de sterke economische groei van Leiden neemt de behoefte aan een veel grotere kerk al vrij snel toe. Op 29 oktober 1366 verheft de bisschop van Utrecht, Jan van Virneburg, de kerk tot kapittelkerk. De kanunniken die deel uitmaken van het collegiale kapittel van Sint Pancras, zijn overwegend afkomstig uit voorname families en veelal van adel. De nieuwe status geeft de aanzet tot plannen voor een grootse kruiskerk, die de Pieterskerk in alle opzichten zal moeten overtreffen. In 1377 start de bouw van een grootse kerk, te beginnen met het priesterkoor (1391) en de kooromgang (1415). De eerste fase van het zuidertransept neemt een aanvang met de bouw van de Heilige Kruiskapel (1436). De vermelding van de Onze Lieve Vrouwekapel in een overeenkomst tussen het kapittel en het kerkmeesterscollege uit 1448 is de eerste aanwijzing voor de aanleg van het noordertransept. Tussen 1420 en 1436 komen de toegangsportalen tot stand. De zijbeuken worden in de periode 1432 en 1456 verbreed. Het kapittel lijdt regelmatig aan geldgebrek, onder meer als gevolg van tegenvallende inkomsten uit de afzonderlijke prebenden. Geldontwaarding, de afhankelijkheid van de stad Leiden van de wolhandel en de hoge belastingen die oorlogvoerende graven van Holland heffen, eisen eveneens hun tol. Ondanks de voortdurende vertraging gaat het ambitieuze project door. Omstreeks 1500 krijgt het brede transept zijn huidige vorm. Het is met een lengte van 65,70 meter het langste gotische transept in Nederland. Op voorspraak van Karel de Stoute verleent paus Paulus II op 24 februari 1470 het kapittel van Sint Pancras ‘exemptie’. Daardoor valt het kapittel niet langer onder de rechtsmacht van het bisdom Utrecht, maar onder direct gezag van de paus. Het lot lijkt het kapittel gunstig gezind: omstreeks 1525 hebben de autoriteiten in de Nederlanden plannen om de Sint Pancraskerk tot kathedraal te laten verheffen. Leiden zou bisschopsstad worden en het collegiale kapittel zou tot kathedraalkapittel worden verheven. Zover komt het echter niet. Onrustige tijden zijn in aantocht: binnen het kapittel ontstaan spanningen en de invloed van de Reformatie neemt toe. Aan de bouw van de Sint Pancraskerk komt in 1535 voorgoed een einde. Bij de bisschoppelijke herindeling van 1559 gaat de beoogde bisschopszetel uiteindelijk naar de Grote of Sint-Bavokerk in Haarlem. De verlenging en verhoging van het schip, de stenen gewelven, luchtbogen en balustraden worden niet meer voltooid: het blijft slechts bij de nog steeds zichtbare aanzetten. In de eerste helft van de 16e eeuw is de kerk met veel pracht en praal ingericht. In de kerk bevinden zich 24 altaren, met een prominente plaats aan de noordoost vieringpijler voor het aan haar schutspatroon Sint Pancratius gewijde altaar. In 1572 gaat de kerk over in protestantse handen en zij dient in tijden van nood ook als graanopslag, zoals tijdens het Leidens ontzet in 1574. Van de oorspronkelijke katholieke aankleding blijft vrijwel niets behouden.
Museum Park, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands.
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Zoetermeer, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands.
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This one's for my Australian friends. I hope it's not too much of a sacrilege to you ;)
Kijkduin, Scheveningen, The Hague, Zuid-Holland, the Netherlands
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Voorhout, The Hague, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands.
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The American Embassy by Marcel Breuer.
Maasvlakte, Rotterdam industrial area, Zuid-Holland, the Netherlands
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