ROTTERDAM | De Rotterdam | 150m | 44 fl | T/O

Skyscrapercitizen · April 21st, 2006, 08:59 PM

After years of On Hold, the develloper of 'De Rotterdam', an ultra urban construction to be built in Rotterdam, Netherlands, finally found a tenant for office space in the building, which makes construction sure.

This massive building is a 'homegame' for world famous and Pritzker Prize winner Rem Koolhaas with his Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA), which has it's office located two kilometers from the plot. It makes his dream come treu to make a city within a city is the city he loves.

It's an old pier where a new central metropolitan area is being build, and where many skyscrapers are and will be constructed. This building will be located besides the Erasmus Bridge, which connects this central area to the older part of the Rotterdam heart.

facts:

functional height 139.00 meter
storeys 37
expected start early 2007
expected completion 2009
gross floor area 140000 m²
number of appartments 260
office space 39000 m²
commercial space 850 m²
hotel rooms 250

architect Rem Koolhaas
architecture company Office for Metropolitan Architecture
structural engineer Corsmit Raadgevende Ingenieurs
technical advisor Deerns Raadgevende Ingenieurs
developer MAB
developer OVG Projectontwikkeling
As you can see there will be many functions in the building. And the worlds biggest cruiseships, including the Queen Mary 2, can and will dock 15 meters from the facade of this structure.

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Some Renders and pics of the model:

With the beautifull Erasmus Bridge:

location on the Pier, all empty space will be filled with tower, check out Rotterdam portal for more about that:

Model(s) on Content exhibition in Rotterdam:

Dr. Dubai · April 21st, 2006, 09:15 PM

The lead gives the illusion a 300+ tower will get built in Rotterdam

But honestly I think this tower(s) is maybe even more urban!

CrazyCanuck · April 21st, 2006, 09:32 PM

I like how the towers are offset, makes them look unique.

System_Halted · April 21st, 2006, 09:50 PM

I know it makes tower unique but, I didn't like that massive look. It doesn't fit to the rest.

Manu84 · April 21st, 2006, 10:08 PM

it´s very nice

Mosaic · April 22nd, 2006, 09:24 AM

elegant design, I am glad to see this project alive again.

Forza Raalte · April 22nd, 2006, 09:27 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by System_Halted

I know it makes tower unique but, I didn't like that massive look. It doesn't fit to the rest.

Agree

ch1le · April 22nd, 2006, 11:38 AM

sorry Roterdam and Koolhaas! But this tower is just ugly... well its not ugly facade wise, but its a blody Wall on the bank! That is not good!

goschio · April 22nd, 2006, 11:47 AM

Poor Rotterdam. Thats so far the ugliest new project here on SSC just behind that trash tower in Benidorm.

Skyman · April 22nd, 2006, 02:26 PM

Nice complex, looks very futuristic

909 · April 22nd, 2006, 05:21 PM

Perhaps the best project in Rotterdam, great.

Bertez · April 22nd, 2006, 06:37 PM

Looks nice...though I don't know if I like the facade.......

Wisma · April 22nd, 2006, 06:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ch1le

sorry Roterdam and Koolhaas! But this tower is just ugly... well its not ugly facade wise, but its a blody Wall on the bank! That is not good!

I don't see a tower. This IMO a MEGA urban building.

pimvdh · April 22nd, 2006, 07:18 PM

I'm glad to here that it's almost under construction

nukey · April 22nd, 2006, 09:24 PM

i just quit OMA and I can now say with a clear conscience that this is one hideous, out of date piece of junk that does not do its site any justice. Its almost as bad as Piano's nightmare 'man on a crutch' next door. Rotterdam will get a cheesy piece of 1993 architecture in 2009: sad.

DrT · April 23rd, 2006, 04:40 AM

That offset block design is very similar to OMA's proposal for Museum Plaza in Louisville.

Wssps · June 19th, 2006, 09:30 PM

I kinda like it, It's not a standard skyscraper, but I think it gives The area a new kind of urban massivity

shaggers_jr · June 20th, 2006, 04:41 AM

It looks like what the Russians might have built if they'd won the Cold War. I think it could actually be kinda cool.

Skyscrapercitizen · June 20th, 2006, 11:03 AM

Much depends on the facade quality I think. If it's gonna be shiny and glittering it will be cool, if materials will be cheap it will be dull.

June 20th, 2006, 02:17 PM

So big and bulky, not sure I like it.

April 21st, 2006, 08:59 PM	#1
Skyscrapercitizen Like it Vertical Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Rotterdam, NYC Posts: 25,310	ROTTERDAM \| De Rotterdam \| 150m \| 44 fl \| T/O After years of On Hold, the develloper of 'De Rotterdam', an ultra urban construction to be built in Rotterdam, Netherlands, finally found a tenant for office space in the building, which makes construction sure. This massive building is a 'homegame' for world famous and Pritzker Prize winner Rem Koolhaas with his Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA), which has it's office located two kilometers from the plot. It makes his dream come treu to make a city within a city is the city he loves. It's an old pier where a new central metropolitan area is being build, and where many skyscrapers are and will be constructed. This building will be located besides the Erasmus Bridge, which connects this central area to the older part of the Rotterdam heart. facts: functional height 139.00 meter storeys 37 expected start early 2007 expected completion 2009 gross floor area 140000 m² number of appartments 260 office space 39000 m² commercial space 850 m² hotel rooms 250 architect Rem Koolhaas architecture company Office for Metropolitan Architecture structural engineer Corsmit Raadgevende Ingenieurs technical advisor Deerns Raadgevende Ingenieurs developer MAB developer OVG Projectontwikkeling As you can see there will be many functions in the building. And the worlds biggest cruiseships, including the Queen Mary 2, can and will dock 15 meters from the facade of this structure. -------------- Some Renders and pics of the model: With the beautifull Erasmus Bridge: location on the Pier, all empty space will be filled with tower, check out Rotterdam portal for more about that: Model(s) on Content exhibition in Rotterdam: __________________ Volg RTM XL op Facebook en Twitter en blijf op de hoogte van het laatste XL nieuws! Last edited by Skyscrapercitizen; April 21st, 2006 at 09:06 PM.

April 21st, 2006, 09:50 PM	#4
System_Halted Head Knockin' Forever Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Ankara Posts: 11,946 Likes (Received): 192	I know it makes tower unique but, I didn't like that massive look. It doesn't fit to the rest. __________________ ANKARA - THE CAPITAL of TURKEY .. Architects have unique dreams. Fortunately, engineers have unique solutions... ;)

April 22nd, 2006, 11:38 AM	#8
ch1le always on Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: tallinn/Tartu Posts: 4,528 Likes (Received): 1	sorry Roterdam and Koolhaas! But this tower is just ugly... well its not ugly facade wise, but its a blody Wall on the bank! That is not good! __________________ not ready yet

April 22nd, 2006, 11:47 AM	#9
goschio Oh sweet lord Jesus Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: BERLIN Posts: 4,899 Likes (Received): 248	Poor Rotterdam. Thats so far the ugliest new project here on SSC just behind that trash tower in Benidorm. __________________ Isaiah 28:2 Behold, the Lord hath a mighty and strong one, which as a tempest of hail and a destroying storm, as a flood of mighty waters overflowing, shall cast down to the earth with the hand. Matthew 7:25 And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall of it.

April 22nd, 2006, 05:21 PM	#11
909 - Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 3,202	Perhaps the best project in Rotterdam, great. __________________ *GTspirit* \| ●●flickr \| Facebook

April 21st, 2006, 09:15 PM	#2
Dr. Dubai BANNED Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: El mundo Posts: 6,825 Likes (Received): 5	The lead gives the illusion a 300+ tower will get built in Rotterdam But honestly I think this tower(s) is maybe even more urban!

April 21st, 2006, 09:32 PM	#3
CrazyCanuck MOD SQUAD Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Toronto Posts: 3,722 Likes (Received): 0	I like how the towers are offset, makes them look unique.

April 21st, 2006, 10:08 PM	#5
Manu84 BANNED Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Segovia/Valladolid Posts: 9,970 Likes (Received): 0	it´s very nice

April 22nd, 2006, 09:24 AM	#6
Mosaic BANGKOK Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Bangkok Posts: 13,127 Likes (Received): 1	elegant design, I am glad to see this project alive again.

April 22nd, 2006, 02:26 PM	#10
Skyman Registered User Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Los Angeles, CA UNITED STATES Posts: 5,200 Likes (Received): 0	Nice complex, looks very futuristic

April 22nd, 2006, 06:37 PM	#12
Bertez Registered User Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Sauga Posts: 2,218 Likes (Received): 0	Looks nice...though I don't know if I like the facade....... __________________ ........

April 22nd, 2006, 07:18 PM	#14
pimvdh Registered User Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: NYC(in my dreams:)(Breda at Daylight) Posts: 631 Likes (Received): 0	I'm glad to here that it's almost under construction

April 22nd, 2006, 09:24 PM	#15
nukey Somnium Quinti Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 677 Likes (Received): 0	i just quit OMA and I can now say with a clear conscience that this is one hideous, out of date piece of junk that does not do its site any justice. Its almost as bad as Piano's nightmare 'man on a crutch' next door. Rotterdam will get a cheesy piece of 1993 architecture in 2009: sad. __________________ esaelp ecuas dna liatkcoc nwarp

April 23rd, 2006, 04:40 AM	#16
DrT "The Ignorant Fool" Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: JAX,MCO,YVR,YYZ,SRQ Posts: 2,595 Likes (Received): 1	That offset block design is very similar to OMA's proposal for Museum Plaza in Louisville. __________________ "the majority, oppressing an individual, is guilty of a crime ..... and breaks up the foundations of society" -----Thomas Jefferson

June 19th, 2006, 09:30 PM	#17
Wssps Registered User Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Arnhem - Rotterdam Posts: 281 Likes (Received): 0	I kinda like it, It's not a standard skyscraper, but I think it gives The area a new kind of urban massivity

June 20th, 2006, 04:41 AM	#18
shaggers_jr can the can Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 983 Likes (Received): 2	It looks like what the Russians might have built if they'd won the Cold War. I think it could actually be kinda cool.

June 20th, 2006, 11:03 AM	#19
Skyscrapercitizen Like it Vertical Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Rotterdam, NYC Posts: 25,310	Much depends on the facade quality I think. If it's gonna be shiny and glittering it will be cool, if materials will be cheap it will be dull. __________________ Volg RTM XL op Facebook en Twitter en blijf op de hoogte van het laatste XL nieuws!

June 20th, 2006, 02:17 PM	#20
SimLim Guest Posts: n/a Likes (Received):	So big and bulky, not sure I like it.

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