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TIMMERHUIS ROTTERDAM
OMA, 2009-2015, Halvemaanpassage/Rodezand, Rotterdam
Timmerhuis Rotterdam / Timmerhuis Rotterdam ( OMA )
© 2014 www.timmerhuisrotterdam.nl

ARCHITECT(URAL OFFICE):
OMA

PROJECT ARCHITECT:
Reinier de Graaf
Katrien van Dijk
Alex de Jong

BUILDING TYPE:
Government buildings
Housing


RELATED BUILDINGS:
Stadstimmerhuis Rotterdam

In 2009 OMA won the commission for the redevelopment of the old Stadstimmerhuis. The original 1953 municipal office on Meent and Haagseveer, designed by municipal architect J.R.A. Koops, was restored, while a later extension on Rodezand was demolished and replaced by a mixed-use building containing shops, offices and apartments. The extension comprises a ‘floating cloud’ of glass cubes supported on two steel feet, allowing the ground floor space to be largely free of columns. This public space, containing shops, municipal services as well as Museum Rotterdam, is bisected by an arcade that forms a new link between Coolsingel and the Laurenskwartier.