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HOUSING BLOCK QUEEN OF THE SOUTH
C.A.M. REIJERS, 2002-2005, Brielselaan/Dordtselaan, Rotterdam
Woongebouw Queen of the South / Housing Block Queen of the South ( C.A.M. Reijers )
© 2007 Rook & Nagelkerke

ARCHITECT(URAL OFFICE):
Cees Reijers

BUILDING TYPE:
Special accommodation

Next door to Maashaven metro station is this 70 metre high hotel of a type where people looking for temporary accommodation at a relatively low cost can rent a furnished room. The 210 hotel rooms occupy the nine lowest storeys; above that are 88 freehold apartments. An anthracite-coloured low-rise portion contains the lobby, office space and some maisonettes. The high-rise slab has gravel-coloured concrete elements and glass at the head ends and sits on a concrete table structure.