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HOUSING BLOCK ZALMHAVEN
DOBBELAAR DE KOVEL DE VROOM (DKV), 1992-1996, Scheepstimmermanslaan 20-69/Gedempte Zalmhaven 751-999, Rotterdam
Woongebouw Zalmhaven / Housing Block Zalmhaven ( Dobbelaar De Kovel De Vroom (DKV) )
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With the https://www.architectureguide.nl/project/item/prj_id/316" class="inline_link">Erasmus Bridge in place and Zalmhaven filled in, work began on consolidating this area. The 150 metre long building by DKV attaches to the 19th-century https://www.architectureguide.nl/project/item/prj_id/1942" class="inline_link">Nieuwe Werk quarter, mediating between it and the big blocks of offices and housing in the city centre. Crowning its six-storey main mass is a discrete black volume that seems to hover above the set-back 'base' of maisonettes whose oblique corner on stilts acquiesces to the building line of the street below. Brick, timber and concrete panels are among the cladding materials used.