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MARINE SIMULATOR CENTRE
FOSTER AND PARTNERS, 1993-1994, Wilhelminakade 701, Rotterdam
© 1996 Rook & Nagelkerke
ASSISTING ARCHITECT:
Abma, Dirks & Partners
ARCHITECT(URAL OFFICE):
Sir Norman Foster and Partners
BUILDING TYPE:
Buildings for education
RELATED BUILDINGS:
Wilhelminapier
One of the first of the https://www.architectureguide.nl/project/item/prj_id/319" class="inline_link">Kop van Zuid buildings was designed by Norman Foster and Partners, who also drew up the master plan for the Wilhelmina Pier. The building is in fact little more than a glass box enveloping the actual simulator, an imitation ship's bridge from which one can virtually navigate ocean-going vessels, set in a drum attached to the roof by a strip of glass which lets sunlight in onto the walls. In section, with the first floor jutting out over the street, it takes its cue from the existing https://www.architectureguide.nl/project/item/prj_id/320" class="inline_link">arrivals hall of the Holland Amerika Lijn, part of which houses the Centre's ancillary functions.