De Rotterdam / OMA

De Rotterdam / OMA

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  • Architects: OMA
  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  162000
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2013
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  • Manufacturers Brands with products used in this architecture project
    Manufacturers:  Acor, Architectural Titanium, Easy Drain, Kone, Montis, Prooff, Quinze & Milan, VetroTech Saint-Gobain, d+b
De Rotterdam / OMA - Cityscape
© Ossip van Duivenbode

21 November, Rotterdam – OMA today marks the completion of De Rotterdam, a mixed-use, 160,000m2 slab-tower conceived as a ‘vertical city’ on the river Maas.

Ellen van Loon: “Efficiency has been a central design parameter from day one. The extreme market forces at play throughout the course of the project, far from being a design constraint, have in fact reinforced our original concept. The result is a dense, vibrant building for the city.”

De Rotterdam / OMA - Facade
© Ossip van Duivenbode

With the building’s completion, a critical mass has been established on the Kop van Zuid, realizing the long-established vision of a second city center south of the Maas. The building is named after one of the original ships on the Holland America Line, which from 1873 to the late 1970s transported thousands of emigrating Europeans bound for New York from the Wilhelmina Pier, next to which De Rotterdam is situated.

Program Isometry

The three stacked and interconnecting towers of De Rotterdam rise 44 floors to a height of 150 meters and span a width of over 100 meters. Nevertheless, the building is exceptionally compact, with a mix of programs organized into distinct but overlapping blocks of commercial office space, residential apartments, hotel and conference facilities, restaurants and cafes. Office employees, residents and hotel guests are brought together in conference, sport and restaurant facilities. The building’s shared plinth is the location of the lobbies to each of the towers, creating a pedestrianized public hub by means of a common hall.

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© Ossip van Duivenbode

Rem Koolhaas: “Despite its scale and apparent solidity, the building’s shifted blocks create a constantly changing appearance, different from every part of the city. The fact that it stands today represents a small triumph of persistence for the city, the developer, the contractor and the architects.”

De Rotterdam / OMA - Windows, Facade
© Philippe Ruault

The various phases of design and construction were supervised by partners-in-charge Rem Koolhaas, Ellen van Loon and Reinier de Graaf, and associate-in-charge Kees van Casteren. De Rotterdam is developed by MAB Development and OVG Real Estate.

De Rotterdam / OMA - Windows, Facade
© Ossip van Duivenbode
  • Building Code Consultant: ABT Bouwkunde, Velp / Delft
  • Structural Engineer: Corsmit, Rotterdam
  • Structural Advisor In Sd Phase: Arup, London
  • Service Engineers: Techniplan, Rotterdam (offices, hotel) / Valstar Simonis, Rijswijk (apartments, plinth)
  • Façades: Permasteelisa, Middelburg (offices, hotel, plinth) / TGM, Asten (apartments)
  • Fire Safety / Building Physics: DGMR, Arnhem
  • Lighting Consultant Ground Floor / Atrium: Arup, Amsterdam
  • Scenography / Lighting Consultants Hotel: Ducks Scéno, Paris / Les Eclaireurs, Lyon
  • Team 1997 2001(50% Sd): Christina Beaumont, Stefan Bendiks, Frans Blok, Robert Cheoff, Bert Karel Deuten, Sharon Goren, Juan Guardetti, Jens Holm, Alex de Jong, Adam Kurdahl, Carolien Ligtenberg, Anna Little, Nuno Rosado, Saskia Simon, Johan de Wachter, Barbara Wolff
  • Team 2001 2008(50% Sd – Building Permit): Chantal Aquilina, Eva Dietrich, Anita Ernödi, Markus Frank, Jonah Gamblin, Clarisa Garcia-Fresco, Alex de Jong, Michel van de Kar, Christoph Michael, Elida Mosquera, Mauro Parravicini, Ippolito Pestellini Laparelli, Raphael Pulido, Louise Sullivan, Olaf Turck, Manuel Villanueva, with: Chun Chiu, Duncan Flemington, Evangelos Kotsioris, Sören Martinussen, Nobuki Ogasahara, Theo Petrides, Benoit Schelstraete, Ian Schopa, Kyo Stockhaus, Joao Viera Costa, Luca Vigliero, Jussi Vuori, Jean-Paul Willemse
  • Team 2008 2013(Construction Phase / Interiors): Michel van de Kar (associate), Marlies Boterman, Christoph Michael, with: Katrien van Dijk, Nathalie Gozdziak, Sai Shu, Saskia Simon, Tomas Dirrix, Erik de Haan, Jue Qiu, Pal Trodahl
  • Interiors Hotel (2013): Saskia Simon, Marina Cogliani, Clive Hennessey, Yasuhito Hirose, Arminas Sadzevicius
  • Executive Architect: B+M, The Hague
  • Elevators / Escalators / Building Maintenance Units: Kone, The Hague
  • MEP: Roodenburg, Krimpen aan den IJssel
  • Contractor: Züblin, Stuttgart / Antwerp / Vlaardingen
  • Reception Desks Ground Floor: Smeulders, Nuenen
  • Architect In Charge: Rem Koolhaas, Reinier de Graaf, Ellen van Loon, Kees van Casteren
  • City: Rotterdam
  • Country: The Netherlands
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Cite: "De Rotterdam / OMA" 25 Nov 2013. ArchDaily. Accessed . <https://www.archdaily.com/451377/de-rotterdam-oma> ISSN 0719-8884

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