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Timmerhuis - OMA Rem Koolhaas

44 images Created 24 Feb 2017

For Rotterdam's Timmerhuis, a new building for the city hall that accommodates municipal services, offices, and residential units, OMA conceived a modular building with repeated units gradually set back from the street as they rise into two irregular peaks. The building's composition of smaller cells creates an impressive, complex form when viewed from Coolsingel, one of Rotterdam's main arteries, and allows for subtlety and adaptability as the new building meets the Stadstimmerhuis (a municipal building, from 1953), which surrounds it on two sides.

The Timmerhuis's innovative structural system generates maximum efficiency and versatility both in construction and in program: units can adapt to either office space or residential parameters as desired. Green terraces on higher levels provide the possibility of an apartment with a garden in the heart of urban Rotterdam. On the street level, the structure allows for generous open space, with modules overhanging rather than encroaching into an interstitial area, encouraging an active and open engagement between the Timmerhuis and the city.

The design brief stipulated that the Timmerhuis must be the most sustainable building in the Netherlands. OMA tackled this imperative through the building's core concept of flexibility, and also through the two large atriums, which act like lungs. They are connected to a climate system that stores warmth in summer and cold in winter and releases this energy as warm or cold air as required. The building's triple glazed curtain wall facade uses hi-tech translucent insulation that allows for unprecedented energy efficiency.

Rather than being yet another statement in Rotterdam's crowded history of revisionist planning and cacophony of architectural styles, the ambiguous mass of the Timmerhuis tries to mediate between the existing buildings surrounding it. The axis between the existing town hall and the post office coincides with the axis of symmetry of the Timmerhuis, and the street between these two buildings continues into a passageway to the Haagseveer. The Timmerhuis integrates with the neighbouring Stadtimmerhuis by maintaining the same floor heights, while the plinth height of 20m conforms to the character of the surrounding Laurenskwartier.
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  • Exterior morning view of old and new buildings. Timmerhuis, Rotterdam, Netherlands. Architect: OMA Rem Koolhaas, 2015.
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  • Exterior morning view of old and new buildings. Timmerhuis, Rotterdam, Netherlands. Architect: OMA Rem Koolhaas, 2015.
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  • Close up view of old and new buildings. Timmerhuis, Rotterdam, Netherlands. Architect: OMA Rem Koolhaas, 2015.
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  • Detail showing modular structure. Timmerhuis, Rotterdam, Netherlands. Architect: OMA Rem Koolhaas, 2015.
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  • Exterior morning view of rear of building reflecting old City Council Exterior morning view of rear of building. Timmerhuis, Rotterdam, Netherlands. Architect: OMA Rem Koolhaas, 2015.
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  • Exterior morning view of rear of building reflecting old City Council. Timmerhuis, Rotterdam, Netherlands. Architect: OMA Rem Koolhaas, 2015.
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  • Exterior morning view of rear of building reflecting old City Council Exterior morning view of rear of building. Timmerhuis, Rotterdam, Netherlands. Architect: OMA Rem Koolhaas, 2015.
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  • View of modular new building as seen from the terrace. Timmerhuis, Rotterdam, Netherlands. Architect: OMA Rem Koolhaas, 2015.
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  • View of modular new building as seen from the terrace, city hall on the left of the image. Timmerhuis, Rotterdam, Netherlands. Architect: OMA Rem Koolhaas, 2015.
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  • Interior view of waiting area showing designers furniture. Timmerhuis, Rotterdam, Netherlands. Architect: OMA Rem Koolhaas, 2015.
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  • Meeting room showing designers furniture and themed carpet. Timmerhuis, Rotterdam, Netherlands. Architect: OMA Rem Koolhaas, 2015.
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  • Meeting room showing designers furniture and themed carpet. Timmerhuis, Rotterdam, Netherlands. Architect: OMA Rem Koolhaas, 2015.
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  • Interior view of office area showing integrated structural pillars. Timmerhuis, Rotterdam, Netherlands. Architect: OMA Rem Koolhaas, 2015.
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  • Interior view of of white structural system. Timmerhuis, Rotterdam, Netherlands. Architect: OMA Rem Koolhaas, 2015.
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  • Interior view of office area showing integrated structural pillars. Timmerhuis, Rotterdam, Netherlands. Architect: OMA Rem Koolhaas, 2015.
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  • View of meeting room; a woman sits at her desk in the adjacent building. Timmerhuis, Rotterdam, Netherlands. Architect: OMA Rem Koolhaas, 2015.
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  • Interior view of designers furniture. Timmerhuis, Rotterdam, Netherlands. Architect: OMA Rem Koolhaas, 2015.
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  • Detail showing entrace to office and white steel structural beam. Timmerhuis, Rotterdam, Netherlands. Architect: OMA Rem Koolhaas, 2015.
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  • A bridge connects two sections of the new building. Timmerhuis, Rotterdam, Netherlands. Architect: OMA Rem Koolhaas, 2015.
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  • Interior view of reception area. Timmerhuis, Rotterdam, Netherlands. Architect: OMA Rem Koolhaas, 2015.
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  • Detail showing old building´s wall and glasswork. Timmerhuis, Rotterdam, Netherlands. Architect: OMA Rem Koolhaas, 2015.
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  • View of main entrance and canopied plaza. Timmerhuis, Rotterdam, Netherlands. Architect: OMA Rem Koolhaas, 2015.
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  • View of main entrance and canopied plaza. Timmerhuis, Rotterdam, Netherlands. Architect: OMA Rem Koolhaas, 2015.
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  • View of main entrance and canopied plaza. Timmerhuis, Rotterdam, Netherlands. Architect: OMA Rem Koolhaas, 2015.
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  • View of main entrance and canopied plaza. Timmerhuis, Rotterdam, Netherlands. Architect: OMA Rem Koolhaas, 2015.
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  • View of main entrance and canopied plaza. Timmerhuis, Rotterdam, Netherlands. Architect: OMA Rem Koolhaas, 2015.
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  • View of main entrance and canopied plaza. Timmerhuis, Rotterdam, Netherlands. Architect: OMA Rem Koolhaas, 2015.
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  • An atrium connects the office bulding area and the Rotterdam Museum. Timmerhuis, Rotterdam, Netherlands. Architect: OMA Rem Koolhaas, 2015.
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  • An atrium connects the office bulding area and the Rotterdam Museum. Timmerhuis, Rotterdam, Netherlands. Architect: OMA Rem Koolhaas, 2015.
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  • nterior view of intersection of two building as seen from inside the Rotterdam Museum. Timmerhuis, Rotterdam, Netherlands. Architect: OMA Rem Koolhaas, 2015.
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  • Interior view of intersection of two building as seen from inside the Rotterdam Museum. Timmerhuis, Rotterdam, Netherlands. Architect: OMA Rem Koolhaas, 2015.
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  • Exterior view of rear elevation. Timmerhuis, Rotterdam, Netherlands. Architect: OMA Rem Koolhaas, 2015.
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  • Exterior detail showing intersection of old Timmerhuis and new glass modular building. Timmerhuis, Rotterdam, Netherlands. Architect: OMA Rem Koolhaas, 2015.
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  • Exterior view of rear elevation. Timmerhuis, Rotterdam, Netherlands. Architect: OMA Rem Koolhaas, 2015.
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  • New modular building and city hall face eachother. Timmerhuis, Rotterdam, Netherlands. Architect: OMA Rem Koolhaas, 2015.
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  • Dusk view of elevation as seen from the rear. Timmerhuis, Rotterdam, Netherlands. Architect: OMA Rem Koolhaas, 2015.
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  • Dusk view of elevation as seen from the rear. Timmerhuis, Rotterdam, Netherlands. Architect: OMA Rem Koolhaas, 2015.
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  • Close up detail of glass work. Timmerhuis, Rotterdam, Netherlands. Architect: OMA Rem Koolhaas, 2015.
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  • Dusk view of elevation as seen from the rear. Timmerhuis, Rotterdam, Netherlands. Architect: OMA Rem Koolhaas, 2015.
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