The massive building celebrates the past, present and future of Europe’s largest port, as well as the spirit of a helpless city. The center is part of the new cultural places in a city known for novelty and experimentation.
International portsIts magnificent load ships, its cranes, its hectares stacked containers Lego pieces Their truck fleet, they always leave without talking to us, but How many of us really know how a port works?
Rertrtam, the largest and most active in EuropeEvaluate his past with the new Portlandis and his present and the future, A great visitors and exhibition center designed by valuable study MVRTV is located in the southwest corner of the Architecture and the port.
The building is surrounded by hillsWith the North Sea and the enormous load springs. Vanie Mass, one of the founding partners of MVRTV The architect of its industrial design.
PlanIn charge and funded by Rotterdam’s Port Authority, Mass is very loving. “As a child, I fell in love with this landscape of boxes. I already stood around these huge structures. This is the opposite of the Mono we associate with the Netherlands,” Mass says.
“The question is how to compete with air mills, ships and containers. The configuration is made with port materials: Recycled steel, salty resistance, dust and air. “
Is located on Masvloge IIThe vast artificial area of 44 km from the city center, Portlandis design respects the principles of the circular economyIt is also completely neutral from the eyesight of the energy, thanks to the efficient insulation, 266 solar panels and its own air turbine.
Its shape reminds the port’s packed containers, but the wide windows and the highest 22 meters with a magnificent operating sculpture Chain and an anchor -like chrome yellow with port symbols.
“It seems a little James Bond. The model of three plants refers to different themes of the pastThe present and the future.
“The port of the port is more complicated“Strang explains his purpose to highlight and promote port functions: Numerous trucks and warehouses, 80 container companies that ship every day, Petrochemical industries that process green And the potential for the future of the environment.
“Everything you can use in a dayFrom your sneakers to a banana, through a bottle of water, washing machines, furniture and bicycle pieces, It is likely to have passed through the port. 60% of things around us are related Puerto de Reterdam. You have to reflect when you return home, “says Strong.
The first floor is dedicated to the current portIncludes maritime transport, load, industry and infrastructure, and a chemical lab and a workshop. The second floor economics examines the impact of the harbor in the employment and the environment, and the third considers the future of the port through the change of energy and energy.
Each part is high -speed and interactiveIt is easy to digest games, workshops and information. Upon reaching the third floor, visitors receive iPads, and in 2050, the nation’s effort in the nation, which is neutral in carbon emissions, is possible to investigate the potential solutions and results of the port’s re -discovery, and the production of sea winds, biofuels and battery recycling. There is also a helicopter style Virtual reality that simulates reckless aircraft in the port.
Currently, strong, 50% of trading says Related to fossil fuels. As for the environment, there are a series of views dedicated to plants and animals, Including many rare birds.
Portlands are small but bluntAnd a wide speaker addresses: school children and students who consider a profession in the port to the first corporate visitors, international port officials and the general public. Elein Nix, the director of the Portlandis project, estimates that 150,000 visitors come each year. Walking through the restaurant de la albondia and the hills is a great benefit.
CenterWas declared “a machine to tell stories”, This is part of a series of new cultural places De Rertam is the city of innovative thinking and experimentation.
AdvertisementWith a 10% increase in the number of visitors in 2024, the Redardam will soon be a witness to the opening ceremony of the world’s first Center for the Fennix Museum Is dedicated to migrationAnd reopening the Netherlands Photo Museum at its new headquarters, 1903 old 1903 Coffee Warehouse area. Something that was a helpless city seems to be recovering.
Bombed during World War IIModern Urban Territory History Amsterdam; This is a rich international architectural studies and a moderate design display, such as MVDRV and Oma, in which creators benefit from empty industrial seats and low rents.
But, as Portlands proven, Most of its economy and identity surround the port. “We are not Paris, Rome or Amsterdam,” says Mayor Robert Symens. “We focus on innovations. And the power of the port is in the center of the city.”
