Blaak 8

Massing and Program This prominent and dynamic area along the Blaak in Rotterdam, has long been a wide gap in the urban fabric; a location with an illustrious history where much has changed and for which various proposals have been put forward following the demolition of the original railway bridge and trainstation Rotterdam Blaak. A location which until recently was only used occasionally by a circus, an ice rink, or an exhibition. Both the restricted building footprint, sandwiched in between the railway tunnel, the extended Willemsbrug and the Blaak, as well as the comprehensive office program, have dictated the urban mass; conditions that have resulted in a powerful and compact 70 meter high building. The design of the building mas... More