The Maassilo towards a machine for exchange of culture: Working as a link between users, local and international culture

Between 1850 and 1900, the city of Rotterdam transformed into an international harbour city. In the twentieth century, the harbour rapidly grew larger to being the largest harbour in the world for over forty years. The first part of the Maassilo was built in the beginning of the twentieth century. As the harbour grew larger, the Maassilo...

revitalising the warehouse santos

Revitalising the warehouse Santos in Rotterdam with a new function. Adding a mixed use of a public grand café and creative offices gives the building a new purpose.

Innoveem: Continuing Katoenveem - moving towards making innovation

The monument ‘Katoenveem’ used to be part of the industrial harbour of Rotterdam as warehouse. It was specifically constructed for the operational purpose of loading and storing goods: bales of cotton. Strategically situated along the water, it translated itself to an early 20th century functional architecture with advanced mechanics. The cotton...

Katoenveem, Rotterdam: Redeveloping a former warehouse into the cultural hub of Rotterdam

Due to the departure of heavy industry towards the west, many industrial waterfront buildings have lost their function within the harbour area of Rotterdam. One of these buildings is the Katoenveem. <br/><br/>The building in question is a storage and transshipment facility designed specifically for cotton. It is a longitudinal building which...

The Quarantine Area: A safe haven for private art collections

In the middle of the city harbours of Rotterdam one will find a former quarantine facility. It has barely surved it's original purpose, but has been the home of a group of artists since 1979. It is one of the unknown secrets of Rotterdam. The transformation of this area aims to open up this area a little more towards a broader public, showing...

Transformation of the quarantine ensemble in Rotterdam

Santos, Rotterdam: From vacant to active monument, a creative office for Katendrecht

Santos is a warehouse from the beginning of the 20th century, that has been vacant for most of its existence. Located on Katendrecht, it is placed right in the middle of a future high-density plan for 'de Pols', which focuses on attracting urban creators. By turning Santos into a creative office, the thesis builds upon these plans from the...

The Katoenveem; a modern textile innovator

This graduation project deals with the Katoenveem, a former cotton warehouse in the Keilehaven in Rotterdam. When harbour activities left the city harbours in Rotterdam, the Katoenveem became vacant. This project focusses on redesigning the Katoenveem, while keeping its authentic characteristics. A research phase precedes the design phase, in...

Maassilo, The Urban Silo: Maassilo

Katoenveem: a Living and Working Incubator

The Katoenveem is a former cotton warehouse situated in the Northern harbour area of Rotterdam. It was built in 1920, has been out of use as a cotton warehouse since 1964 and has been vacant since 2016. Over the past 100 years, the building has maintained a lot of its original character. This graduation project focusses on the question how the...