Katoenveem: from cotton warehouse to creative hub

Katoenveem is a former cotton warehouse in the Merwe-Vierhavens area of Rotterdam. As a harbour heritage site it has a high cultural and historical value due to its unique past function and the systems that were installed for the transshipment of cotton, but also for the innovative construction method that was used and the resulting overall...

Makers Museum: the contemporary continuation of Katoenveem

Katoenveem is a warehouse which was built specifically for the storage and transshipment of cotton bales. From 1919 to 1964 Katoenveem was used for the storage and transshipment of cotton. Thereby it was related to the water and its surrounding area. Over time the building lost its original function and its connection to the surrounding area. In...

Katoenveem: An architectural strategy for the re-use of the Katoenveem

The graduation studio ‘Harbour Heritage 2020-2021’ offered by the section of Heritage & Architecture, takes place in the city of Rotterdam. Rotterdam is a port city with a vivid history, it has many stories to tell, however, those stories are not always visible in the physical form. Cultural harbour heritage, like the old cotton warehouse...

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...

Music & Cultural center Katoenveem: The redevelopment of the former cotton warehouse Katoenveem into a cultural center

You can work with your building’s surroundings, characteristics and features by repressing them, hiding from them, celebrating them, juxtaposing them, making fun of them, uplifting them, supporting them, replacing them, improving them, or even changing them. But to make a decision you have to look beyond your building’s subjective beauty or...

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...

Katoenveem Reconnected: The Renovation Design of the Former Cotton Warehouse

The former cotton warehouse of the Katoenveem, which is located at the end of a pier within the Rotterdam harbor area, is a listed architecture monument for the cotton industry in the early 20th century. However, the building is no longer in use and decaying in the strong winds and rains now.<br/>There is a clear disconnection of time and space...

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...

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...

The Katoenveem: A tailor-made performing arts centre

My graduation research started with the analysis of both the tangible and intangible values of the existing structure throughout all the different scales, starting with the urban and ending with the building technology scale. My research focuses on the functionality and more specifically the "tailor made" aspect of the initial design of the...

Katoenveem

Re-development of the Katoenveem, a former cotton-warehouse in the Vierhaven-area in Rotterdam.

Katoenveem 2.0

Redevelopment of a former cottonwarehouse situated in the Vierhavenarea in Rotterdam. The building is transformed into a mixed-use building.

Vierhavens en Katoenveem

Redevelopment of a former cottonwarehouse situated along the Keilehaven in Rotterdam.