The Maassilo: A Renewed Experience of its History

The Maassilo is a former silo building where grain was being stored that came from ships in the Maashaven and then processed to eventually be shipped elsewhere by trains along the building. This ongoing harbour activity played an important part in the stimulation of the industrial development of Rotterdam Harbour and along with this also in the...

The Maassilo: in the Belly of the Beast: Verisimilitude

The Maassilo, an enormous concrete creature, a remnant of the prosperous growth of the Rotterdam harbour, lies unmoved and quenching for thirst on the bare and abandoned quay. Its identity intertwined with Rotterdam’s DNA and its presence is a pure display of structural power. As part of the studio Heritage + Architecture the project...