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Post Office Rotterdam by UNStudio

November 26, 2008, 10:00 am 6 Comments

Building: Post Office Rotterdam

Client: Delta Projectontwikkeling – SNS Property Finance – Redevco

Location: Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Building surface: 44.000 m2

Building site: 28.500 m2

Images above are from a competition winning project for Post Office Rotterdam by architects UNStudio. The design for the redevelopment of Post Rotterdam incorporates an ambitious mixed-use concept devised to respond to and enhance the original qualities of the existing building. Upscale retail facilities, restaurants, cafés and bars are combined with a luxury hotel, which in addition houses conference facilities and offices. The mix of architectural presence and transparency is designed to emphasise and frame the entrance to the building. The post-war roof is replaced with a new glass construction, allowing daylight to penetrate the building and forming a connection between the new hotel and the existing monument.