Deconstructing Rotterdam's modern city centre: Fid-Bau Portal

Fachinformationsdienst BAUdigital

A platform for research: civil engineering, architecture and urbanism

Deconstructing Rotterdam's modern city centre

Frank van der Hoeven

In the 20th century, the Dutch city of Rotterdam was radically transformed from a historic town into a modern city, becoming the selfacclaimed 'city of architecture', home to international architectural design offices, publishers and institutions. Although it is already 60 years after the destruction of the Rotterdam inner city, the city still struggles to be the vibrant, rigorous urban environment it needs to be in order to attract the so-called creative class. This article provides a contextual overview of the transformations of a number of key public spaces that are symbolic for the challenges the city faces. After the post-war reconstruction the city continue to transform itself beyond modernism.

Access

Page navigation

Document information

Export, share and cite

Deconstructing Rotterdam's modern city centre

Frank van der Hoeven

In the 20th century, the Dutch city of Rotterdam was radically transformed from a historic town into a modern city, becoming the selfacclaimed 'city of architecture', home to international architectural design offices, publishers and institutions. Although it is already 60 years after the destruction of the Rotterdam inner city, the city still struggles to be the vibrant, rigorous urban environment it needs to be in order to attract the so-called creative class. This article provides a contextual overview of the transformations of a number of key public spaces that are symbolic for the challenges the city faces. After the post-war reconstruction the city continue to transform itself beyond modernism.

Deconstructing Rotterdam's modern city centre

Frank van der Hoeven

In the 20th century, the Dutch city of Rotterdam was radically transformed from a historic town into a modern city, becoming the selfacclaimed 'city of architecture', home to international architectural design offices, publishers and institutions. Although it is already 60 years after the destruction of the Rotterdam inner city, the city still struggles to be the vibrant, rigorous urban environment it needs to be in order to attract the so-called creative class. This article provides a contextual overview of the transformations of a number of key public spaces that are symbolic for the challenges the city faces. After the post-war reconstruction the city continue to transform itself beyond modernism.

Access

Page navigation

Document information

Export, share and cite

Document information

Title:

Deconstructing Rotterdam's modern city centre

Contributors:

Frank van der Hoeven (author)

Published in:

Проект Байкал, Vol 10, Iss 36, Pp 60-71 (2013)

Publication date:

2013

ISSN:

2307-4485 , 2309-3072

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7480/projectbaikal.36.133

Type of media:

Article (Journal)

Type of material:

Electronic Resource

Language:

Unknown

Keywords:

градостроительство , общественное пространство , Nieuwe Bouwen , реконструкция , Роттердам , центр города , Коолсингел , Лийнбаан , Роттердамский форум , Cool63 , Шоубургплайн , Дудок , MVRDV , ОМА , West 8 , Allies & Morrison , Benthem & Crouwel , Architecture , NA1-9428

Metadata by DOAJ is licensed under CC BY-SA 1.0

Similar titles

Rotterdam's Vroedschapspenningen

Haverkorn van Rijsewijk, Pieter | DataCite | 1902

The Rotterdam's courant

UB Braunschweig | 1680

The Rotterdam's courant

TIBKAT | 1680

WORLD NEWS - Rotterdam's Giant Jetty

Online Contents | 2006

Rethinking the city - Invited competition for Rotterdam's third city bridge

Oosterman, Arjen | Online Contents | 1998