Stroomhuis Baan

In the rich context of the Baan district in Rotterdam, BETA has been selected to design a residential building combined with a school, artist studios and a café.

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The design for ‘Stroomhuis’ quite literally builds on the rich history of this part of Rotterdam. Sitting on the so-called ‘fire-boundary’ – the extents to which WWII bombing destroyed the city center of Rotterdam – the context is rich with the many different layers of the city’s past.

With ‘Stroomhuis’, an attempt is made to connect to these layers and to invigorate the context with a new addition. The building will cantilever over an expressive former substation from which the building will its architectural cues. Interaction plays an important role in the design; the central hall is public and connects different urban conditions; higher up in the building collective spaces offer opportunities for encounters between neighbors.

year

2022 – 2028

program

9.221 m

2

housing, 820 m

2

school, 627 m

2

hospitality, 1.067 m

2

art spaces

status

preliminary design

site

Baan District, Rotterdam

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client

Leyten

, Menno de Vos

team

Evert Klinkenberg, Auguste van Oppen, Leonardo Kappel, Javier Pernas Barandiaran, Stephan Bastiaans, Federica Fazio, Cezara Brescanu, Julie Reeb

structural engineer

Van Rossum Raadgevende Ingenieurs

consultant installations

Overdevest Adviseurs

consultant building physics

Peutz

renders

Vivid Vision