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Nieuw Terbregge, Rotterdam, Netherlands
Nieuw Terbregge, Rotterdam, Netherlands
Rotterdam, Netherlands
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Nieuw Terbregge, Rotterdam, Netherlands
Rotterdam, Netherlands
The programme for the Nieuw Terbregge location by the Rotterdam Local Authority is 70% ground level houses and 30% apartments. The client would prefer 100% ground level houses. In this force field Mecanoo suggest not to stack houses, but ground levels.
The wooden deck flows into the floor of the living and kitchen area. The car park below the deck has stone flooring. The two levels are connected by trees that grow through holes in the wooden level, as well as staircases. The gaps between the wooden planks of the platform built in the traditional scaffolding manner let filtered light through to the stone-floored level. The four islands are connected with each other by a jungle bridge. They are a protest against the tidiness of the contemporary neighbourhoods, which lack any adventure. Here is a neighbourhood where you can run and roll between the double-deckers, play hide and seek, jog along horizontal and vertical routes, or hold a barbecue in the street as if you are on holiday at home.
The rhythm of the slightly irregular blocks in combination with the ‘dancing’ roofs ensures a coherent composition for each island. The staccato of the alternation – per half house – between dark brown, unpolished wood and uncompromising white plaster brings about a visual interruption and refinement of the dimensions of the typical Dutch row house. It is a surprise to find hatches in the larch wood panelling of the outside wall. When the hatches are opened, air and light enter. The double-decker is highly organised, everything is arranged centrally as in a large block of flats: a mini boiler room, a container room for waste, the lighting of the trees on the platform, the position of the cables and piping.
On the other side of the water are the ‘eight under one roof’ waterfront houses, which combine to look like a large villa. They are an alternative to the standard row of houses in the inexpensive category. They are not apartments but ground-level houses, each with its own garden or platform above the water.
The wooden deck flows into the floor of the living and kitchen area. The car park below the deck has stone flooring. The two levels are connected by trees that grow through holes in the wooden level, as well as staircases. The gaps between the wooden planks of the platform built in the traditional scaffolding manner let filtered light through to the stone-floored level. The four islands are connected with each other by a jungle bridge. They are a protest against the tidiness of the contemporary neighbourhoods, which lack any adventure. Here is a neighbourhood where you can run and roll between the double-deckers, play hide and seek, jog along horizontal and vertical routes, or hold a barbecue in the street as if you are on holiday at home.
The rhythm of the slightly irregular blocks in combination with the ‘dancing’ roofs ensures a coherent composition for each island. The staccato of the alternation – per half house – between dark brown, unpolished wood and uncompromising white plaster brings about a visual interruption and refinement of the dimensions of the typical Dutch row house. It is a surprise to find hatches in the larch wood panelling of the outside wall. When the hatches are opened, air and light enter. The double-decker is highly organised, everything is arranged centrally as in a large block of flats: a mini boiler room, a container room for waste, the lighting of the trees on the platform, the position of the cables and piping.
On the other side of the water are the ‘eight under one roof’ waterfront houses, which combine to look like a large villa. They are an alternative to the standard row of houses in the inexpensive category. They are not apartments but ground-level houses, each with its own garden or platform above the water.
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