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INNOVATION DOCK - ROTTERDAM
The Innovation Dock is housed in a former machine hall in the heart of
the Rotterdam
harbour. The Innovation Dock is in use by schools and small-scale and
innovative companies operating in the markets “building, moving &
powering”.
The idea of the urban shelving
unit derived from the unused crane tracks, which proved their strength before.
The extra loading capacity is used to double the usable surface of the halls,
by “hanging” the new functions in the existing structure.
The first unit is reached by an external staircase and elevator. These are
connected to a system of gangways which lead to the several units. The units
are attached to supporting beams, which are placed in between the crane tracks.
They are built up of a steel structure with a light and flexible fill-in. Change
of use can be relatively easily realised, and this plug-in system is extendable
as well as dismountable. The units open up around the
industrial steel structure. Hereby the structure is maximally exhibited.