Place
De Rotterdam
Three linked mixed-use towers on a harbour pier, cooled with river water and staggered against the wind.
0:00≈ 2 min
Location
0:00≈ 2 min
About this audio guide
This guide to De Rotterdam, the three-tower skyscraper on Rotterdam's Wilhelminapier, looks at the building through the river and the weather around it rather than its office floors. It follows Rem Koolhaas's firm OMA and its idea of a vertical city, and asks what a block this heavy borrows from the Maas and the wind. Best heard from the quay, where you can take in all three towers at once.
This audio guide was created using AI.