Timmerhuis - OMA
Stepped stack of glass pixel blocks holding offices and apartments, cooled and warmed by breathing atria.
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About this audio guide
This guide to the Timmerhuis in Rotterdam looks past the glass to how OMA's stack of identical pixel blocks was asked to cope with Dutch seasons. It follows a brief that demanded the most sustainable building in the Netherlands, and the two vast atria the architects call lungs. Best heard from Halvemaanpassage, looking up at the stepped glass and its white-dotted panes.
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