TimmerhuisRem Koolhaas / OMA
Exterior · Rotterdam, Netherlands · 2009
Photo: Fred Romero from Paris, France · Taken on 3 · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons · Original 5184×3456
Stadsdriehoek. Rodezand/Meent The new building for the city hall that accommodates municipal services, offices, and residential units, OMA conceived a modular building with repeated units gradually set back from the street as they rise into two irregular peaks. The building's composition of smaller cells creates an impressive, complex form when viewed from Coolsingel, one of Rotterdam’s main arteries, and allows for subtlety and adaptability as the new building meets the Stadstimmerhuis (a municipal building, from 1953), which surrounds it on two sides. Arch. OMA (Rem Koolhaas) 2013-15.