Kunstal
Rotterdam, Netherlands · 1993
A precedent for dynamic, multi-level public spaces using sloping floor plates, ramps, and raw concrete columns to connect different programs visually and physically.
- What we like about this project
- The auditorium seating is arranged directly on a sloping ramped floor plate.
Materials
- concrete
- steel
- glass
- wood
- linoleum
Visual identifiers
- sloping-floor
- concrete-columns
- interior-ramp
- auditorium-seating
- glass-facade
Style tags
- deconstructivist
- raw-concrete
- industrial-chic
Visual tags
- civic
- cultural
- multi-level
- fluid-space
- raw-materials
- structural-expressionism
- Geometry
- An intersecting system of sloping floor planes and ramps that create overlapping vertical levels. Thick, angled concrete columns pierce the floor plates at irregular intervals.
- Facade system
- Steel-framed curtain wall glazing
- Structural guess
- Reinforced concrete columns and slabs with steel transfer beams
- Spatial scale
- Large-scale civic interior with double-height volumes and long, sweeping ramps.
- Lighting
- Diffused daylight enters through expansive perimeter glass walls, supplemented by track spotlights mounted on the concrete ceiling.
- Atmosphere
- An active, raw, and intellectually stimulating public interior defined by intersecting planes.
- Environmental context
- An indoor public cultural facility with views through the glass facade toward the surrounding park and urban context.
- Spatial experience
- A dynamic, multi-level interior where visitors look down into a bustling cafe area from a sloping ramp or auditorium seating level, creating a sense of fluid, continuous public space.
- Composition rhythm
- Strong diagonal lines from the sloping floor plates and columns contrast with the vertical mullions of the glass facade.
- Style reading
- Late-twentieth-century Dutch structuralism and deconstructivism
- Program
- Museum or cultural center
- Perspective
- Interior Spatial
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- concrete, steel, glass, wood, linoleum
- Visual identifiers
- sloping-floor, concrete-columns, interior-ramp, auditorium-seating, glass-facade
- Style tags
- deconstructivist, raw-concrete, industrial-chic
- Visual tags
- civic, cultural, multi-level, fluid-space, raw-materials, structural-expressionism
- Geometry
- An intersecting system of sloping floor planes and ramps that create overlapping vertical levels. Thick, angled concrete columns pierce the floor plates at irregular intervals.
- Facade system
- Steel-framed curtain wall glazing
- Structural guess
- Reinforced concrete columns and slabs with steel transfer beams
- Spatial scale
- Large-scale civic interior with double-height volumes and long, sweeping ramps.
- Lighting
- Diffused daylight enters through expansive perimeter glass walls, supplemented by track spotlights mounted on the concrete ceiling.
- Atmosphere
- An active, raw, and intellectually stimulating public interior defined by intersecting planes.
- Environmental context
- An indoor public cultural facility with views through the glass facade toward the surrounding park and urban context.
- Spatial experience
- A dynamic, multi-level interior where visitors look down into a bustling cafe area from a sloping ramp or auditorium seating level, creating a sense of fluid, continuous public space.
- Composition rhythm
- Strong diagonal lines from the sloping floor plates and columns contrast with the vertical mullions of the glass facade.
- Style reading
- Late-twentieth-century Dutch structuralism and deconstructivism
- Program
- Museum or cultural center
- Perspective
- Interior Spatial
- Discipline
- architecture