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1 RESEARCH & DESIGN The fusion of architecture and infrastructure in tomorrow s Megalopolis THE LOBBY OF THE METROPOLE P5 Frank Loer - 5 July 2013

2 1. RESEARCH SUMMARY 2. DESIGN 3. STATEMENT PAST - PRESENT - FUTURE

3 1. RESEARCH SUMMARY PAST: METABOLISTS PRESENT: ICON FUTURE: HABITABLE BRIDGE

4 METABOLISTS / MAKI: Congestion as paradigm itself

5 RESEARCH QUESTION Is the notion of Collective Form compatible with the future of our cities and the production of its architecture?

6 LINKAGE MEDIATION DEFINITION REPETITION SEQUENCE

7 IMAGE FOR THE CITY, FUSING ARCHITECTURE WITH INFRASTRUCTURE The Rialto Bridge Ponte Luis, Porto

8 HISTORY s London Bridge, 16 th century Edgar Chambless, Road town, 1910 Le Corbusier, Plan Obus, 1933 Rotterdam 1665 Rotterdam, Willemsbrug 1878 Rotterdam, Maastunnel 1937

9 ZENITH: GOLDEN AGE ROTTERDAM, 1960s JAPAN

10 INFRASTRUCTURAL HISTORY

11 BOOMPJES WAS A COLLECTIVE FORM

12 ROTTERDAM S TURNING POINT: DISSATISFACTION, THE CAR & THE WAR

13 POST-WAR: THE END OF A FUSION BETWEEN ARCHITECTURE AND INFRASTRUCTURE

14 1995 ERASMUSBRUG

15 RESEARCH QUESTION How can the interplay between architecture and infrastructure be exploited?

16 ARCHITECTURE AND INFRASTRUCTURE: EQUAL PLAYERS AS MEDIATORS IN THE CITY + =

17 URBAN DEVICES FOR THE ORCHESTRATION AND IMAGE OF OUR FUTURE CITIES

18 NEW HUBS WILL FUSE ARCHITECTURE AND INFRASTRUCTURE

19 2. DESIGN

20 REPLACEMENT AND RELOCATION WILLEMSBRUG

21 WILLEMSBRUG MUST BE INCREASED, NEW TRAM LINE IS INTRODUCED! 12.5 m 12.5 meter clearance River orientation

22 CITY AT THE RIVER, LIFE-CYCLE COST INFRASTRUCTURE SHOULD BE REDUCED PANTURA NEWSLETTER MARCH 2012 CONTENTS URBAN BRIDGES NEED ATTENTION

23 STRENGTHEN CONNECTION BETWEEN NORTH SOUTH SOUTH (FEIJENOORD) 330 meter 200 meter NORTH (CENTRE)

24 FLOWS OF THE CITY Tram GROUND FLOOR Bike Pedestrian Car Bus 1st FLOOR Ship

25 CORES, ESCALATORS EAST AND WEST WING EAST WEST 4 cores in 2 trunks Lobbies reached through escalators EAST WEST

26 REVITALIZE THE WATERFRONT

27 DIGNIFY THE ROAD

28 RETURN THE JAN ELEVATED PARK TO THE NOORDEREILAND

29 ACKNOWLEDGE THE IMPORTANCE OF THE HISTORIC LOCATION INDUSTRIAL PORT ROTTERDAM PORT FIRST PORT

30 CONNECTION TO CITY, METROPOLE, COUNTRY, WORLD AMSTERDAM WORLD RANDSTAD EUROPE NORTH SOUTH ANTWERP

31 URBAN DEVELOPMENT: SPIN-OFFS FOR NOORDEREILAND AND BOOMPJES NOORDEREILAND BOOMPJES

32 ALTERNATIVE FOR URBANISM BASED ON CLUSTERS POST-WAR URBANISM MIXED PROGRAM

33 ALTERNATIVE FOR URBANISM BASED ON CLUSTERS SECTION EAST Residential Village Park Museum cafés Main Lobby Restaurants Museum Station Cars Public transport Shops SECTION WEST Viewing platform data centre Theatre Lobby PLAZA orangerie Congress Galleries Cafés and restaurants EAST EAST WEST WEST

34 ALTERNATIVE FOR AN URBAN FABRIC DOMINATED BY HEAVY TRAFFIC

35 ALTERNATIVE FOR HIGH RISE (WITHOUT PLINTH) Shops Cafés and restaurants

36 ALTERNATIVE FOR URBANISM RELYING ON EVENTS

37 PUBLIC PROGRAM ON ALL FLOORS GROUND FLOOR Public program: tram, station, cafés, shops 1st FLOOR Public program: car lanes and plazas 2nd FLOOR Public Program: Theatre, Congress, University, Lobbies 5th FLOOR Public Program: Winter garden, Museum

38 SPANNING THE RIVER, CONSTRUCTING THE BUILDING

39 3 SEPARATE CONSTRUCTIONS 1 = Cantilever principle 2 = Cantilever principle = Public Building = Public Building = Arch = Infrastructure

40 CANTILEVER PRINCIPLE (WEST) Tension cables 10 cm Tension cables 10 cm SUSPENDED FLOORS MAIN CONSTRUCTION 2 x 1 meter steel MAIN CONSTRUCTION 2 x 1 meter steel

41 CANTILEVER + ARCH PRINCIPLE (EAST) CANTILEVER ARCH CANTILEVER ARCH Public suspended from Cantilever CANTILEVER = PUBLIC Infrastructure suspended from Arch ARCH = INFRASTRUCTURE CANTILEVER + ARCH PRINCIPLE : DILATATION (15 cm)

42 CONSTRUCTION THEME: LEVITATION LEVITATED LOBBY LEVITATED LOBBY LEVITATED CENTRE LEVITATED DECK ELEVATION SECTION

43 HEAVY VERSUS LIGHT: DAY VERSUS NIGHT DAY: LIGHT STRUCTURE, HEAVY BOXES NIGHT: HEAVY STRUCTURE, LIGHT BOXES

44 FLEXIBILITY: CHANGE, APPROPRIATION AND TRANSFORMATION OVER TIME

45 FLEXIBLE ELEMENTS: RAATLIGGER AND STEEL PLATE Multiple Ventilation Systems for future divisions Steel plate ceilings with integrated ventilation and light

46 INTERPLAY OF HIDING AND REVEALING Inclined parts Construction revealed EXPRESSIVE STRUCTURE Suspended parts Construction covered ABSTRACT BOX

47 INTERPLAY OF CARRYING (HEAVY) AND HOVERING (LIGHT) 2 REVEAL Structure HIDE Structure

48 UNDER AN ANGLE: CLOSED, OPEN IN FRONT SIDE: CLOSE FRONT: OPEN

49 PANORAMA

50 DIRECTIONALITY LONGITUDINAL Streams & speed (EXTERIOR) CROSS SECTIONAL Views & peace (INTERIOR)

51 SPECIFICITY PEAT / CLAY SWEET/SOLD HISTORICAL LOCATION

52 FROM CENTRE, TO RIVER (PAST), ONCE AGAIN FROM CENTRE TO RIVER PAST PAST PRESENT FUTURE

53 FROM DETOUR TO STRAIGHT FORWARD

54 GENIUS LOCI - GENIUS LOGO - GENIUS LOCI GENIUS LOCI PAST GENIUS LOGO PRESENT GENIUS LOCI FUTURE

55 3. STATEMENT: WHY THE HUB? PAST: THE HARBOUR PRESENT: THE NETWORK ERA FUTURE: THE HUB

56 PAST: THE HARBOUR

57 ROTTERDAM: INCESSANT GROWTH: EMBODIMENT OF A TRANSITORY WORLD

58 ACTIVITIES TRANSCEND BEYOND THE SCALE OF THE CITY

59 ROTTERDAM CHARACTERISTIC: METROPOLIS IN TRANSIT

60 HISTORY OF PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS

61 ONGOING NEED FOR PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS April 2013

62 DESTRUCTIVE ROLE OF PRAGMATIC INFRASTRUCTURE

63 PRESENT: THE NETWORK ERA

64 FUNDAMENTAL NATURE OF OUR WORK

65 THE WILL OF AN EPOCH

66 VILLAGER AND CITIZEN EQUALLY COSMOPOLITAN, THE WORLD OF THE COMMUTER

67 HOUSE STUDIED FOR CENTURIES, ARCHITECTURAL NODES UNTESTED

68 THE DOMESTICATION OF INFRASTRUCTURE

69 OPEN UP THE PUBLIC BUILDING, DIGNIFY THE ROAD

70 ROTTERDAM: TEST GROUND FOR THE HUMANIZATION OF INFRASTRUCTURE

71 FUTURE: THE HUB

72 MEGASTRUCTURE AFTER MIES

73 WHAT WILL RESTORE THE ICON?

74 SUPER CYCLES IN ECONOMY (AND ARCHITECTURE) MIES MEGASTRUCTURE ICON HUB?

75 THE HUB, THE MULTIFUNCTIONAL PARKING GARAGE

76 TECHNOLOGY, MOBILITY, ARCHITECTURE; INFRASTRUCTURE; GLOBALIZATION

77 WHAT S FLEXIBILITY BEYOND THE PLAN LIBRE

78 UTOPIAN, LIGHT, DELIRIOUS, PROFOUND

79 THE FUSION OF ARCHITECTURE AND INFRASTRUCTURE

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98 PLANNING 1:500 May 15 - June 21 - MODEL 1:200 (Last technical and design consults parallel) June - Final Drawings & Images 30 June - 4 July Booklet binding & presentation rehearsals P5 Final Presentation : Friday 5 July 2013

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