Rotterdam (Netherlands)

[xandrex]

Saw this article on CityLab and thought it was a fascinating project. A mixture of housing and a market with a very interesting design that conforms to incredibly strict Dutch building guidelines.

Interestingly, apparently this is their attempt to "go Asiatic," which is apparently a term for densifying (we usually seem to reference Europe). The city is about as dense as Minneapolis (Rotterdam, 7600/sq. mile; Minneapolis, 7200/sq. mile), but they certainly seem to have many more beautiful, dense neighborhoods than we do (and plenty of bikers out, at least wherever I plopped down for street view).

[mattaudio]

Sounds like an idea from the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minnesota_ ... ental_City

[MNdible]

I feel like most of MVRDV's projects are done as a dare -- "Do you think they'll really let us build this thing?"

That said, this is a fun project with a sense of whimsy that is usually lacking in what we see 'round these parts.

[grant1simons2]

My favorite city in the world, Rotterdam:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2pv3DzRKnec

[Nathan]

My favorite city in the world, Rotterdam:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2pv3DzRKnec

have you been? It's crazy awesome. I think that it's so terrible that it was bombed out so bad. I like den hague a little better because it has cool modern architecture and an old city center.

[Nathan]

Ugh. I'm in Utrecht right now. We're failing so hard in the United States makes me so mad. I'm in the EU for 6 weeks, I'm going to do my best to document shared space and transit and such.