Sunbeam Parts
The Jobsveem Lloydkwartier in Rotterdam is a brick colossus of nearly 20,000 m2, built in 1912 and designated as a national monument in 2000. The conversion into residential units in 2003 again become concrete proposals in May of Architects and urban planners. Given the complexity of the interventions and the high time pressure by the developer and the architect of the recovery plan launched a special collaboration with our agency, a good balance between preservation and transformation to insure. Our task in the team is mainly a restoration design for maintenance of existing sunbeam parts of the old building to develop and operate, and supervise their implementation. For the 109 homes in the relatively closed warehouse with sufficient daylight and views to provide, there are in the 125 m long façades made three cuts. Behind the full height atria are realized, in which the access is resolved. Because of building depth is chosen for a relatively wide central corridor, and homes. On the ground floor space is reserved for businesses and restaurants. An additional top floor penthouses with luxurious, the profitable operations. The initial sunbeam parts of the building have been carefully restored, with an emphasis on authentic details and materials, and giving a new feature to use historical items. The concrete ramps do now such as a balcony. The houses were completed in December 2007 with detached shells cast iron columns and floor beams are visible in the ceiling. . . .
