Description

Market Hall Rotterdam
Opposite De Blaak station, a spectacular building is under construction that could well become Rotterdam's new eye-catcher. The Market Hall, designed by architect Winy Maas (MVRDV), will be the first covered food market in the Netherlands. Flats, stacked in a horseshoe-shaped arch, cover the market floor, where there is space for 100 fixed market stalls. A total of 228 flats, both owner-occupied and rented, are included in the arch over 11 floors. The market is flanked on the ground floor on both sides by catering, and food retail related.
Underground is a three-level parking garage, as well as an Albert Heijn shop. The construction of the parking garage required a building pit almost 15 metres deep, 90 metres wide and 117 metres long.
On both end sides, the Market Hall is closed off with a 35-metre-high glass façade. This will be executed as a pre-stressed cable net façade, tensioned to the concrete arch in the end wall.
Construction of the project started in October 2009; the project will be completed in October this year.

Parties involved
Project developer: Provast
Architect: MVRDV, Rotterdam (Winy Maas)
Designing architect: Inbo, Amersfoort
Structural engineering consultant: RoyalhaskoningDHV, Rotterdam
Installations consultant: Techniplan Adviseurs, Rotterdam
Building physics consultant: Peutz, Zoetermeer
Superstructure contractor: J.P. van Eesteren, Barendrecht
Contractor substructure: Aannemerscombinatie Mobilis and Martens en Van Oord
Contractor glass facade: Octatube, Delft
Please note:
The number of participants is limited to 30 persons due to the available reception area; acceptance will take place in order of registration.

15.30:00 Reception (Market Hall Experience)
16:00 Explanation of the programme (Provast/ ing. Jurjen Thomas)
16:20 Explanation of the structural design (RoyalhaskoningDHV / Ir. Maurice Hermens)
16:40 Explanation of the design of the glass façade (Octatube / Peter van de Rotten)
17:00 - 18:00 Closing drinks

Location

Binnenrotte, corner of Blaak 3011 MD ROTTERDAM

Reception from 15:30 in the Market Hall

Organiser

Construction

Name and contact details for information

More information from Frans van Herwijnen, e-mail fvanherwijnen53@kpnmail.nl or Nienke Ris

nienke@vansteenenstaal.nl