Guillemins staion, Liège. Photo: RM
If the same solution is applied often enough for a particular type of building, a new typology is created. This can take place relatively quickly; comparatively young building types have already instilled a particular archetypal form in our subconscious. Continue reading
WTC, Rotterdam. Office, Deventer. Photos: RM
Like in most “revolutions”, after due time the sense of reality takes over its goals. The initial idealism goes on sale and will be trivialized or pragmatized at best. Modern architecture is no exception. The mirror facade clearly shows the bankruptcy of modernism in architecture in its original form. Continue reading
Office Building, São Paulo. Photo: Rogier Mentink
Like most (sub-) tropical cities, São Paulo in summer has two climates: the outside is hot and polluted, inside the air is conditioned and so often downright cold. Continue reading
Uithof, Utrecht. Photo: Rogier Mentink
It is without a doubt part of my professional deformation as an architect to sometimes regard buildings is if they had characters. They might just as a person be strict, or playful. Inaccessible or rude and crass. Continue reading
Wall painting, Eindhoven. Photo: Rogier Mentink
In a way, we all yearn for the cozy aesthetic of the illustrations from the children’s books of our childhood. Continue reading
De Rotterdam by O.M.A. Photo: Rogier Mentink
In terms of scale, the “Rotterdam” building is one size larger than other high-rises in the city of Rotterdam. With a height of 150 meters it isn’t the tallest building in the city, but its proportions and its location allow the city to make a quantum leap. Continue reading
Living in a Barrel 