The Muse and CasaNova represent a bold new vision for Rotterdam’s urban high-rises. In 2013, after the financial crisis, Barcode Architects stepped in and proposed a design for a small plot in Rotterdam’s Maritime District. Instead of waiting for the market to respond, they took action.
The Rottekade house ultimately underwent a major transformation in which we not only enlarged the space but also gave a new identity to the house with a thatched roof and a variation between plaster, wood, Danish brickwork, and glass.
Due to the enormous growth in students, Erasmus University needs additional teaching space that can be flexibly adapted to the way education is taught.
The Bellhop hotel transforms the typical corridors of a Dutch townhouse into action bands for moving, staying, and sleeping inside.
Renilde is a concrete-designed restaurant that resides on the Depot Boijmans van Beuningen rooftop, the first fully accessible art deposit in the world. The Depot forms part of Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, one of the most important art institutions in Rotterdam, Netherlands.
In the authentic district Hillegersberg – Schiebroek in Rotterdam, there stands a characteristic corner house from the year 1956.
For a private investor, Firm converted a 215 square meter part of this 120-year-old Warehouse on one of the busiest harbours in the Port of Rotterdam. The poorly lit space combined with a north-facing facade with just a few windows meant the owner needed to be visionary in order to perceive a bright and well usable office space.
An old industrial building that used to serve as a warehouse and office space is situated directly at the Coolhaven in Rotterdam. Due to its concrete skeleton, the building has a typical industrial character from the 1950s of the Rotterdam reconstruction era.
