Katoenveem, Rotterdam

Redeveloping a former warehouse into the cultural hub of Rotterdam

Master thesis (2018)

Authors

E.J. Pietersma Architecture and the Built Environment

Contributors

A.C. de Ridder (mentor)
F.W.A. Koopman (mentor)
S.A. Stroux (mentor)
Faculty
Architecture and the Built Environment, Architecture and the Built Environment
Copyright: © 2018 Elmer Pietersma
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Published Date

01-02-2018

Language

English

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Faculty

Architecture and the Built Environment

Abstract

Due to the departure of heavy industry towards the west, many industrial waterfront buildings have lost their function within the harbour area of Rotterdam. One of these buildings is the Katoenveem.

The building in question is a storage and transshipment facility designed specifically for cotton. It is a longitudinal building which stretches along the end of a Rotterdam pier, where a hundred years worth of rough harbour climate and neglect have turned it into its current derelict state.

The design challenge is to redevelop the Katoenveem, giving it a new function and making it part of society once more. My design turns the once empty warehouse into a new cultural hub of Rotterdam whilst still maintaining its identity as a industrial heritage site.