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234:. Then, from the early 1940s to 1953, the Stadstimmerhuis was located as an emergency building near the cattle market, between the Warande and the Goudse Rijweg, on the Boezemweg. This emergency building was still in use after 1953. In 1947, municipal architect J.R.A. Koops designed the new Stadstimmerhuis, originally conceived as an elongated building on the Haagseveer with four wings at right angles to each other. Ultimately, only one of the four wings was realized: the one on the Meent. In this way, an L-shaped office building was created on the Meent and the Haagseveer. Its construction took place between 1950 and 1953; it was one of the first larger buildings in the empty center of Rotterdam to be erected after the bombing. 29: 316: 304: 328: 340: 292: 246: 1228: 1208: 1218: 1198: 230:(translated literally: "city carpentry house") is the office of the municipal service that deals with building and construction. It is named after the profession of civil carpenter, and later civil architect or master builder. An earlier Stadstimmerhuis in Rotterdam was located on the Haringvliet, but was destroyed in the Second World War during the 254:
Partition walls in the office spaces are movable. On the Meent there is a row of steel and glass shop fronts, and the gable ends have granite reliefs. There is also a bronze plaque in honor of engineer Cornelis van Traa - city architect of the reconstruction between 1940 and 1964 - after a design by Cor van Kralingen.
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The old L-shaped building has been integrated into it. The extension comprises two towers, consisting of step-shaped, receding residential floors with roof terraces. On the ground floor, between the towers, is an atrium with a publicly accessible pedestrian passage (Halvemaanpassage) that connects
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Koops' original Stadstimmerhuis is a sleek building, made of concrete with brick and stone details. It features gabled roofs and chimneys, giving it a traditionalist look, but it was also considered progressive, due to the concrete skeleton, flexible ventilation system and self-service elevators.
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An extension of the Stadstimmerhuis, contained within the L-shape, designed by Ronald Gill in the 1970s, was demolished in 2011. In 2009, a call for proposals was issued to design a new wing, in which five architectural firms took part
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The building was completed in 1953 and housed the Department of Municipal Works and four technical departments. The reconstruction of Rotterdam would be led from this place.
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The new complex, the Timmerhuis, opened on December 11, 2015. It contains offices, 91 apartments, an underground parking garage and houses
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In 2000, the building received the status of a municipal heritage monument and has been extensively restored.
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Atrium and public passage with steel construction between the two towers
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Photo from the (since abandoned) expansion by Ronald Gill
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Timmerhuis - Rotterdam - from corner Raamplein-Haagseveer
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Facade on Rodezand with access to the Halvemaanpassage
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Stadstimmerhuis at the corner of Meent and Haagseveer
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Bronze plaque in honor of engineer Cornelis van Traa
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Stadsdriehoek
Rotterdam
Netherlands
Coordinates
51°55′21″N 4°28′52″E / 51.92250°N 4.48111°E / 51.92250; 4.48111
OMA
Stadsdriehoek
Rotterdam
Office for Metropolitan Architecture
German bombing of Rotterdam in World War II

Claus and Kaan
Mecanoo
Museum Rotterdam
North tower from Stadhuisstraat
Facade on Rodezand with access to the Halvemaanpassage
Atrium and public passage with steel construction between the two towers
Bronze plaque in honor of engineer Cornelis van Traa
Detail of facade with curved glass
"Timmerhuis Rotterdam"
"The Attack: The 1940 Bombing of Rotterdam"
"The Basic Plan by Van Traa"
"Stadstimmerhuis Meent"
"OMA completes pixellated Timmerhuis complex in Rotterdam"
"Museum Rotterdam: Our Story"
Photo from the (since abandoned) expansion by Ronald Gill
Photos of the extension by Designboom
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