"The heavy brick mass of the early twentieth century warehouse stands steady at the corner, its facades still marked by decorative lintels and deep-set openings. Above, two added floors sit within a perforated aluminum veil that glows softly at dusk. The metal skin reads as a light canopy hovering over the old masonry, a precise intervention that contrasts the museum's new public life with its working past. See designboom's previous coverage here."
"The museum occupies one of the best preserved warehouses in the Netherlands, built between 1901 and 1902 for coffee shipped from Brazil. Architects Renner Hainke Wirth Zirn Architekten in Hamburg worked with Rotterdam-based firm WDJArchitecten to restore the six historic stories and insert new levels at the top, bringing the total height to just under 35 metres. The upper addition, wrapped in a semi transparent 'crown,' holds offices and a restaurant while maintaining solar protection through its perforated surface ."
The Nederlands Fotomuseum opened in a restored Santos warehouse on Rotterdam's Rijnhaven harbor. The original early-twentieth-century brick warehouse retains decorative lintels, deep-set openings and six historic stories. Architects Renner Hainke Wirth Zirn Architekten and WDJArchitecten restored the building, added two upper floors wrapped in a perforated aluminum 'crown' that houses offices and a restaurant while providing solar protection. Ground-level shutters were replaced with glazing to integrate the museum with the street. A tall central atrium cuts through the building, allowing daylight to filter down and revealing cast-iron columns and timber beams. The intervention balances preservation with contemporary public use.
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