Dutch architecture firm MVRDV has designed a stunning building for the city of Rotterdam which stylishly mixes public and private space. Construction has begun on the Market Hall, which features 228 apartments which form a tunnel over a public market area. Over a hundred shops and restaurants will fill the center hall, and all apartments will have balconies facing the exterior. The building is scheduled to be completed by 2014.
[via Deezen]
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thumbs down, over the top space agey, plastic and off the planet.
November 21st, 2009 at 4:33 am
I wonder if anyone has considered the acoustical properties of the shape of the hall. They must have…
November 23rd, 2009 at 11:51 am