Central Post Offices
Central Post, the old and robust structure next to Central Station in Rotterdam, has been redeveloped into a contemporary and multifunctional office building to house the new creative industry. The project restored the exterior and added hanging floors to the interior, since the structure was built to carry more load than it ever held. The resulting building has a 90% increase in floor area and a Class A Energy Label. It is one of the five most sustainable buildings in the Netherlands.
As part of the redevelopment, the existing cores on both sides of the building were updated and the long office floors were divided by a wall to reduce the size of rentable units while creating fireproof compartments. A corporate penthouse is housed on the top floor, with a terrace overlooking the city, while the ground-floor spaces add vibrancy to an updated and contemporary Delftseplein.
Info
- Location
- Rotterdam, NL
- Date
- 2006–2009
- Size
- 52,400 sqm
- Client
- Central Post (LSI Project Investment + Fortress)
- Team
- Aksel Coruh, Allard Assies, Carl Greveling, Chris Luth, Dikkie Scipio, Hagar Zur, Jan Teunis ten Kate, Kees Kaan, Leo Harders, Luuk Stoltenborg, Mart-Jan den Hoed, Monika Konrad, Vincent Panhuysen, Yaron Tam
- Photography
- Christian Richters, Luuk Kramer
- Contractor
- Dura Vermeer Bouw
- Construction advisor
- Van Rossum Raadgevende Ingenieurs
- Building physics engineer
- Peutz
- Fire safety engineer
- Peutz
- MEP engineer
- J. van Toorenburg
