Zeemanshuis

TRANSFORM, ROTTERDAM, HOTEL

Location

Rotterdam

Size

1200 m2 expansion, 1000 m2 renovation

Client

Hijbeek Project-ontwikkeling b.v. - Zwijndrecht

Year

2001

The Zeemanshuis was built in the 1950's. The facade of this building could not be altered since it had been nominated for the monument list being "a typical example of the Rotterdam post-bombing architecture". Besides, the business in the hotel was not allowed to be interrupted while construction was going on. Because the foundation and structure of the existing Zeemanshuis was not strong enough to carry the weight of three extra storeys, the new storeys had to be completely separated of the structure of the old Zeemanshuis.
The new storeys consist of a box construction supported by metal legs on the vertices. The legs, with a diameter of 60 cm, run through and along the building in order to avoid putting strain on the original substructure. The new superstructure houses 27 hotel rooms.

 

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