Place
Rotterdam
Type
Workplace
Completed
2024
Client
Kade Development
Floor area
9,800 m²
Offices for 300 people in a former grain silo on the quay, completed in 2024.
The brief
The silo was built in 1931 and stood empty for twenty years. The owner asked us whether it was worth keeping. We thought it was.
The design
We kept the brick shell and the concrete bins, and cut new floors in between them. The round bins became meeting rooms and stairs. A new glass floor on top holds the canteen, with a view down the river.
The result
About 300 people have worked here since spring 2024. Keeping the structure saved roughly 3,000 tonnes of CO₂ compared with a new building of the same size.
From drawing to building
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