Archinect - News2013-05-25T15:49:17-04:00http://archinect.com/news/article/73854416/rotterdam-icon-becomes-24-hour-city
Rotterdam icon becomes 24-hour city Archinect2013-05-24T20:28:00-04:00>2013-05-25T11:42:52-04:00<img src="http://cdn.archinect.net/images/514x/m3/m3a940pbtgseravt.jpg" width="514" height="695" border="0" title="" alt="" /><p>
<strong>Architecture Day Friday 21 and Saturday 22 June 2013</strong><br>
One of the most iconic buildings in Rotterdam, the Hofpoort on the Hofplein, will be transformed into a 24-hour city on Friday 21 June and Saturday 22 June. All are welcome to come and eat, drink, dance, relax, breakfast, discover, meet, skate, create, shop and much more. For a full 24 hours the Hofpoort will be the epicentre of Architecture Day in Rotterdam.</p>
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The Hofplein area used to be regarded as the pulsing heart of Rotterdam. AIR, the Rotterdam architecture centre, ZUS – De Dépendance centre for urban culture and Rotterdam ArchiGuides are joining forces to bring it back to life again on Architecture Day. For 24 hours they will combine to transform the Hofpoort into a vertical city where there is something new to experience every hour.</p>
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The Hofpoort, better known as the Shell building, was built in 1976 and has 24 floors. Most of these floors have been vacant for some years. The abandoned office floors will be fil...</p>http://archinect.com/news/article/60489755/new-new-amsterdam-would-some-giant-dutch-sea-gates-have-saved-new-york
New New Amsterdam: Would Some Giant Dutch Sea Gates Have Saved New York? HotSoup2012-11-01T11:46:00-04:00>2012-11-02T09:42:21-04:00<img src="http://cdn.archinect.net/images/514x/cc/ccggcwdn2gfauc7w.jpg" width="514" height="386" border="0" title="" alt="" /><em><p>“They really don’t treat the water in this kind of eggshell kind of way that they do in the United States,” Mr. Chakrabarti said. “They reclaim the land, use dredging material, do a whole variety of things to reshape the shoreline, like we first did when we were New Amsterdam. The Dutch have unrivaled experience in dealing with flooding. They really know how to shape the water’s edge, and I think we really have to rethink the way we deal with the water’s edge, given what’s happened with Sandy.”</p></em><br /><br /><p>
Architect and planner Vishaan Charkrabarti, director of Columbia's Center for Urban Real Estate and a partner at SHoP, has a novel idea to save New York from the next big one: Build some giant sea gates around the harbor, like they have in Rotterdam. Also, a barrier island or two would be good.</p>