Rotterdam Centraal

[ad_1] Info: Team CS Photography: Jannes Linders; courtesy Benthem Crouwel Architekten . The new Central Station of Rotterdam is an interesting yet simple exercise in distinctly metropolitan station architecture. At Rotterdam Central, the old station by Sybold van Ravesteyn, which consisted of a station hall, pedestrian tunnel and open platforms, each with its own canopy, was out of step with current requirements with respect to size, layout and grandeur. What was needed was a new station, designed as an entity: the station hall now runs from Proveniersplein on the north side to Stationsplein on the south – in other words, […]