Portlantis Visitor and Exhibition Center / MVRDVSave this picture! Ossip van DuivenbodeArchitects: MVRDVAreaArea of this architecture projectArea:3533 mYearCompletion year of this architecture project Year: 2025 PhotographsPhotographs:Ossip van DuivenbodeMore SpecsLess SpecsSave this picture!Text description provided by the architects. A machine for storytelling: MVRDV's Portlantis offers visitors a new perspective on the Port of Rotterdam. For centuries, the city of Rotterdam and its port have grown together in a symbiotic relationship. In the 21st century, the Port is embarking on one of the most significant changes in its history, as it transitions to sustainable, low-energy operations. How can this change be experienced by the public, making sense of the complexity of the port? Opening today, the MVRDV-designed Portlantis is a visitor and exhibition centre for the Port of Rotterdam located at the port's western-most point. Comprising a stack of five rotated exhibition spaces, the building stands out from its surroundings with its crimson-red public route from the dunes to its rooftop, while offering spectacular views in all directions of the North Sea, the coastline, and the port.Save this picture!Save this picture!Save this picture!Occupying a prominent location on the beach of the port's Maasvlakte 2 artificial land extension, Portlantis creates a beacon that is visible from afar. It takes a practical, no-nonsense approach to its educational task, channelling the spirit of the port with its simple functionality, dramatic presence, and industrial materials. The shape of the building is a direct response to the activities taking place inside and out: each floor is square in plan and has a large panorama window that frames a different view of the surroundings. The orientation of each floor, and the direction its main window faces, corresponds to its function: on the ground floor caf, this window faces westward and provides an intimate view of the dunes, while diners in the fourth-floor restaurant can enjoy views of both sunsets over the North Sea and the illuminated skyline of the port at night.Save this picture!The permanent exhibition, designed by Kossmanndejong, is spread over three levels with objects in this industrial environment. In the exhibition, each level addresses a different theme, and the panorama windows are focused on elements within the port that enhance the content of the exhibition. At the centre of the building is a 22-metre-tall atrium that functions as an exhibition space in its own right. A kinetic sculpture hangs in its centre, with a model of the Port of Rotterdam greeting visitors on the ground floor. This dramatic space is emphasised by the mirrored ceiling, which doubles its apparent height, and by the entrance from the ground floor, in which a rotating door conceals the exhibition until visitors enter the voluminous heart of the building.Save this picture!Save this picture!Save this picture!On the outside of the building, the different orientations of each level create platforms on each level. These are connected by bright red staircases that twist their way up the stack, highlighting the route to the roof. This route is accessible to the public for free, allowing the building to act as a viewing tower over the port. "Portlantis is a beacon, it's eye-catching, but it's also a kind of watchtower", says MVRDV founding partner Winy Maas. "When you live in Rotterdam, the port sits on the horizon it's 'over there' and many people don't really know what goes on there. Portlantis gives people a way to investigate, to see how things are changing in the port, how that relates to the city, and how it affects the lives they live in the city. It does this extremely efficiently like a machine for storytelling."Save this picture!The building's materials are simple and industrial, seeking to be sustainable by following circular economy principles. The structure is demountable so that its parts can easily be reused, and the faade panels will be returned at the end of their lifespan under an agreement made with the manufacturer. Even the building's foundation, which avoids the use of concrete piles, is designed to leave no trace. In addition to the sustainable materials of Portlantis, it is also a better than energy-neutral in operation. Efficient insulation and a heat pump mean that the building's energy requirements are relatively low. Thanks in large part to a dedicated on-site windmill, the project locally generates 30 percent more energy than it uses.Save this picture!Project gallerySee allShow lessProject locationAddress:Rotterdam, The NetherlandsLocation to be used only as a reference. It could indicate city/country but not exact address.About this officeMVRDVOfficeMaterialSteelMaterials and TagsPublished on March 21, 2025Cite: "Portlantis Visitor and Exhibition Center / MVRDV" 21 Mar 2025. ArchDaily. Accessed . <https://www.archdaily.com/1028179/portlantis-visitor-and-exhibition-center-mvrdv&gt ISSN 0719-8884Save!ArchDaily?You've started following your first account!Did you know?You'll now receive updates based on what you follow! Personalize your stream and start following your favorite authors, offices and users.Go to my stream

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As far as we know, time travel isnt possible, but our photos tell another story. Were brought back in time whenever our parents or grandparents break out their old slide projectors. And now, Kodak is trying to zip us ahead into the future.Their revolutionary slide and film digitizer now allows anyone to preserve their old photo formats from home. No need to drop them off at a drug store or risk mailing them awaysurprise your relatives with digital copies of their memories with Kodaks Slide N Scan. Normally $224.99, these hot gadgets are on sale for $164.97 this weekend.How does the Kodak Slide N Scan work?The idea behind Kodaks gadget is that its simple enough for anyone to usetechnophobes, children, or even Grandma. It works with standard slides and film negatives (135, 110, and 126 sizes).Then, convert your slides to digital in just a few steps:Insert your photo into the matching adapter, then into the gadget.Adjust color, brightness, and image quality to 14MP.Save the photo to a memory card (sold separately).Digitize the familys albums solo and show up with a flash drive to show everyone, or get everyone in on the experience. You can use the HDMI cord to hook the Slide N Scan up to a TV and put on a photo slideshow as you digitize the slides or film.Why should I digitize old slides or film negatives?When youre finished, nobody has to drag out the old projector just to travel back into the familys history. And, in case anything happens to those physical copies, you now have digital copies saved forever.Order a Kodak Slide N Scan while theyre on sale for $164.97 this weekend only (reg. $224.99). No coupon is needed to get this price.StackSocial prices subject to change.Kodak Slide N Scan Film & Slide ScannerSee Deal

Nature, Published online: 20 March 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00857-yMysterious dark energy thought to be a cosmological constant might have weakened over billions of years. Plus, skin immune cells form their own bandage around wounds and how astronomers are tackling the growing problem of satellite pollution.

Nature, Published online: 19 March 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-08738-0High spatiotemporal precision tracking using 3D MINFLUX shows that nuclear import and export occur in overlapping regions of the central pore, providing insight into transport across the nuclear pore complex.

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Microsoft Posts Image That Shows Steam Games on XboxWe know about Microsoft's strategy to bring Xbox exclusives to other platforms, and it seems it's taking this plan further, so we will have Steam games on Xbox.As @verge noticed, in its showcase of future Xbox UI, Microsoft included an image with a Steam label in the filters. After the outlet asked the company about it, Microsoft replaced the picture with one that doesn't show any hints of Steam.While it might have been a mistake, which I find extremely unlikely, The Verge's sources say Microsoft is working on an Xbox app update that will show every game you have installed on your PC, including from Steam and the Epic Games Store.Whatever it does with Xbox's UI, I strongly believe we will get Steam games on the console because Microsoft knows it has lost the console war, so it needs to come up with something else to attract players.