MVRDV's future-minded 'machine for storytelling' opens at the Port of Rotterdam
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MVRDVs longstanding relationship with its home city of Rotterdam will usher in a new chapter this week with the opening of the new Portlantis visitors center and exhibition space for the Port of Rotterdam.Photo: Ossip van DuivenbodeAppearing as a stack of five rotated volumes, the upper half of the building's program entails a top-floor restaurant with operable windows and a fourth-floor exhibition gallery dedicated to the ports future adaptation to Paris Agreement benchmarks, topped by an accessible rooftop that culminates the journey for users with vistas of the city, dunes, and port terminals below.Photo: Ossip van DuivenbodeThe lower half begins with a ground floor caf framed by a dramatic 72-foot unifying atrium. From there, visitors will emerge into the first of three exhibition floors focused on the ports operations, local environmental and economic impact, constituent role in global trade, and influence over the daily lives of Rotterdamers.Photo: Ossip van Duive...
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