Mei Architects perches Fenix I apartments on dockside warehouse in Rotterdam
Fenix I is a steel and concrete apartment block built on top of a warehouse in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, by Dutch practice Mei Architects.
The warehouse, which dates from 1922, was built in the Rijnhaven port district by the architect CN van Groor for the Holland America Line shipping company.
Mei Architects has converted the warehouse to house a group of cultural institutions called Fenix Docks and a multi-storey car park.
Above this building a one-kiloton steel frame supports a stepped concrete housing block called Fenix I, which has 212 apartments on nine floors.
The steel frame separates the new concrete apartment building from the existing warehouse, with galleries and lifts connecting it to the converted warehouse space below.
A central courtyard, with homes around it, sits in the four-metre-high layer between the old and new buildings.
The apartment building has a stepped profile. It rises nine stories above the warehouse facing the Rijnhaven docks, and steps down to four levels above the warehouse on the opposite side, which faces the Veerlaan district.
The apartments have been designed to be loft-style, with open plan layouts and an industrial aesthetic to match their location.
Fenix I's ring-shaped apartment block has balconies looking down to the courtyard garden on the warehouse roof, with flower boxes and trellis for climbing plants
This inner area feature white concrete and wooden facades, with timber elements that go from light to dark across the ...
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