Fenix loft balconies (UF 209) - a photo on Flickriver

Europe, Netherlands, Rotterdam, Katendrecht, Veerlaan, Fenixlofts, Facade, Balconies (slightly cut)

The facade of Fenixlofts - the gentrified / redeveloped Fenix veem (harbor storage facility). The building dates back to 1898, it’s an early example of a modernist industrial structure without load-bearing walls.

Again the story of the building:

1898-1950
The Fenix 1 , together with Fenix 2, once formed the giant ‘San Francisco’ veem. With a length of 300 m the then longest / largest veem in the world. The building has a complex and somewhat dramatic history which reflects the history of Rotterdam. At first, it was used as the storage facility of the HAL (Holland America Line). At the start of the second world war, the quay facilities were severely damaged during a German bombing raid The attack and at the end of the war again.
1950- end 80s
After the war San Francisco was repaired, the HAL moved its facilities to the adjacent Wilhelminapier and the ‘Van Gend en Loos’ transport company moved to the building. In 1947 a fire destroyed the middle part of it. In 1950 the two remaining parts were redeveloped on the instigation of the municipality of Rotterdam as Fenix-loods 1 and Fenix-loods 2 and the open space was partly filled by a facility building for harbour workers with washrooms, toilets and a large canteen. C.Steinweg Handelsveem became the prime user of the buildings.
End 80s till now
At the end of the 80s during the big transformation of the Rotterdam harbour, the Rijnhaven together with the adjacent Maashaven largely lost their harbour function. After a number of plans and studies in 2012 the municipality decided to redevelop both buildings as an element of the redevelopment/gentrification of the dilapidated Katendrecht quarter, which is an element of the Kop van Zuid urban restructuring masterplan plan which involves all the old harbours on the south bank of the river) .
The first stage of the redevelopment was to allow temporary commercial and artistic use of the Fenix buildings. Fenix 1 was primarily used for exhibitions. In the first comment are two images made during the RAW art exhibition there.
Alas, the redevelopment of the veem, entailed something very close to the complete demolition of the edifice.

This is 924 of Minimalism / explicit Graphism and 209 of Urban frontiers.

Taken in: Holland / South Holland / Katendrecht (show map)

Taken on: June 19, 2020

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Sets appears in: • Façades • Katendrecht more » • Minimalism / explicit Graphism • Rotterdam Architecture • Urban frontiers • Nikon Coolpix 500 « less

Groups appears in: • Rotterdam, The Netherlands • 1-2-3 Abstract Architecture more » • De Doka • !! Nederland Vandaag !! • Coolpix P500 • Again and Again and Again « less

Camera: NIKON COOLPIX P500, f/7.1, 1/640 sec, 95.6mm, ISO 160 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	NIKON COOLPIX P500
Aperture:	f/7.1
Exposure Time:	0.002 sec (1/640)
Focal Length:	95.6mm
ISO:	160
Exposure Bias:	-1.3 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Aperture-priority AE
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Contrast:	High
Saturation:	High
Sharpness:	Hard
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Adobe Photoshop 21.2 (Windows)
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