Rotterdam Centraal is the main railway station of Rotterdam, Netherlands, rebuilt to its current form by the architectural collaboration Team CS, made up of Benthem Crouwel Architects, MVSA Architects and the landscape firm West 8, and opened in 2014 to replace a mid-twentieth-century station on the same site. Its most recognizable feature is a sharply angled facade and canopy on the station's northern side, clad in stainless steel and tilted at roughly 60 degrees, a form intended to read as a gesture welcoming visitors into the city. The redevelopment also created a larger public square and improved connections between rail, metro and tram services, part of a wider regeneration of the surrounding station district.
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1. Rotterdam Centraal railway station, Wikipedia
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Railway station in Rotterdam, Netherlands
History, Reconstruction
The full completion of the station was on 13 March 2014
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Rotterdam Centraal is the main railway station of Rotterdam, Netherlands, rebuilt to its current form by the architectural collaboration Team CS, made up of Benthem Crouwel Architects, MVSA Architects and the landscape firm West 8, and opened in 2014 to replace a mid-twentieth-century station on the same site. Its most recognizable feature is a sharply angled facade and canopy on the station's northern side, clad in stainless steel and tilted at roughly 60 degrees, a form intended to read as a gesture welcoming visitors into the city. The redevelopment also created a larger public square and improved connections between rail, metro and tram services, part of a wider regeneration of the surrounding station district.
View the Source2. Wikidata: Rotterdam Centraal railway station
- Wikidata Q801388, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)
- Wikidata Q801388, P571 claim (w-bbfill-artsarchag-0926)
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