Santos, Rotterdam

Santos, Rotterdam: From vacant to active monument, a creative office for Katendrecht

Slager, Hester (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment)

de Ridder, Alexander (mentor)
Koopman, Frank (mentor)
Stroux, Sara (mentor)

Delft University of Technology

2018-01-21

Santos is a warehouse from the beginning of the 20th century, that has been vacant for most of its existence. Located on Katendrecht, it is placed right in the middle of a future high-density plan for 'de Pols', which focuses on attracting urban creators. By turning Santos into a creative office, the thesis builds upon these plans from the municipality, and attempts to once again turn Santos into a building that houses activity, instead of vacancy. The main design challenge concerns maintaining the industrial spirit of place, and the important clue that Santos provides towards Katendrecht's harbour history, all while creating the pleasant working conditions that an office requires (daylight being the most prominent one).

Heritage & Architecture
Industrial Heritage
Harbour heritage
Adaptive reuse
Transformation
Rotterdam
Katendrecht
Creative Office

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Student theses

master thesis

© 2018 Hester Slager