So while you were on the Kunsthal’s platform yesterday, did your eyes follow the reflection of the traditional Dutch roofline to the actual houses across the street…  and perhaps also see all of this new and ongoing construction in the periphery?  Rotterdam is a city on the move. I feel a new exuberance on the streets, in the …
Dude With A Camel
 From the NAI we walk through the park, alongside the gorgeous Museum Boijmans van Beuningen,  then across this bridge,  and a little bit more until the Kunsthal comes into full view:  Rem Koolhaas, the mind behind the fantastic Prada stores in NYC and Los Angeles as well as the Guggenheim Hermitage Museum in Vegas, designed the Kunsthal Rotterdam. …
NAi
 The Netherlands Architecture Institute (NAi) is both a museum and cultural center. It is the first place we’ll visit inside Rotterdam’s Museumpark.  Designed by Jo Coenen, the NAI is an important library of architectural archives, publications, and exhibits. It is an impressive research facility as well as a forum for lectures and symposiums. It would be awesome to come to work here every …
Work Hard, Play Harder
 There’s a local expression here loosely translated to “you make money in Rotterdam, divide it at the Hague, and spend it in Amsterdam.” Whereas Amsterdam is the cultural epicenter and the Hague more or less a government seat of the Netherlands, Rotterdam is this country’s no-nonsense, worker-bee kind of city. It’s my kind of town. But on this day, when there’s a summer …
Outside Once Inside
 During summer breaks when I was in high school, I would sometimes drive around aimlessly with my little sister. Once in a while, we’d slow down in front of an interesting looking structure and I’d tell her we should go knock on the door just to see what it looked like on the inside.  She’d giggle in a way …