IMd公司办公室——炼钢厂房变身“工程师乐园”

IMd Office - Steel Plant Becomes "Playground for Engineers"

对旧建筑的改造再利用是荷兰当前面临的一大课题。在荷兰有很多建筑都处于空置状态．等待着被重新改造和分配．这其中不乏一些品质极好的建筑．等待着有创造力的人们来发掘他们的潜力。位于鹿特丹Piekstraat的这个炼钢厂就是很好的例子．这里显然不太像是一个办公室该在的地方．但是却能坐拥一个独特的地理位置．以及远眺马斯河的极佳视野。这座炼钢厂的旧建筑能够吸引IMd公司的原因．还在于建筑里宏伟的钢铁结构下那宽敞的室内空间。

Recycling is a big issue in the Netherlands today. A large proportion of the building stock is vacant, awaiting renovation or re-allocation, including premises with unsuspected qualities just waiting for people with initiative who can spot this potential, So too this steel plant on Rotterdam＇s Piekstraat; not an obvious location for an office, but enjoying a unique position with views over the river Maas. What made the building attractive to IMd was the vast space, dominated by an imposing steel structure. Ector Hoogstad Architects （EHA） and IMd had already worked together on a large number of projects. IMd was alsocalled in when EHA designed an of^ce for itself in a former school building. This last collaboration inspired owners Remko Wiltjer and Pim Peters to took for unique premises for their firm too. They not only saw the advantages for their own organisation, but also realised that a striking property would help IMd to position itself even more clearly as one of the leading design engineering firms in the Netherlands. In conjunction with developer New Industries, they tracked down the former steel plant.