Submarine shipyard Rotterdam
The submarine shipyard Rotterdam ( Dutch De Onderzeebootloods ) was part of the part of the port of Rotterdam in the district of Heijplaat used by the Rotterdamsche Droogdok Maatschappij (RDM) .
history
The three large halls were built by the RDM between 1929 and 1939 and were used to manufacture submarines . There are actually three covered slipways , the three facades of which are almost completely closed for reasons of secrecy, since ships for use by the military were built here. The horizontal ribbon windows are made of steel and are attached very high up in the side walls. Daylight is let in through large glass surfaces in the roofs.
Reuse
After the end of shipbuilding in this shipyard, the halls were used as storage rooms and workshops. The new use meant that the floors of the three halls were leveled and the halls were made usable by installing partition walls.
Since 2010, the halls of the former submarine shipyard have been used by the Boijmans Van Beuningen Museum and the Rotterdam Port Authority in order to make the port attractive to a wide audience through art exhibitions. The exhibitions in recent years have included:
- 2010: Infernopolis by the Dutch Atelier Van Lieshout.
- 2011: The One and the Many by the Scandinavian artist duo Elmgreen and Dragset .
- 2012: An exhibition by the Armenian-French artist Sarkis .
- 2013: XXXL painting by the artists Klaas Kloosterboer, Chris Master and Jim Shaw.
Web links
- RDM Onderzeebootloods In: rdmrotterdam.nl (Dutch)
Coordinates: 51 ° 53 '58.4 " N , 4 ° 25' 8.2" E