:: created by good omen designing :: last time updated on 01-03-2009 ::
this very unusual square is over, on the second level, existing square blaak. on the small photo is a viewfrom the lower level [underblaak?] and photo from the inside of one of the houses.
oberblaak is part of the really bizare project by piet blum, built beetween 1978 and 1984. in a very nice location beetween old harbour and big intersection with train terminal, this quiet, unusually shaped square,
.................oberblaak, rotterdam, nederland, 2005
surrounded by mostly residential units and few public spaces is one of the most prominent rotterdam attractions.
rotterdam is known as center of world contemporary architecture so this is not unusual.
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religious
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court yard
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tourist value
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with park
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total
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street, shopping
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| other squares in nederland | ||
 rotterdam 01 |
 rotterdam 02 |
 rotterdam 03 |
 shiedam 04 |
 amsterdam05 |
 amsterdam06 |
 amsterdam07 |
 gouda 08 |
 maastricht 09 |
 zierikzee 10 |
 zierikzee 11 |
 vlissingen 12 |
 delft 13 |
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| other squares in mexico | ||
 ek"balam 01 |
 chichenitza02 |
 chichenitza03 |
 playa 04 |
 playa 05 |
 valadolid 06 |