P.A.R.A.S.I.T.E. Project
At first glance, it’s hard to tell what the angular building, painted a shade of light green bordering on chartreuse, is doing attached to the roof of a warehouse near the Maas River in Rotterdam. It looks as though it could be a sculpture or temporary ar
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City
P.A.R.A.S.I.T.E. project
LOCATION
Rotterdam, the Netherlands
ARCHITECTURALFIRM
DESIGNERS
YEAR
Korteknie Stuhlmacher Architecten
Rien Korteknie and Mechthild Stuhlmacher
2001
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