Ben Maandag
Photography: Dick Sellenraad, Piet Rook

Design: Via Vermeulen, Illustrated (colour and b/w), Hardback, 192 pages, 23 x 28 cm
Dutch/English edition, ISBN 978-90-5662-796-6, € 35.00 / OUT OF PRINT
January 2011

In association with Gemeentewerken Rotterdam (the City of Rotterdam’s Public Works Department)

The commission: to bore a tunnel that extends for almost 2.5 km and connects two new underground stations within an urban area. The construction of the Rotterdam section of RandstadRail presented an enormous challenge on many different fronts. The lavishly illustrated RandstadRail Rotterdam – Architecture and Construction offers a fascinating glimpse into this intensive and innovative building process.

Rotterdam has written yet another chapter in the ongoing expansion of its underground network with the new light rail link between Rotterdam and The Hague. The extraordinary construction of RandstadRail has already become a textbook case of how modern infrastructure can be built in the middle of a city. The tunnel boring machine Pandora played a key part in this as its rotating cutter head cleared a path deep below Rotterdam. RandstadRail Rotterdam is a tale of innovative technology and the people behind it.

> Also available: Understanding Rotterdam