ABSTRACT
The design of the Port House in Antwerp, by multiple experts although was collaborated, the case study focuses on the roles of Zaha Hadid Architects, Studieburo Mouton and Bureau Bouwtechniek, beginning with the background of the design firms. ZAHA Hadid Architects is one of the most prominent, widely influential and recognizable contemporary design firms in the world that maintains an impressive reputation for innovation. The Studieburo Mouton firm is a small practice of both engineers and architects working on projects throughout the Flemish region. Bureau Bouwtechniek (BB) is a well-established research and consulting firm specializing in building technique. Patrick Schumacher generally describes the kind of thinking that seems to have contributed to the design of the Port House facade and to its ultimate rationalization for construction. On the whole, the Port House project is a textbook example of the benefits of collaboration and technology when constructing complex form and structure.
