‘The Coolsingel has always been an unpredictable outcome of the confrontation of ‘unplanable’ events like the bombing of Rotterdam, megalomaniac urbanism, and a sprawl of commercial architecture. Coolsingel, the central area of Rotterdam, but also the bearer of the major memories of the city and a place in permanent transformation, is currently the centre of many design and policy intentions.’ (Wouter Vanstiphout for SIR).