3D print the Van Nelle Factory
A free printable 3D model of the Van Nelle Factory on the Schie in Rotterdam, with surrounding streets and buildings, generated from real map data in your browser.
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- On a 160 mm print
- 4 mm
- Scale
- 1:3,750
4 mm tall on a 160 mm print
Make this print opens the generator on a 600 m square around the landmark. Buildings print at close to true scale, so the landmark grows with the print size.
- A low factory complex
A low, broad factory complex prints best at a larger size, where its rooflines and facade rhythm stay clear. Print friendly adapts the thinnest parts at small sizes.
- One piece with the ground
The Van Nelle Factory is joined to the ground in the exported file, and the four-side check found no floating parts, so nothing needs gluing.
- Pick the detail for your nozzle
In the Buildings settings, set Landmark detail to Print friendly to adapt thin parts and small details to the print scale. Full detail keeps every modeled feature, for larger prints or a finer nozzle.
- Colors
Buildings, roads, water and ground arrive as separate filament slots in the 3MF. The Van Nelle Factory takes the building color.
- File format
You get a 3MF for Bambu Studio, OrcaSlicer or PrusaSlicer. Any of them can save it as STL if you need one.
About the Van Nelle Factory
The Van Nelle Factory is a former factory on the Schie in Rotterdam, built between 1925 and 1931 to a design by Leendert van der Vlugt of Brinkman & Van der Vlugt, working with civil engineer J.G. Wiebenga. It was commissioned by the Van Nelle company's co-owner, Cees van der Leeuw. The complex is an example of Nieuwe Bouwen, the Dutch form of modernist architecture, and has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2014.
In the twentieth century the plant processed coffee, tea and tobacco, and in later years it also handled chewing gum and cigarettes, instant pudding, and rice. Production came to an end in 1996, and the buildings were converted for other uses. The renovated complex is home to a mix of companies as well as a modern co-working space, and some areas host meetings, conventions and events.
The praise came soon after construction, when a number of prominent architects described the result. Le Corbusier called it, in 1932, "the most beautiful spectacle" produced by the modern age, and Robertson described it in 1930 as "a poem in steel and glass". The site is also a Dutch national monument, a Rijksmonument.
About this model
The Van Nelle Factory is one of more than 4,400 landmark models in Mini Skyline. They are made with AI, and each one is checked from four sides in its real surroundings before release. Everything around it is built from OpenStreetMap and Overture map data. If you would rather print the shape from map data, turn off Landmark models in the Buildings settings.
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