Eerste Christelijke LTS Patrimonium (Amsterdam)

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Former 1e Christelijke LTS patrimony , 2011

The former Eerste Christelijke L (agere) T (echnical) S (chool) Patrimonium (German First Christian Technical Vocational School Patrimonium ) is located at Vrolikstraat 8 in the Amsterdam district of Oost . The building complex was built between 1952 and 1956 according to plans by the architects C. de Geus and C. vd Bom. The house is slightly angled on the parallel Wibautstraat in order to make optimal use of the sunshine and to emphasize the exposed location.

The concrete reliefs and mosaics on the subjects of craftsmanship and technology on and in the building come from Harry op de Laak. Extensive renovations took place in 1962 and 1968 under the direction of the architect JB Ingwersen, during which a sports hall was integrated into the building. The bronze sculpture on the facade was created by the sculptor W. Reijers. The work of art, which depicts two grasping hands, was made in 1956, but was not installed here until the late 1970s. In the central hall of the building there was also the concrete sculpture Playing Children (1956) by P. Eecen, which is now considered lost.

In 2007 the complex was included in the top 100 Dutch monuments 1940–1958 , and since 2009 it has been a Rijksmonument . The listed ensemble also includes the entrance portal with an approximately 21 meter long wall, the mosaic decoration of which depicts the story of creation , as well as the schoolyard paved with 3.5 × 3.5 meter concrete slabs with two benches.

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Former 1e Christelijke LTS patrimony , 2009

The architecture of the school building, which was commissioned by the Christelijke Stichting Patrimoniums Nijverheidsscholen (German Christian Foundation Patrimoniums Fachschulen ), is based strongly on the Unité d'Habitation developed by Le Corbusier . The core of the building consists of a reinforced concrete skeleton with a horizontal and vertical beam spacing of 3.50 meters. The pillars of the ground floor, where the teaching workshop was located, in the sense developed by Corbusier Pilotis visible. The gables in between have large windows with narrow frames to suggest the greatest possible openness. The windowless parts of the gable and the frieze above the fourth floor were clad with concrete slabs. Concrete frames are attached in front of the window fronts. The characteristic shaft with small glass windows on the north side houses an escape staircase . Window gables, gable slabs, stairwell and escape stairs were made of spun concrete.

Former 1e Christelijke LTS patrimony , 2009

The interior of the building was originally divided vertically into theory and practice rooms. A canteen was housed on the fourth floor on the south side, with a raised roof construction as evidence. The elongated roof on the north side comes from the former sports hall next to it. In the 1990s, the building was extensively renovated, with the exposed concrete and almost all of the reliefs being painted over inside. The layout of the entrance hall for the lecturers has also been changed. The canteen was moved to the ground floor, for which a further floor was built there. Otherwise, the layout and exterior of the complex are unchanged.

The school building is still in use today and is used by the Europa College / ROC ASA , which was founded in 1990 and which emerged from the LTS Patrimonium , among other things .

Web links

Commons : LTS Patrimonium (Amsterdam)  - Collection of images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ It seems to be identical with the Cygnus Gymnasium (founded in 2005) and the Ambachtsschool Het Schip, cf. Cygnus High School. In: www.emporis.de. Accessed March 31, 2020 . .

Coordinates: 52 ° 21 ′ 17.8 "  N , 4 ° 54 ′ 44.9"  E