Huize Lydia
Huize Lydia (German House Lydia ) is a building on Roelof Hartplein 2b in the Amsterdam district of Zuid , which was built from 1924 to 1927 as a Roman Catholic home for women and girls . The building, clad with brown bricks , is considered to be the most important work by the Dutch architect Jan Boterenbrood (1886–1932), who designed it in the style of the Expressionist Amsterdam School . The concrete construction came from the engineer K. Bakker. Since 1996 the house as the neighboring stands house Bronckhorststraat 11-37 when Rijksmonument under monument protection .
The building, erected on a U-shaped floor plan around an inner courtyard, has alternating five and six upper floors. The southeast wing is crowned by a gable roof construction and a tower built later. The many details of the facade include the pattern of the parapet , some striking leaded glass windows and several bay windows and winter gardens . Between 1927 and 1928, across the street from Roelof Hartplein, the brick - Expressionist kitchen building Het Nieuwe Huis was built , which further strengthened the exposed urban area.
Huize Lydia originally housed 158 rooms as well as several staff and common rooms. In 1953, part of the ground floor was structurally changed. In 1982 further renovations took place, with 20 additional apartments being created. At the time, the house was owned by the municipal housing association, which used it as a nurses' home. Today the common rooms of the house serve as the multifunctional center of the Combiwel company .
Web links
- Entry in the Dutch list of historical monuments (Dutch)
- Description of the building at the Rijksdienst voor het Cultureel Erfgoed (Dutch)
- Description of the building at architectureguide.nl (English)
Coordinates: 52 ° 21 '10.7 " N , 4 ° 52' 53.8" E