Sint-Josephkerk (Amsterdam)
The Sint-Josephkerk ( German St. Joseph's Church ) is a former Roman Catholic church at the Erik de Roodestraat in town district Robert Scottbuurt in Amsterdam District West . The building, completed in 1952, served as a church until 1990 and was used as a climbing hall until May 2012 . In 2007 the building was included in the top 100 Dutch monuments 1940–1958 , and since 2009 it has been a Rijksmonument .
history
The Sint-Josephkerk had been part of the plans for the city expansion of Amsterdam since the 1930s. The Diocese of Haarlem and the parish of the Chassékerk in Amsterdam commissioned the architect Gerard Holt, who designed the church building from 1941 to 1943 in collaboration with KP Tholens. Due to the Second World War , the construction of the church could only begin in May 1950 after some changes. Two years later the church was consecrated to Joseph of Nazareth .
After the number of church visitors fell significantly in the 1980s, the building was desecrated in 1990 . The parishioners were taken over by the parishes of the Sint-Augustinuskerk, the Chassékerk and the Sint-Franciscuskerk. In the meantime these have also been dissolved and brought together in the newly founded Church of the Holy Trinity. In 1995 the construction company Ballast Nedam bought the area of the Sint-Josephkerk. Committed residents were able to prevent the planned demolition of the building. The building has been rented out as a climbing hall since 1996, initially under the name Tussen hemel en aarde (German Between Heaven and Earth ). The current user Mountain Network Amsterdam has announced that it will move to a new office in May 2011.
Since 2009, the municipality of Amsterdam has been working in cooperation with the housing cooperative Eigen Haard and Ballast Nedam on an urban renewal of the district, which should be completed in 2020. The Sint-Josephkerk is to be renovated and to play a central role architecturally and functionally.
Building
The Sint-Josephkerk is a three-aisled church building with an extended apse , a church tower , a forecourt and an extended baptistery . The architect was inspired when planning early Christian basilicas . However, based on the models of Auguste Perret and Le Corbusier , modern construction techniques were used. The building, which consists of a reinforced concrete skeleton , is one of the first Catholic churches in the Netherlands to use this method. The walls between the concrete girders are clad on the outside with concrete slabs and natural stones from the Dutch province of Limburg .
The interior is dominated by the light brick cladding of the concrete pillars on the upper aisle . The ceiling consists of prefabricated concrete cassettes . The spans of the reinforced concrete girders of the main nave are 15 meters. The nave, designed for 1130 people, is illuminated with daylight through large square windows. The ceiling paintings and the blue-tinted glass windows of the chancel were designed by the artist M. Leeuw.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Mountain Network: Mountain Network Amsterdam . As of April 26, 2011.
- ↑ Gemeente Amsterdam: Stadsdeel West - De plannen ( Memento of the original dated November 7, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . As of April 26, 2011.
- ↑ Gemeente Amsterdam: Sint-Josephkerk ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . As of April 26, 2011.
Coordinates: 52 ° 22 ′ 23.5 " N , 4 ° 50 ′ 42.7" E