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FOOTBALL STADIUM FEIJENOORD
BRINKMAN & VAN DER VLUGT, 1934-1936
Van Zandvlietplein 1, Rotterdam
ARCHITECT(URAL OFFICE):
Brinkman & Van der Vlugt
ARTIST:
Hendrik Chabot
ARCHITECT(URAL OFFICE):
Leen van der Vlugt
ARTIST:
Cor Kraat
Dolf Henkes
BUILDING TYPE:
Sports centres
RELATED BUILDINGS:
Renovation and Extension Stadium Feijenoord
ARCHITECT(URAL OFFICE):
Brinkman & Van der Vlugt
ARTIST:
Hendrik Chabot
ARCHITECT(URAL OFFICE):
Leen van der Vlugt
ARTIST:
Cor Kraat
Dolf Henkes
BUILDING TYPE:
Sports centres
PUBLICATIONS:
Bouwkundig Weekblad 1936 p. 481; Bulletin KNOB 1970 p. 137; R. Daalder e.a. - Werkstad, 1985; Architectuur Rotterdam 1890-1945, 1991; H. Baaij, J. Oudenaarden - Monumenten uit Rotterdam, 1992; H.A. van Wijnen - De Kuip, 1989; Architectuur Bouwen 1994-10; Archis 1995-1; E. Schimmel e.a. - De Kuip, een metamorfose, 1995; M. de Wolf (red.) - Stadion Feijenoord Het Origineel, 1997RELATED BUILDINGS:
Renovation and Extension Stadium Feijenoord
'De Kuip' ('The Tub') has a lower and an upper level of terraces whose continuous curves follow the pitch so as to keep the distance between spectator and game to a minimum. Roofing and upper level are suspended from a cantilevered steel lattice structure. Some 65,000 spectators are able to vacate the stadium in six minutes flat via 22 double steel stairs on its outer face. During a restoration in 1994, the 60-year-old stadium was provided with a new structurally independent roof placed over rather than on the existing component.