© 2006 Jan Derwig
TECHNICAL SCHOOL WIBAUTSTRAAT
DE GEUS & INGWERSEN, -1956
Wibautstraat 125, Amsterdam
ARCHITECT(URAL OFFICE):
De Geus & Ingwersen
ARTIST:
Harry op de Laak
PROJECT ARCHITECT:
Commer de Geus
Ben Ingwersen
BUILDING TYPE:
Buildings for education
ARCHITECT(URAL OFFICE):
De Geus & Ingwersen
ARTIST:
Harry op de Laak
PROJECT ARCHITECT:
Commer de Geus
Ben Ingwersen
BUILDING TYPE:
Buildings for education
PUBLICATIONS:
Bouwkundig Weekblad 1957 p. 125; La Technique des Traveaux 1959 p. 149; Katholiek Bouwblad 1961 p. 441
Le Corbusier's influence on Dutch architecture has never been that great, if direct stylistic quotes are anything to go by. One exception is this school which exhibits quite a range of Corbusian references, most notably the sculptural concrete pilotis supporting the building, the concrete 'brise-soleil' set before the facade glazing and the roof garden straight out of the Unité d'Habitation at Marseilles. The built elements on this roof serve no collective purpose in themselves, being the voids of the canteen and gymnasium thrusting through the roof from the upper floor.