© 2006 Jan Derwig
SANATORIUM
J.J.P. OUD, 1952-1960
Wekeromscheweg 6, Arnhem
ARCHITECT(URAL OFFICE):
J.J.P. Oud
ARTIST:
Karel Appel
EXTENSION:
Hans Oud
ARTIST:
Aart van den IJssel
Rudi Rooijackers
BUILDING TYPE:
Special accommodation
Health service buildings
ARCHITECT(URAL OFFICE):
J.J.P. Oud
ARTIST:
Karel Appel
EXTENSION:
Hans Oud
ARTIST:
Aart van den IJssel
Rudi Rooijackers
BUILDING TYPE:
Special accommodation
Health service buildings
PUBLICATIONS:
Bouw 1960 p. 1306, 1965 p. 1676; Archis 1998-12; H. Oud - J.J.P. Oud, 1984; D. Broekhuizen - De Stijl toen/J.J.P. Oud nu, 2000; E. Taverne e.a. - J.J.P. Oud Compleet Werk, 2001; Architectural Design 1961 p. 127
This sanatorium for motorially disturbed children is Oud's most expressive design, consisting as it does of discrete volumes in a wooded setting, each with a distinct function. Patients' pavilions on two sides of a central axis are turned to face the sun. The ten identical pavilions house six boys and six girls apiece. Along the central axis are the headquarters, an L-shaped sports block of gymnasium and swimming pool topped off with an observation tower, and a circular boilerhouse and porter's lodge (the hub of the complex in every sense) sporting a conical aluminium cap. A projected chapel was never built. Oud's search for a poetic functionalism led sometimes to a form of Expressionism gained at the expense of the project's efficiency. The graphic architecture, with more than a nod to that of De Stijl, is echoed in Karel Appel's tiled artwork above the main entrance.