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SECONDARY SCHOOL AFRIKAANDERPLEIN
A. VAN DER STEUR (GEMEENTEWERKEN), 1924-1927
Afrikaanderplein 40, Rotterdam
ARCHITECT(URAL OFFICE):
Ad van der Steur
Gemeentewerken Rotterdam
RENOVATOR:
Ronald van Duivenbode
ASSISTING ARCHITECT:
Willem Gerrit Witteveen
BUILDING TYPE:
Buildings for education
ARCHITECT(URAL OFFICE):
Ad van der Steur
Gemeentewerken Rotterdam
RENOVATOR:
Ronald van Duivenbode
ASSISTING ARCHITECT:
Willem Gerrit Witteveen
BUILDING TYPE:
Buildings for education
PUBLICATIONS:
Bouwkundig Weekblad 1929 p. 241; H. Baaij, J. Oudenaarden - Monumenten uit Rotterdam, 1992; A. Gielen - Ad van der Steur, 2002
Van der Steur's first commission as City Architect was this secondary school on Afrikaanderplein, the square whose southern end it terminates in grand fashion. It consists of an elongated portion with classrooms on both sides to the north-east and a taller block containing the assembly hall and gyms to the south-west of the main entrance which is marked by a tower. Its composition of cubic volumes recalls Dudok. The complex also includes a botanical garden and gardener's residence. In 1996 the school building became a mosque, for which a dome was added to the assembly hall.