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ROMAN CATHOLIC ST. NICOLAS CHURCH ROTTERDAM
J.P.L. HENDRIKS, W. VAN DER SLUYS, L.A. VAN DEN BOSCH, 1952-1953
Burgemeester Baumannlaan 169-171, Rotterdam
ARCHITECT(URAL OFFICE):
Jan Hendriks
Willem van der Sluys
Lex van den Bosch
BUILDING TYPE:
Religious buildings
ARCHITECT(URAL OFFICE):
Jan Hendriks
Willem van der Sluys
Lex van den Bosch
BUILDING TYPE:
Religious buildings
PUBLICATIONS:
Katholiek Bouwblad 1952 p. 113; 1954 p. 33
This Roman Catholic church is a beacon of traditionalism amidst the prefab housing and modernist shopping centre of Overschie. Resembling a basilica in parti, the brick building's interior boasts thick-set tiled columns with round arches. The main space could accommodate 1000 worshippers. Next to the entrance is an octagonal baptistery; the sacristy is in an annexe at the rear. A second annexe contains the trapezium-shaped presbytery with its decorative brickwork. A tall steeple has been passed over in favour of a monumental front with a modest bell tower.