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EXTENSION TO TYPE-FOUNDRY V/H TETTERODE
MERKELBACH & KARSTEN/MERKELBACH & ELLING, 1940-1951, Da Costakade 157-165, Amsterdam
Uitbreiding Lettergieterij v/h Tetterode / Extension to Type-foundry v/h Tetterode ( Merkelbach & Karsten/Merkelbach & Elling )
© 2006 Jan Derwig
The facades of this type foundry consist of horizontal bands of wall and window. Yet it is the vertical touches, the well-founded principal measurements of the whole and the composition which includes a deviating basement and set-back steel crown (the canteen) that make this building a successful, modern infill in a wall of canal houses. The complex spills over into existing premises, covering the entire plot at ground level. Standard workshop floors on the canal side have a concrete truss construction with a steel structure at its apex. After being home to squatters for some time, the complex was converted into flats. Parts of the interior have been moved to other buildings.