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PRIMARY SCHOOL DE EVENAAR
H. HERTZBERGER, 1984-1986, Obiplein 115, Amsterdam
Basisschool De Evenaar / Primary School De Evenaar ( H. Hertzberger )
© 1992 Rook & Nagelkerke

ARCHITECT(URAL OFFICE):
Herman Hertzberger

BUILDING TYPE:
Buildings for education

The school was built according to the same basic principle underlying Hertzberger's Apollo Schools (110). The classroom facades in this case are curved and of a more open character. Those upstairs are grouped in two clusters of three each with its own 'prefatory space'. Dislocating the two clusters created space for a central amphitheatre. Once again Hertzberger managed to achieve a great spatial opulence within the limited budget allotted for building schools, and shows himself to be a master of detail.