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ECUMENICAL CENTRE

RIETVELD VAN DILLEN VAN TRICHT, 1961-1968, Oostmaaslaan 950-952, Rotterdam

ARCHITECT(URAL OFFICE):
Rietveld Van Dillen Van Tricht

PROJECT ARCHITECT:
Joan van Dillen

:
Ronald van Duivenbode

BUILDING TYPE:
Sociocultural buildings

Neither Rietveld (d. 1964) nor Van Dillen (d. 1966) would live to see the completion of this building, a gift of reconciliation to Rotterdam by the German Evangelical Church. The design consists of a cube lifted into space on four increasingly tall stair cum service towers along the four sides. Bringing together numerous functions (meeting hall, sports hall, library, lodgings, workrooms) in a single abstract volume symbolizes the ecumenical ethos. The renovated building has served the Erasmus University as a training centre since 1992.