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SIMON VAN HASSELTSCHOOL
S.J. BOUMA, 1926-1928, Heesterpoort 1, Groningen
© 2011 Ossip van Duivenbode
ARCHITECT(URAL OFFICE):
Siebe Bouma
BUILDING TYPE:
Buildings for education
RELATED BUILDINGS:
Primary Schools by Bouma
During the 1920s and '30s Siebe Bouma, then a young designer on the Public Works payroll, was able to set his stamp on the Groningen cityscape. This placed him in a position not unlike that of Dudok in Hilversum. During this period Bouma designed bridges, a string of distributing substations, a timber pavilion on Noorderplantsoen reminiscent of Oud's celebrated https://www.architectureguide.nl/project/item/prj_id/301" class="inline_link">Site Office, street furniture, housing projects (the most famous being the Bloemenbuurt) and the https://www.architectureguide.nl/project/item/prj_id/842" class="inline_link">Public Works building.
The most interesting architecturally, however, is a series of six primary schools he built between 1925 and 1932. A coincidence of events - the 1922 Primary Education Act, a reviving economy and the attendant added momentum in building residential estates - led to a great many primary schools being built during this period. The series of designs Bouma made saw his architecture develop from a local variant on the Amsterdam School to a cubic-geometric style deriving from Dudok whom he admired.
If the basic set-up of the combined Th. Thijssen and D. Bos Schools is still Amsterdam School, the details betray the influence of Frank Lloyd Wright.
The most interesting architecturally, however, is a series of six primary schools he built between 1925 and 1932. A coincidence of events - the 1922 Primary Education Act, a reviving economy and the attendant added momentum in building residential estates - led to a great many primary schools being built during this period. The series of designs Bouma made saw his architecture develop from a local variant on the Amsterdam School to a cubic-geometric style deriving from Dudok whom he admired.
If the basic set-up of the combined Th. Thijssen and D. Bos Schools is still Amsterdam School, the details betray the influence of Frank Lloyd Wright.