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ROWING CLUB DE HOOP

A. KOMTER, 1950-1952, Weesperzijde 65a, Amsterdam

ARCHITECT(URAL OFFICE):
Auke Komter

EXTENSION:
Arons & Gelauff
Floor Arons
Arnoud Gelauff

BUILDING TYPE:
Sports centres

STATE:
Arons & Gelauff (uitbr. 2008-2010)

Built in 1952 to replace Michel de Klerk's earlier rowing club building destroyed in the Second World War, these new premises deploy a concrete structure in a basic square grid, visible in the facades amidst the decorative brick planes. Its functional plan admits to a few playful touches such as the pitched roofs above the changing rooms, the freestanding stairs, the rooftop canteen and the 'crow's-nest'.