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SCHOOL COMPLEX TECHNIKON, HOFPLEIN THEATRE
MAASKANT, VAN DOMMELEN, KROOS, SENF, 1955-1970, Schiekade/Benthemstraat 13, Rotterdam
© 2007 Rook & Nagelkerke
ARCHITECT(URAL OFFICE):
Maaskant, Van Dommelen, Kroos, Senf
ASSISTING ARCHITECT:
M.C. de Koning
ARTIST:
Karel Appel
Margot Zanstra
ARCHITECT(URAL OFFICE):
Hugh Maaskant
BUILDING TYPE:
Buildings for education
Cinemas and theatres
This huge complex housing eight technical schools consists of three freestanding building parts atop and linked by a continuous basement. The main portion, ten storeys high, 220 metres long and 22.5 metres deep, follows the curve of the overhead https://www.architectureguide.nl/project/item/prj_id/1950" class="inline_link">railway line. The shared great hall halfway along the main block doubles as a theatre and sports an expressive sculpture in concrete and stained glass by Karel Appel. The intermediate building square to the main block serves to link the latter to an 11-storey tower boasting eight gymnasiums and a swimming pool.