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HUIZE LYDIA

J. BOTERENBROOD, 1922-1927, Roelof Hartplein 2, Amsterdam

ARCHITECT(URAL OFFICE):
Jan Boterenbrood

BUILDING TYPE:
Special accommodation

The building served originally as a home for Roman Catholic women and girls. On the lowest level were the communal rooms and the main entrance in the right-hand section. Upstairs was mainly given over to the 158 bedrooms reached from a corridor. Each level had its own colour internally: white, green, crimson, blue-green and grey. The upstairs facilities such as washroorns, a sick bay and a chapel were mostly located at the corners of the U-shaped building. This main statement is clearly expressed in the frontage by striking forms and fantastic window shapes typical of the Amsterdam School. The building is now a local centre.