Post-war reconstruction Community Rotterdam

Van het concert des levens

• Stories

Vacuuming capitals

Volunteers love to tell visitors stories about the Laurenskerk. But they also have wonderful personal stories to tell.

• Stories

Aan de Delftsestraat kun je zelf nog iets toevoegen

• Stories

An enduring neighbourhood facility at the heart of the city, then and now

Patricia and Anton de Heer from Van der Heyden confectioners on Mariniersweg talk about life in the reconstruction district where they work and have lived together for years. It’s also where Patricia grew up.

• Stories

Groothandelsgebouw

The Groothandelsgebouw is the symbol of the reconstruction of Rotterdam.

• Buildings
• National Monuments

Technikon school complex, Hofplein theatre, Akragon gymnasium

The first plans for a school complex in the Zomerhof District, the Centre for Technical Education, were mooted as early as 1955.

• Buildings

Spaarbank

The head office of the Verenigde Spaarbank on Botersloot was badly damaged by the bombardment.

• Buildings
• Municipal Monuments

Groenendaal Housing

The Groenendaal Housing project illustrate well the confrontation between two styles of architecture that dominated the post-war period in the Netherlands.

• Buildings
• Municipal Monuments