Frabritiusschool

English translation

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Description

Built from a design by W.M. Dudok from 1926 in brick, constructed under a set of thatched hipped roofs with overhang, a SCHOOL BUILDING, called Fabritiusschool and consisting of an elongated, partially whitewashed main wing of two storeys, primarily intended for classrooms, and adjoining it at an obtuse angle, situated at raised level, an unplastered wing, originally containing in succession a teachers' room, gymnasium and bicycle shed. In the east corner between both wings the rising high, square chimney and adjoining terrace, accessible via a five-step masonry stoop. The main entrance is situated in the short, higher constructed, and on the floor of a horizontal window series provided, gable end of the main wing and is marked by a canopy turned at the recessed southeast corner. The long southeast facade of this wing is further articulated by eight vertical window strips with short, blue-bordered canopies and to the right three square windows on the ground floor and by a horizontal series of paired four-pane windows with dark-coloured window frames and yellow decorative stone surround directly under the roof, as well as by a volume at the transition to the lower extended roof planes on the south side, built slightly forward under thatched gutter roof, with furthermore a narrow, flat-topped extension. The southeast facade of the southern, low-roofed part is blank and contains an upper layer of black-coloured stones, while the southwest facade over almost the full width of the facade is provided with subdivided fanlights and, separated by wall piers, placed under continuous canopy, lower windows, as well as a side door.

The long northwest facade of the main wing is articulated by two continuous series of classroom windows, all with subdivided fanlights and unglazed lower windows; at the west side a volume roofed forward, raised, block-shaped under thatched gutter roof with internal and external stair, lit by a vertical, subdivided window strip and rear entrance. The transverse wing adjoining the north side at an obtuse angle, containing one storey with low extended roof plane on the northeast side contains on the long northwest side five double doors with glazing bars for the gymnasium originally situated behind it, and furthermore three paired windows with glazing bars. The southeast facade contains a horizontal series of paired windows provided with a small glazing bar division, above which the roof is slightly raised. In the low northeast facade under the overhanging roof, in the originally open space between the corner piers, a horizontal window series has been inserted.

The part of the Ruysdaelschool subsequently enclosed with the original eastern transverse wing is described separately under the address Ruysdaellaan 6.

School building with, for the building type and within Dudok's oeuvre, fairly rare application of thatched roofs, but otherwise of characteristic architecture for the fourth phase in Dudok's oeuvre development due to the moderately plastic application of block-shaped building volumes, canopies, distinctive chimney, integrated terrace walls and flower boxes, as well as due to the alternating use of colour, as such of importance from an architectural-historical and stylistic point of view.