Kampeercentrum, 't Frusselt 30

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Description

Description

CAMP HOUSE "De Paasheuvel" together with GUEST ACCOMMODATION, TERRACE and OPEN-AIR THEATRE. The camp house and guest accommodation were built in 1923 to a design by architect J.H. Mulder jr. (1888-1960) of the Amsterdam Cooperative Architects Bureau. Execution was carried out by the Amersfoort Building Association "De Samenwerking". During renovation in 1937, existing roof dormers were enlarged, new roof dormers were added at attic level, the rear was extended somewhat 'in style' and the covered side terraces were enclosed. The terrace and open-air theatre were created in 1937 as a public works project for unemployed youth to a design by landscape architect G. Bleeker. The theatre already had a provisional predecessor.

The CAMP HOUSE "De Paasheuvel", situated on a hill, has its front facade facing west. The building has one storey and attic floor on an approximately rectangular plan. The thatch-covered hipped roof has a substantial overhang and a half-hipped end on the front. The ridge is capped with red thatch ridge tiles. Large roof dormers are installed at two levels in the side hips and rear hip. In the clinker-dressed facades, elongated wooden strip windows are set. The roof dormer and strip windows are composed of a series of two-, three- or four-pane (casement and top-hung) windows with horizontal glazing bars. The wooden extension on the front has a renewed double door and new iron balcony railings (originally a closed wooden balustrade). Three-quarters of the covered terraces on the left and right sides were enclosed in 1937 (use of materials and detailing corresponding to the remaining facades). The original spatial layout of the camp house consisted on the ground floor of a museum space in the extension, a dining and living room, separate staircases, washrooms and toilets for boys and girls. On the attic floor, the dormitories for boys and girls (totalling 40 beds) were located, as well as two leaders' rooms. The museum space now forms part of the large hall. Preserved in the large hall are the beam ceiling with profiled keystones and a brick fireplace with relief portrait of Troelstra. The rooms at the rear and the attic floor have been altered.

The detached GUEST ACCOMMODATION stands on the north side of the camp house. This small ancillary building has one storey with a hipped roof on a rectangular plan. The hipped roof has an overhang and is thatch-covered. The ridge direction is parallel to that of the main building. In the clinker-dressed facades, several windows are set with two-part frames and single-pane top-hung windows or three-pane casement windows with horizontal glazing bars. The entrance is situated opposite an entrance in the main building.

Around the camp house, a TERRACE was laid out in 1937 and in the easterly direction an open-air theatre, to a design by landscape architect G. Bleeker. The terrace walls and stairs form the transition from the house to the surrounding landscape. The brick walls, planters and stairs are laid in Norwegian bond with recessed joints and are topped with roll courses. In the terrace wall, at the stairs on the north-west side, a large memorial stone is set with raised relief inscriptions: "when 'de paasheuvel' had served as the core work of the 'a.j.c.' for 14 years, it was rebuilt and enlarged in the summer of 1937 by unemployed youth with the support of government and trade unions. a.j.c. for sun and freedom" and "15 dec. 1923 / 24 july 1937". The large terrace on the west side of the house has a semi-circular retaining wall with railings and benches. The terrace overlooks, in a westerly direction, a pit with a fireplace. This FIRE PIT is marked by a glacial boulder with a raised relief inscription: "FOR THE FREE PERSON OF THE NEW COMMUNITY, KOOS VORRINK 1891-1955".

When the OPEN-AIR THEATRE was laid out in 1937 on the east side of the camp house, advantage was taken of the natural terrain conditions. The seating is arranged in a semicircle, stepped in twelve rows around a raised egg-shaped stage. The stage is flanked on either side by stairs and wings.

Significance

CAMP HOUSE "De Paasheuvel" together with GUEST ACCOMMODATION, TERRACE and OPEN-AIR THEATRE.

- Of architectural historical value as a typologically good and recognisable example of a wooden camp building with stylistic influences from the Amsterdam School and rural architecture. The building and later alterations have been carefully designed with attention to detail and are reasonably well preserved in terms of main form, facade layout and material use. Several special interior elements have been preserved in the building. The building is important for the socially conscious work of architect J.H. Mulder jr. (1888-1960) from Amsterdam. The terrace and open-air theatre are characteristic of the work of landscape architect G. Bleeker.

- Of urban planning value due to the prominent location of the building on a hill in the green Veluwe region. In the siting and orientation of the building, terrace and theatre, functional use was made of the natural configuration of the uneven terrain. The object forms an essential part of the complex "De Paasheuvel" which is of national cultural-historical importance.

- Of cultural-historical value as a distinctive expression of a social-cultural development; in this case the cultural education and upbringing of socialist working-class youth during (thematic) holiday camps in the green surroundings of the Veluwe village of Vierhouten ("culture-socialism").