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Grotekerk tower project


1988 Grotekerk tower project, Dordrecht NL

 

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foreword by Lucien den Arend for a study about the completion of Grotekerk Tower of Dordrecht - which has never been finished up to this day

"as far back as I can remember the Grotekerk with its imposing tower has always been part of my experience - as I was born in the old city center, and lived there until the age of ten. Even during my next thirteen years in the United States of America the tower remained within my perception as it was portrayed on prints, cookie jars and other daily household objects, in my home as well as the various immigrant friends from Dordrecht. During my vacations in Dordrecht I sketched it from different viewpoints. There was absolutely no reason to question why it looked as it did. It was just there.

For nearly forty years I have lived on the opposite riverbank, in the town of Zwijndrecht, with a twenty four hour a day view of the tower. It is in fact our personal clock; and its bells ringing the time as well as melodies and concerts in the summer. Aside from this, during my interaction with this building, I learned that the tower had never been completely finished according to the original plans; and that the baroque top from 1626 was realized almost 200 years after the break in the building proceedings. Progressively I felt the need for a completion of the project. This spring I decided to request the Committee for Art and Architecture to enable me to make a proposal based on my ideas which had crystallized to a certain extent."

 

 
 

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