Chapel for the Augustinians, Eindhoven
Dom Bellot
made for the Augustinian fathers of the "Kanaalstraat" at Eindhoven a
new schoolbuilding, with a chapel. Underneath this chapel is a "salle de
jeux", a room for games. The complex is very interesting, because the
"salle de jeux" is arched by a concrete construction, wich is at the
same time the floor of the chapel. It's the first time Bellot uses concrete as
a ceiling. The chapel has a ceiling made of brick, unusual for Bellot.
The arch
used here is not parabolic, but a half circle, like in the romanesque style. This
half circle arch is only used by Bellot in his church in Waalwijk, and here in
this chapel. Both buildings have been constructed in cooperation with the Dutch
architect Pierre Cuypers jr.
Bellot
worked together with some Dutch architects in the beginning of the 1920's, to
get acquainted to the Dutch way of building and to the Dutch society of
religious architects. After all, he was new here and had to get his own
"market"... From 1925 on Bellot is working alone, with help from his
student/associate Hendrik van de Leur, and his other students at his atelier in
Oosterhout and Wisques..
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Detail facade
school Entrance chapel |
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The stairs to the chapel
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The school was
a part of the Technical University of Eindhoven until 2014. The chapel was then
used by the student-parish of Eindhoven. In 2016 funeral cooperation DELA became
the new owner and has plans to use the complex for its purposes.
Photo’s, A.W.A. Lukassen and A.A. Lukassen, June 2012