SANTOS House of Jazz

A proposal to re-design the abandoned Santos warehouse in Rotterdam and turn it into a House of Jazz

Master thesis (2018)

Authors

I.K. Hemmings Architecture and the Built Environment

Contributors

W.L.E.C. Meijers (mentor)
B. Gremmen (mentor)
Nicholas Clarke (mentor)
Faculty
Architecture and the Built Environment, Architecture and the Built Environment
Copyright: © 2018 Inés Hemmings
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Published Date

01-02-2018

Language

English

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Faculty

Architecture and the Built Environment

Abstract

The historical warehouse SANTOS in Rotterdam's district of Katendrecht is transformed into a House of Jazz. During WWII, Jazz was banned in the entire city after the bombing of Dolle Dinsdag. Only the Belvedere Verhalenhuis in Katendrecht survived and remained as a symbol of hope that Jazz would not die, and that people could go there and play Jazz amidst the terror of the war.
Today, the Belvedere does not function as a Jazz club any more, but houses a restaurant and space for events. This nostalgic revelation turns Santos into the new heart of Jazz in Katendrecht and revives a piece of history that is currently not commemorated. It poses a great opportunity to bring back something to the community that was taken away from it - a place of togetherness and collective culture as the Belvedere Verhalenhuis embodied exactly that during WWII.