The history behind ceramics

Historical study of Royal Delft ceramics factory building complex

Student report (2023)

Authors

X. Yun Architecture and the Built Environment

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J.A.M. Baeten Teachers of Practice / A - Architecture and the Built Environment (mentor)
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Architecture and the Built Environment, Architecture and the Built Environment
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Published Date

20-04-2023

Language

English

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Architecture and the Built Environment

Abstract

The factory office building at Rotterdonseweg 196 is part of the porcelain company Koninklijke Porceleyne (Royal Delft). It is registered as national monument 525284 and is part of the three-part monument complex 525283. It is located between Rotterdamseweg and Delfteski in Delft. In the past, the factory occupied a larger area of land than it does today, but after the Second World War all its land was reduced by more than half. The building plot consists mainly of the factory buildings, office buildings and an atrium garden. The ceramics gallery in the atrium garden helped Royal Delft to win the first prize at the Paris World Exhibition in 1900. The main office building and factory building were built around 1930 and in 2016 Iprocom and entenwacht Zuid-Holland carried out a complete architectural restoration of the office building.