The Rotterdam firm of HOYT Architecten was selected as the designer for the project . The difficulty of the design was that it had to consider the interests of three very different stakeholders . The bishop as the previous owner of the building wanted the new function is not bet too profane , the City was the protection of its young monument and the developer wanted the most efficient plan with the best apartments . HOYT Architecten didn ’ t want to polish away the old building , but they also wanted the freedom to design the best houses .
The defining elements of a church , the tower , the altar , and the nave were all kept as much as possible untouched .
After some sketches in which the architect proposed to alter the building very much , they came up with a design that left the character of the church intact . The architects decided that the current church should also be leading in the design of the apartments . This led to minimal interventions on the outside except for two added layers on top of the roof . New windows we added sparsely with frames hidden behind the wall and they kept the main entrance with the oakwood doors . The defining elements of a church , the tower , the altar , and the nave were all kept as much as possible untouched .
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