Adriaan van der Plas Hermes (1941)

In the spring of 1940, it was decided to construct the RET bus garage. The construction of the garage took place in the first years of the war. During construction, sculptor Adriaan van der Plas was commissioned to make this facing brick.Hermes' and the facade relief above the entrance to the building. He made a terracotta facing stone of the Greek god Hermes, son of the supreme god Zeus and known in particular as the god of trade and travellers. The original RET logo is depicted at the bottom right. It is a beautiful dynamic work, in which logo and human figure form a good unity. The entire complex was festively opened on April 10, 1947 by mayor Pieter Oud.