Frans van Bommel Color project Crooswijk (1991)

Work and upgrading processes have been going on in Crooswijk for years. Since the 70s, it has been demolished and signs of former buildings have remained. In the late 80s, the Urban Renewal project group approached CBK Rotterdam for an art commission to do something about the fragmented street scene. Visual artist Frans van Bommel was commissioned a little later Color project Crooswijk would be called. He painted large murals on blind front facades in pink, gray and brown tones. These end façades were the remains of demolished buildings or marked a passage. Because the block shapes and the use of color of the paintings referred to the surrounding architecture, Van Bommel introduced a new cohesion in the neighborhood. The paintings were of a temporary nature and have since been removed.