Strijp-S ( Dutch pronunciation: [ˈstrɛip ˈɛs] ) is a neighborhood and former industrial park in the Eindhoven district of Strijp . The area belonged to electronics company Philips . Since 2000, creative companies and housing have been established in the former industrial buildings. Eindhoven Strijp-S railway station serves the district.
15-542: The name Strijp-S comes from the naming pattern that Philips used in its industrial parks. Strijp-S was the first park, and Strijp-T and Strijp-R followed. In 1916 Anton Philips built the first factory in Strijp-S a glass factory for incandescent light bulbs . The Philips Natuurkundig Laboratorium was opened in 1914. Strijp-S was where first radios, then televisions were produced, as well as many other devices. The credo Van zand tot klant ("from sand to customer") stood behind
30-523: A Dutch family of Jewish heritage, Anton was the second son to Maria Heyligers (1836 – 1921) and Benjamin Frederik David Philips (1 December 1830 – 12 June 1900). His father was active in the tobacco business and a banker at Zaltbommel in the Netherlands (he was also a first cousin to Karl Marx ). Anton had an elder brother named Gerard Philips. In May 1891 the father Frederik
45-537: Is a regular location for the light festival GLOW . Anton Philips Anton Frederik Philips (14 March 1874 – 7 October 1951) co-founded Royal Philips Electronics N.V. in 1912 with his older brother Gerard Philips in Eindhoven , the Netherlands . His father and Gerard had founded the Philips Company in 1891 as a family business. Anton Philips served as CEO of the company from 1922 to 1939. Born to
60-737: Is all about art in the broadest sense of the word. Together with mainly young makers and a broad, international audience, MU defines the liminal space between ‘what art is and what art can be’. Furthermore, the De Ontdekfabriek is located at Strijp-S: a children's science discovery space. Strijp-S is a major event space, in the halls of the Klokgebouw building, but also larger events on the Ketelhuisplein plaza. For example, dance festival Flying Dutch in 2015 attracted 25,000 visitors. Dutch Design Week takes place each October. Every third Sunday of
75-633: The football department of the Philips Sports Association, which is the best known. From it the professional football department developed into the independent Philips Sport Vereniging N.V. (PSV Eindhoven). Anton Philips brought his son Frits Philips and son-in-law Frans Otten into the company in their times. Anton, Otten and other family members escaped the Netherlands just before the Nazi Occupation during World War II . They went to
90-468: The United States and returned after the war. Frits Philips chose to stay and manage the company during the occupation. He was imprisoned for several months at the concentration camp of Vught after his workers went on strike, and he survived. He saved the lives of 382 Jews by claiming them as indispensable to his factory, and enabled them to evade Nazi roundups and deportation to concentration camps. He
105-554: The city of Eindhoven and VolkerWessels. Philips was able to lease some of the buildings back temporarily until its full withdrawal in 2006, although there are still two small Philips departments present in the buildings SFH en SEY. With the departure of Philips the plans was implemented to make the area a broad destination for the creative sector, including technology and design, under the English headline Old Buildings, New Ideas . The old factory buildings would be perfect for studios. In 2016
120-601: The creative school St. Lucas opened at Strijp-S. In 2012 Strijp-S got its first permanent residents, when the SAS-3 project was completed (new construction). A year later the repurposed industrial SAN en SBP buildings were ready for residential use. Lofts replaced former television factories. The buildings were renamed GERARD and ANTON , in honor of two prominenta members of the Philips family. Many other residential complexes are planned such as Space-S and Blok 61, 63 and 59. A year later
135-485: The following children: Zaltbommel Zaltbommel ( Dutch pronunciation: [zɑldˈbɔməl] ), also known, historically and colloquially, as Bommel , is a municipality and a city in the Netherlands . The town of Zaltbommel was first mentioned as "Bomela" in the year 850. Zaltbommel received city rights in 1231 and these were renewed in 1316. In 1599 during the Eighty Years War , Zaltbommel
150-405: The idea that Philips controlled every phase of production from research to storage, from glass blowing to cardboard factory: everything on one enormous piece of land. In the 1990s Philips gradually left Eindhoven and in 2000 the first discussions took place about the repurposing of Strijp-S. In 2002 the land was sold for €140 million to Park Strijp Beheer B.V. , a public private partnership between
165-602: The industrial buildings SAN and SBP were also ready for residential use. The profile of the residents skews very young, with 78.2% of the residents are between 20 and 34 versus 24.6% in Eindhoven as a whole. The Dillen family (of former Philips CEO Cor Dillen) lived in the Blazerstraat In the Veemgebouw in 2015 the food hall Vershal Het Veem opened. At Strijp-S you can visit MU Hybrid Art House (Torenallee 40-06). MU
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#1732883847689180-509: The month Strijp-S hosts the FeelGood Markt market. Strijp-S is a magnet for urban sports . Skateboarding, BMX and bouldering as well as bootcamp classes. Strijp-S is a place for experimentation with LED lighting, which keeps the historic connection with Philips' past. Some light art includes the project Fakkel by Har Hollands. In the underground passage to NatLab artist Daan Roosegaarde installed his project Crystal . Strijp-S
195-477: Was besieged by Spanish forces but was relieved by an Anglo-Dutch force led by Maurice of Orange . The bridge over the Waal at Zaltbommel (which has since been replaced) features in a celebrated twentieth-century Dutch sonnet, De moeder de vrouw , by Martinus Nijhoff . Zaltbommel was expanded to its current size on 1 January 1999, by a merger of the municipalities of Brakel , Kerkwijk and Zaltbommel. The municipality
210-669: Was honoured with the title Righteous Among the Nations by the State of Israel in 1996. Anton Philips died in Eindhoven in 1951. He was awarded Order of Saint Sava and other decorations. A lovely museum dedicated to his life can be found in the city of Eindhoven, located in The Netherlands. The museum meticulously recreates their initial factory and incredible journey. Philips married Anne Henriëtte Elisabeth Maria de Jongh ( Amersfoort , 30 May 1878 – Eindhoven , 7 March 1970). They had
225-566: Was the financier and, with his son Gerard Philips , co-founder of the Philips Company as a family business. In 1912 Anton joined the firm, which they renamed Philips Gloeilampenfabriek N.V. (Philips Lightbulbfactory NV) During World War I , Anton Philips managed to increase sales by taking advantage of a boycott of German goods in several countries. He provided the markets with alternative products. Anton (and his brother Gerard) are remembered as being civic-minded. In Eindhoven they supported education and social programmes and facilities, such as
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