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dc.coverage.spatialSite: Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlandsen_US
dc.coverage.temporal1915-1916 (design); built 1917-1918 (creation)en_US
dc.creatorKlerk, Michel deen_US
dc.date1917-1918en_US
dc.date.accessioned2014-12-17T20:10:49Z
dc.date.available2014-12-17T20:10:49Z
dc.date.issued1917-1918en_US
dc.identifier251791en_US
dc.identifier.otherarchrefid: 3056en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/167389
dc.descriptionDetail of support beam for balcony on north facade; Between 1914 and 1920 three housing blocks were built around the Spaarndammerplantsoen. ("Plantsoen" translates as "plantation"; it is the name of the public park as well as street.) This was built for the Eigen Haard ("One's Own Hearth") housing association. De Klerk's development as an exuberant Expressionist is clearly apparent in these complexes, but his wish to give the inhabitants more comfort and space than was usual in working-class circles is also clear. The characteristically plastic treatment of the façades (which marked the Amsterdam School style) was preeminently suited to large continuous fronts; the long north facade faces the south end of the park. Elaborate brickwork is a Dutch hallmark. The five storey building originally contained 60 units, done in nine different types/floorplans. On the ground floor was a shop, with the entrance at the sharp corner. Source: Casciato, Maristella, ed.; The Amsterdam School, Rotterdam: 010 Publishers, 1996 (9064502463) (accessed 6/6/2014)en_US
dc.format.mediumdark purple and yellow brick; terra cotta tiles; aluminum; wooden_US
dc.rights© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.en_US
dc.subjectarchitectureen_US
dc.subjectCity planningen_US
dc.subjectsocial housingen_US
dc.subjectpublic housingen_US
dc.subjectAmsterdam schoolen_US
dc.subjectTwentieth centuryen_US
dc.subjectExpressionisten_US
dc.titleSpaarndammerplantsoen (South)en_US
dc.title.alternativeHousing Block (South) for Eigen Haard at Spaarndammerplantsoenen_US
dc.title.alternativeThe Yellow Blocken_US
dc.typeimageen_US
dc.rights.accessLicensed for educational and research use by the MIT community onlyen_US
dc.identifier.vendorcode1A1-MDK-SPAA2-A08en_US
vra.culturalContextDutchen_US
vra.techniqueconstruction (assembling)en_US
vra.worktypeapartment houseen_US
vra.worktypehousing projecten_US
dc.contributor.displayMichel de Klerk (Dutch architect, 1884-1923)en_US


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