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HOUSING SCHILDERSWIJK (SUZE ROBERTSONSTRAAT)
A.J.M. SIZA VIEIRA, 1985-1989
Suze Robertsonstraat e.o., Den Haag
ARCHITECT(URAL OFFICE): Álvaro Siza VieiraPROJECT ARCHITECT: Carlos CastanheiraASSISTING ARCHITECT: Van den Broek & BakemaBUILDING TYPE: HousingPUBLICATIONS:
Archis 1987-7; Casabella 1987-9; de Architect 1988-7/8; Architecture d'Aujourd'hui 1989-2; Architectuur Bouwen 1989-3; Architectural Review 1990-10; Bauwelt 1990 p. 1488; D. Boasson - Visie op de stad, Alvaro Siza in de Schilderswijk, 1988; Jaarboek 1988-1989; R. Ridderhof - Betrokkenheid en distantie. Werk van Alvaro Siza voor de haagse Schilderswijk, 1993; K. Frampton - Álvaro Siza. Complete Works, 1999/2000
RELATED BUILDINGS: Redevelopment of Square Schilderswijk
The Portuguese architect Alvaro Siza is responsible for several projects in The Hague's urban redevelopment programme: this housing project, a housing project at the Hoefkade and the
redevelopment of the square at the Van der Vennestraat. The two housing blocks, 'Full Stop' and 'Comma', have the most neutral design and continue the Dutch housing tradition (Hague-style porticoes, brick facades and perimeter blocks) pointed up here and there with departures in material and colour. The special floor plans and unusual traffic structure are the fruits of discussions with the blocks' mainly Muslim occupants.