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SNOUCK VAN LOOSENPARK
C.B. POSTHUMUS MEYJES SR., -1897, Snouck van Loosenpark, Enkhuizen
Snouck van Loosenpark / Snouck van Loosenpark ( C.B. Posthumus Meyjes sr. )
© 2006 Jan Derwig

ARCHITECT(URAL OFFICE):
Christiaan Posthumus Meyjes sr.

LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT:
Henri Copijn

BUILDING TYPE:
Housing
Urban plans

This workers' housing complex, set up with capital from the legacy of a family of shipowners, is together with Agneta Park in Delft one of the most striking examples of 'philanthropic' housing. The 50 traditionally built dwellings are combined in groups of two and four into freestanding villa-like buildings sited in a park in English landscape style whose principal elements are a fancifully-shaped ornamental lake and a circular open space later provided with a sundial.