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HOUSING JAFFA

W.TH.H. TEN BOSCH, 1936-1938, Kralingse Plaslaan, Libanonweg, Rotterdam

ARCHITECT(URAL OFFICE):
Wim ten Bosch

URBAN DESIGN:
Willem van Tijen

BUILDING TYPE:
Urban plans


RELATED BUILDINGS:
Housing Block Kralingen

This residential estate consists of small low-rise blocks in open rows, the first time this modernist principle was applied in practice in Rotterdam. In the open row model all units have a garden or balcony facing southeast for maximum sunlight. So there are no traditional streets with front doors on both sides and enclosed outdoor areas; here gardens with low brick walls and fencing overlook the street. Its unusual layout notwithstanding, the Jaffa estate with its brick facades and unassertive architecture looks less spectacular than Oud's white-rendered https://www.architectureguide.nl/project/item/prj_id/284" class="inline_link">housing or the https://www.architectureguide.nl/project/item/prj_id/1891" class="inline_link">concrete dwellings of the 1920s. Van Tijen and Van den Broek masterplanned the estate; the architecture is by W.Th.H. ten Bosch, who was responsible for much of the https://www.architectureguide.nl/project/item/prj_id/1876" class="inline_link">housing in Blijdorp.