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HOUSING JOSEPHSTRAAT/RIJNHOUTPLEIN

P.D. WEEDA; DE NIJL, 1985-1991, Josephstraat/Rijnhoutplein, Rotterdam

ARCHITECT(URAL OFFICE):
De Nijl
Pieter Weeda

BUILDING TYPE:
Housing


RELATED BUILDINGS:
Urban Renewal Oude Westen

Weeda's blue-black brickwork block with expressive balconies terminates one side of a neighbourhood square in the urban renewal area https://www.architectureguide.nl/project/item/prj_id/195" class="inline_link">het Oude Westen, the opposite side ending at a perimeter block that includes a Turkish bathhouse, picked out by a rounded roof. The housing by De Nijl occupies a long, narrow site and comprises two rows of houses about a raised courtyard. A striking lift shaft cum stair tower marks the transition between the new development and three retained properties.