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HOUSING DE VERFDOOS (THE PAINT BOX)
A. WARNERS, 1954-1956, Slotermeerlaan 75-101, Lodewijk van Deysselstraat 4-14, Amsterdam
© 2016 Ossip van Duivenbode
ARCHITECT(URAL OFFICE):
Allert Warners
:
Henk van Schagen
ARTIST:
Josef Ongenae
Josje Smit
BUILDING TYPE:
Housing
STATE:
H. van Schagen (ren. 2009)
RELATED BUILDINGS:
Housing Warnersblokken
Allert Warners (1914-1981) worked since 1936 at the practice run by his father
Philip (1888-1952), taking over after the latter’s death. In the 1950s, he designed two striking housing projects in Amsterdam — striking because of their Corbusian parti but most of all because of the colour schemes of the Belgian artist Joseph Jean Marie Ongenae (1921-1993). Ongenae himself spoke of ‘functional glass-facade colourism’. The first collaboration between Warners and Ongenae was on a project for 96 housing units and 20 shops in Amsterdam-West, part of Cornelis van Eesteren’s master plan for the Western portion (Westelijke Tuinsteden) of his General Extension Plan for Amsterdam. The houses are larger than are customary in this development area. One visitor to the show house fitted out by Stichting Goed Wonen (Good Living Foundation) described it in the questionnaire as ‘an opened watercolour paint box’ and its now-official name translates as ‘the paint box’. The complex divides into two blocks, one large (Grote Verfdoos) and one small (Kleine Verfdoos). When it was renovated in 2007-2009 by Van Schagen Architecten, the entrance porches were replaced by access galleries at the rear.
Philip (1888-1952), taking over after the latter’s death. In the 1950s, he designed two striking housing projects in Amsterdam — striking because of their Corbusian parti but most of all because of the colour schemes of the Belgian artist Joseph Jean Marie Ongenae (1921-1993). Ongenae himself spoke of ‘functional glass-facade colourism’. The first collaboration between Warners and Ongenae was on a project for 96 housing units and 20 shops in Amsterdam-West, part of Cornelis van Eesteren’s master plan for the Western portion (Westelijke Tuinsteden) of his General Extension Plan for Amsterdam. The houses are larger than are customary in this development area. One visitor to the show house fitted out by Stichting Goed Wonen (Good Living Foundation) described it in the questionnaire as ‘an opened watercolour paint box’ and its now-official name translates as ‘the paint box’. The complex divides into two blocks, one large (Grote Verfdoos) and one small (Kleine Verfdoos). When it was renovated in 2007-2009 by Van Schagen Architecten, the entrance porches were replaced by access galleries at the rear.