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HOUSING VUURDOORNPARK

C.J.M. WEEBER, 1977-1979, Vuurdoornpark, Zoetermeer

ARCHITECT(URAL OFFICE):
Carel Weeber

BUILDING TYPE:
Housing

One side of a U-shaped housing block forms a gently curving wall to a neighbouring park. This section is built up of two layers of maisonettes reached from an access gallery. The parkside facade is a well-balanced composition of horizontals and verticals, of curved and rectilinear surfaces almost Classical in appearance. It is remarkable that despite using the same cheap materials there is a distinct difference in quality between front and rear facades.