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HOUSING BLOCK BLACK MADONNA

C.J.M. WEEBER, 1982-1985, Schedeldoekshaven/Zwarteweg, Den Haag

THIS BUILDING HAS BEEN DEMOLISHED

ARCHITECT(URAL OFFICE):
Carel Weeber

BUILDING TYPE:
Housing

STATE:
demolished in 2007


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Housing Block De Peperklip

This superblock, part of Weeber's own urban design masterplan for the Forum quarter, combined a slab of eight dwelling levels with a U-shaped block of six more rounded off at one corner. Both rested on a basement of parking space, storage facilities and shops. All dwellings were reached from access galleries on the block's inner side. Above the car park was a communal garden. External facades were clad in black-tiled precast concrete panels. In 2000 the City of The Hague elected to demolish the 15-year-old complex to make room for new ministry buildings. After much protest and several courtcases the building was demolished in 2007.