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URBAN REDEVELOPMENT HAARLEMMER HOUTTUINEN (HERTZBERGER)

H. HERTZBERGER, 1978-1982, Nieuwe Houttuinen, Amsterdam

ARCHITECT(URAL OFFICE):
Herman Hertzberger

BUILDING TYPE:
Urban renewal
Housing


RELATED BUILDINGS:
Urban Redevelopment Haarlemmer Houttuinen (Van Herk)

Closed to through traffic, this 7 metre wide 'woonstraat' (living street) was designed to be, and is, frequented by residents and playing children. Off this pedestrian street are all entrances; a modified porch provides access to two layers of maisonettes. Entrances combine without door areas -a partly sheltered balcony for upper dwellings and terraces for the ground floor. The north side is a blank, elongated 'city wall', enlivened only by projecting bays.