Woonhuis, Plataanweg 3

English translation

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Description

Introduction

RESIDENTIAL HOUSE built in 1931 on commission of A. Kramer after a design by architect J.F.A. Gobel. The detached house, not entirely executed according to the design drawings, is built in a cubist expressionist style with influences from the Hague School and functionalism. The house stands in the district Assen Oud-Zuid, where in particular the characteristic residential houses built during the period 1925-1940 still determine the appearance of the neighbourhood to an important extent. Description

The building, constructed in red brick from an irregular floor plan, is composed of building parts with one, two and three storeys, predominantly rectangular, under flat roofs. The facades are provided with mortar accents and right-angled steel windows with stone lintels and drip mouldings of glazed earthenware. The front of the house is composed of a right-hand building part with two storeys with a three-sided bay window with sloping sides and a large window group running round the corner, above which a mortared balcony balustrade and a porte brisée opening onto the balcony are found. On the left, between this building part and the main volume, stands a quarter-round bay window with a wide seven-pane window group and a brick parapet for a balcony onto which a door opens. At the front of the three-storey main form with a newly mortared chimney stack, on the first floor there is a large window; the second floor has a small horizontal window. The left side facade is provided with an entrance with a recessed door under a concrete canopy, on either side a sandstone "spout" with sculptured heads and to the left of the door a mortared flower box with a foundation stone. Higher in the facade are two horizontal small windows under a lintel and at the top of the facade two vertical small windows, also under a lintel. The facade is divided vertically by a half-round moulding, which above the roof edge is connected to a rectangular chimney or air shaft. The third storey behind this moulding was placed in 1951 on the originally two-storey rear section of the house. At the back left stands a single-storey extension (shed) placed against the rear facade with a door on the street side. The shed encloses the likewise rear-extended kitchen with a door under a canopy and a parapet constructed of brick (sides) and potted tiles (rear side) surrounding the flat roof, onto which a glass door with sidelights opens. The rear facade, constructed of irregularly shaped, partly sintered brick, is provided on the left at ground level with a porte brisée with sidelights under a heavy lintel and on the second (added) floor with two horizontal windows. Against the right side facade stands a broad, bay-like extension with small side windows and a brick parapet, onto which a porte brisée with sidelights under a heavy concrete canopy opens. Evaluation

Although the characteristic building has undergone some modifications, these do not detract from the original design and have no significant consequences for the architectural-historical value of the house, which is a fine example of functionalist residential architecture. The distinctive building stands in an area (Assen Oud-Zuid) with much stylistically related architecture from the period 1925-1940, which also makes the ensemble value evident.