Woonhuis, Korreweg 78

English translation

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Description

Introduction HOUSING COMPLEX, consisting of two ground-floor and two upper-floor dwellings, freestanding situated on the corner of the Korreweg and the Balistraat in the Korrewegwijk, built in 1926 on behalf of the ladies Kremer, Alderts and Stütterheim according to a design by Groningen architect J.A. Boer in strict Amsterdam School style with elements of the Nieuwe Zakelijkheid. The front garden is bordered by low brick walls and pilasters with iron pipes and iron ornamental motifs from the construction period. The building is still inhabited today. Description: The building is erected on a square floor plan and has three storeys under a flat roof with zinc covering. The facades are built of red sintered brick and red pressed brick. The division between the two plots is indicated in the architecture of the front facade by means of a semi-circular brick pilaster, slightly protruding above the roof, in which the flue pipes are installed. In the middle on the first floor, balconies with sash doors and brick breast walls are installed under concrete slab canopies. The left canopy rests on a brick square column. The right balcony adjoins the projecting cubic corner section of red pressed brick. This corner section has a rounded corner on the balcony side spanning two storeys in which narrow leaded glass windows are set between spherical concrete elements. On the corner with the Balistraat, wrap-around windows are placed and on the top floor there is a balcony with a concrete canopy. The characteristic front doors are placed in a porch on the eastern side facade on the Balistraat with wrap-around windows on either side under a concrete canopy. Above this, leaded glass fanlights are installed in the brickwork. All regularly spaced two- and three-part windows across the facade surface are casement windows and have curved wooden frames. The rear facade contains the original layout with windows regularly arranged across the facade surface and projecting balconies. The front garden enclosure consists of low brick walls and pilasters with iron pipes and iron ornamental motifs. Internally, the original structure and layout have been very well preserved. Important elements include the original panel doors with glass and horizontal muntins, black/red and black/turquoise tiled fireplaces and cabinet doors with coloured leaded glass, and the brick fireplace with semi-circular brick pilaster on the top floor. Evaluation HOUSING COMPLEX, with careful architectural design in strict Amsterdam School style with elements of the Nieuwe Zakelijkheid, typical of the architecture of the nineteen-twenties, of general importance because of its cultural-historical and architectural-historical value, its uniqueness and integrity and because of the quality of the design, which may be considered one of the highlights in the oeuvre of Groningen architect J.A. Boer. Furthermore, the building, through its corner location and with its front facade facing the Bernoulliplein, forms a valuable architectural element in the surroundings.