Centraal plan

English translation

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Description

Introduction

Rectangular closed RESIDENTIAL BLOCK with PORTIEK-ETAGEWONINGEN and (partially) SHOPS on the ground floor, forming the northeastern building block of the urban planning ensemble the "Centraal Plan", and built during the years 1932-1935.

Description

On the Stadhoudersweg the building block comprises seven "Haagse portieken" accessible by broad concrete stone stairs, each serving six dwellings. On either side of the portieken are the front doors of the ground floor dwellings. Above the broad, articulated windows on the ground floor is a continuous narrow wooden canopy. At the level of the basement floor the facade contains per dwelling bay an articulated row of strip windows. The first floor contains per dwelling bay a broad articulated window and above the portieken a rectangular window with horizontal glazing bars. On the second and third floors each dwelling has a shallow balcony with steel balustrade behind which is a window and door and (adjoining) next to it per dwelling bay a broad articulated window. The fourth floor is set back behind a continuous balcony with brick balustrade and iron railing. On the Statenweg the ground floor contains shops with between them two Haagse portieken each serving six dwellings. On the first floor are broad articulated windows and rectangular windows with horizontal glazing bars above the portieken. On the second and third floors the dwellings on either side of the portieken are mirrored and each have a shallow balcony with steel balustrade behind which is a window and a door and next to it (adjoining) a broad window per dwelling bay. The fourth floor is set back behind a continuous balcony, in accordance with the Stadhoudersweg. Adjoining the Statenweg is located in the Van der Meydestraat a building volume of five storeys with on the ground floor a Haagse portiek for six dwellings. To the left of this is the front door of the ground floor dwelling.

Above the shop situated on the corner are broad windows on the floors. To the left of this the dwellings on either side of the portiek are mirrored and contain on the ground floor and first floor broad articulated windows. Above the portiek is a rectangular window. On the second and third floors there is in the middle per dwelling a shallow balcony with a door and window and on either side of this per dwelling a broad window. The fourth floor is set back behind a continuous balcony, in accordance with the Stadhoudersweg. Entirely to the left is a narrow window bay with on the ground floor a passage to the courtyard and on the first through third floors a small balcony with door. On the fourth floor is a rectangular window. The remaining part of the residential block on the Van der Meydestraat has four storeys. In the middle is a building component with seven portieken, each for four dwellings. Above the portiek the facade contains a vertical continuous window strip. Furthermore the facade is alternately provided with two broad and narrow rectangular articulated windows. On the top floor above the windows per dwelling bay is a steel lifting beam. Entirely to the left in the Van der Meydestraat (corner Nobelstraat) is a building component with on the right a Haagse portiek (for four upper dwellings) with on either side the front doors for the ground floor dwellings. These front doors are flanked by a narrow rectangular window (next to the portiek) and a broad articulated window. On the first through third floors are broad articulated windows. On the Nobelstraat the building block entirely to the left (corner Stadhoudersweg) comprises a building volume with five storeys. This building component is three dwelling bays wide and contains shops on the ground floor. Between the shops the facade contains two front doors. To the right of the shops is a portiek (for six dwellings). Above this portiek is a rectangular window with horizontal glazing bars. On the first through third floors are broad articulated windows. The fourth floor is set back behind a continuous balcony, in accordance with the Stadhoudersweg. The building volume to the right on the Nobelstraat is four storeys high and contains on the left a Haagse portiek (for two dwellings). To the right of this are two more Haagse portieken, each for four dwellings, flanked by the front doors of the ground floor dwellings. Above the portieken are narrow rectangular windows. Otherwise the facade here contains broad articulated windows. The rear facades of the building block contain (rectangular) windows with wooden frames and balconies with brick balustrades. Otherwise the characteristics apply as described in the complex description.

Valuation

RESIDENTIAL BLOCK with PORTIEK-ETAGEWONINGEN and SHOPS, as the northeastern part of the urban planning ensemble the "Centraal Plan", built in 1932-1935 according to the design of the architects J.H. van den Broek, A. Otten and W. Th. ten Bosch and because of the concentration of amenities in the ensemble, of general interest because of its architectural-historical and dwelling-typological value.