Harmoniehof

English translation

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Description

Description

Central-western double DWELLING HOUSE (Harmoniehof 66,67) with two mirrored dwellings located on the west side of the Harmoniehof, bordering the open space of the garden. Part of a group of four double dwelling houses on the Harmoniehof. Created in 1920-1923 on a rectangular ground plan according to a design by J.C. van Epen in collaboration with M.J.E. Lippits. The basement-level double dwelling house has two storeys and a roof space. The whole is covered by a gabled roof with red and right-laid tiles. Simple gutter cornice on corbels. The ridge line runs globally in an east-west direction and so too runs the dividing line between the individual dwellings. On both sides of that dividing line are the two stairwells. Masoned chimneys with different flue channels and small roof dormers. The facades are masoned in stretcher bond with brickwork shaded in red-brown tones. On the four corners of the double dwelling house are the buttresses characteristic of Van Epen's work. These taper above the gutter cornice. The front and rear facades have bracing in the brickwork. The four facades have on the upper storey a facade cornice accentuated in brickwork and projection and windows in wooden frames and openings in the brickwork for ventilation. The front facade on the east side has on the ground floor the accesses to the dwellings beneath a broad canopy with metal tie rods. The kitchen is situated next to the entrance. The heavy wooden entrance doors have a hexagonal light with ornamental wrought-iron trelliswork. A garden gate amid masoned posts and a short garden path lead to these doors. Further garden gate on masoned and low footings. Next to the individual accesses there is per dwelling a two-sided bay over ground floor and upper storey. Windows corresponding in form to the bay. Further small single or articulated windows with bevelled bottom sill and masoned head course. The rear facade in the west has an even distribution of windows. Windows with casements and narrow mullions. French doors give access to the garden. The side facades are dominated by a large three-sided extension rising from ground level over three storeys. Finished flat at the top and tucked into the roof. In the extension windows of various sizes and articulation. In the further facade articulated and low windows.

Valuation

Double dwelling house dating from 1920-1923, with associated garden gate, of general importance due to architectural and cultural-historical value as a characteristic example of robust Amsterdam School applied to the middle class with differentiated dwelling types as a visually defining component of the residential complex the Harmoniehof of the 'Samenwerking'.