Façades of The Hague #136

Blocks of social housing Jacob Catsstraat, corners Albert Cuypstraat and Hoefkade, west side of the street. Most of the neighbourhood dating from the end of the 19^th century and the first quarter of the 20^th century was broken down in the 1980s and new housing was built.

The blocks on these pictures were designed by Álvaro Siza (1933), who had a good reputation in co-operating with future inhabitants of social housing projects, in collaboration with architects Jeroen Geurst (1960) and Rens Schulze (1960).

They were built in 1989-1993. In the rigorous façade of the block Siza very much stuck to the Dutch 19^th century urban tradition of red-brown bricks and the Hague tradition of recesses with steep stairs in the façades.

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All pictures were taken in March 2017.

Bertus Pieters

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Façades of The Hague #118

Two gables, Jacob Catsstraat, of the redesigning project by Álvaro Siza (1933) of part of the late 19^th century Schilderswijk, a by the end of the 20^th century strongly impoverished working-class neighbourhood.

The project was completed in 1993.

There are reflections on the brick façades of windows of apartment blocks of the other side of the street.

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All pictures were taken in March 2017.

Bertus Pieters

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