In additon, the social housing in those days was private non-profit initiative, through associations with members. Some financed by filantropists, but most by future rentpayers and/or with national government loans. Mainly for better housing for the working class, hence the nick name 'labourers palaces', from a broader vision of a better future, with in house elektricity. Amsterdam came from a situation of many, many very unhealthy slums in an empoverished city in an empoverished country only decades before. So there's an optimism to the project that might explain the flamboyance, and it's probably not what city council would have had designed for just the poorest when it was from their budget.
Miffy is from Utrecht too, and it's no secret Dick Bruna was inspired by De Stijl, but broke the rules too. One can also wonder about it's influence on 'de klare lijn', the clear line to characterize the style of cartoons/comics with TinTin as the example for which the term was coined.
Forget modernism , lets go back to the Amsterdam School , Dudok and Berlage , together with a lot of grass and trees ..... Lets make Netherlands cosy again ! 😂😂😂
Very Interesting, Alan. I've been a frequent visitor to the Netherlands for work, so some of this resonates with me
In additon, the social housing in those days was private non-profit initiative, through associations with members. Some financed by filantropists, but most by future rentpayers and/or with national government loans. Mainly for better housing for the working class, hence the nick name 'labourers palaces', from a broader vision of a better future, with in house elektricity. Amsterdam came from a situation of many, many very unhealthy slums in an empoverished city in an empoverished country only decades before. So there's an optimism to the project that might explain the flamboyance, and it's probably not what city council would have had designed for just the poorest when it was from their budget.
Thank you for your most interesting comments
@@alansoldat1779 My pleasure. Thanks for the video.
Looking at the last part I suddenly thought that Nijntje, or Miffy, is probably also inspired by the Stijl.
Miffy is from Utrecht too, and it's no secret Dick Bruna was inspired by De Stijl, but broke the rules too. One can also wonder about it's influence on 'de klare lijn', the clear line to characterize the style of cartoons/comics with TinTin as the example for which the term was coined.
Forget modernism , lets go back to the Amsterdam School , Dudok and Berlage , together with a lot of grass and trees .....
Lets make Netherlands cosy again ! 😂😂😂