Jacob Geel Neighborhood East Phase 1

A mix of (social) rent and buy in the same style as the outdated rental housing that stood here in Slotervaart (New West).

Demolition-new construction in Slotervaart
In the Jacob Geel neighborhood in Slotervaart (New West), housing corporation De Alliantie has replaced 314 outdated homes with 500 new homes. The first phase has been completed, the second phase is under construction. There will be a mix of social rent, mid-rent and owner-occupied.

Living
Phase 1 consists of two projects:

• The Jacoba' with 130 social rental housing units and 40 medium-rent units. These homes are mostly for residents from phase 2 who had to leave their homes and returnees from phase 1. De Jacoba is located at the Jacoba van Mosselhof, the Jacob Geelstraat and the Hemsterhuisstraat.
• The Jacob with 92 owner-occupied homes. The new building blocks all have family homes on the lower two floors with front doors facing the street. Above the maisonettes are apartments with 1, 2 or 3 bedrooms. All homes have good outdoor space in the form of a garden, balcony or terrace. Parking is contained behind friendly yard fences and under an overgrown pergola making it part of the green courtyard.

Architecture
The Jacob Geel neighborhood is part of the area designated by the State as a "reconstruction area of national importance." The neighborhood is part of Van Eesteren's General Expansion Plan (AUP). Characteristic is the clear garden city structure with lots of greenery, long sightlines, and open building blocks in ensembles around green courtyards. The new plan was inspired by the original buildings and developed with the residents of the demolished blocks.

The architectural design is inspired by the original building with porticoes in red brick and with faintly sloping roofs. The roof shape has been adopted in the new building. The porches have been replaced by galleries. The balconies are outside the façade plane. They are chamfered at the bottom and have rounded corners with specially designed railings.

The buildings are part of a series of building blocks and almost all are identical. The variation in masonry patterns on the end walls and the different colors around the entrances distinguish the blocks from each other. The artworks in Leo Braat's original buildings have been refurbished and replaced in the new building blocks.