Mechelen
Mechelen — from Jef Huygh’s house to the Veemarkt, Art Deco and New Objectivity
In Mechelen, this walk follows Art Deco from around 1925 to 1935. It starts at Jef Huygh’s town house on Willem Geetsstraat, with its polygonal bow window and raised bay under a bell-shaped crown, a protected monument, then crosses the Veldenstraat workers’ estate, 72 houses built for De Mechelse Goedkope Woning to plans by Augustus Van Haesendonck and completed in 1930. On Koolstraat, Jos Chabot’s corner café (1934) and houses (1935), between Art Deco and Nieuwe Zakelijkheid, are part of a protected townscape; on nearby Dageraadstraat stand Armand Verreyt’s house and L. Poplemon’s Villa des Glycines, both from around 1935 and recorded in the Flemish architectural heritage inventory. The walk ends on the Veemarkt, at two semi-detached town houses whose permit application dates from 1930 and whose designer is unknown.
6 stops · Duration 2h · Distance 4 km
Woonhuis Art déco Jef Huygh — Mechelen
A bourgeois house in the Art Deco style, around 1925, designed by Jef Huygh.
Cité ouvrière Veldenstraat — Malines
Group of 72 workers' houses built by the De Mechelse Goedkope Woning company as part of slum clearance, to plans by the Mechelen architect Augustus Van Haesendonck; the permit appl
Maisons de ville modernistes de Jos Chabot, Koolstraat 72-100 — Malines
A corner café and a row of seven two-family houses in Art Deco / Nieuwe Zakelijkheid style, all designed by the architect Jos Chabot.
Maison Art déco, Dageraadstraat 47 — Malines
Terraced house of around 1935, between Nieuwe Zakelijkheid and Art Deco, signed by the architect Armand Verreyt.
Villa des Glycines — Malines
Detached Art Deco villa of two bays and two to three storeys, dating from around 1935 and signed by the architect L.
Maisons bourgeoises jumelées, Veemarkt 29 — Malines
Pair of linked terraced Art Deco townhouses built for F.
Translated from the French original.