Mechelen

Mechelen — from the Mona Lisa house to Paardenkerkhofstraat, Art Deco and New Objectivity

In Mechelen, this walk follows Art Deco and New Objectivity from 1928 to around 1935. It starts at the Mona Lisa house, a town house of around 1935 with stepped volumes and rounded forms, probably by J. Ottelohé. 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 stands L. Poplemon’s Villa des Glycines, from around 1935. On the Bruul, a commercial building whose permit application dates from 1928 has an Art Deco façade articulated by three red-brick pilaster strips. On the Veemarkt, two semi-detached town houses whose permit application dates from 1930 and whose designer is unknown precede the last stop, on Paardenkerkhofstraat: an Art Deco house of 1931 with a three-sided oriel.

6 stops · Duration 2h30 · Distance 5,5 km

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1. Maison Mona Lisa — Malines

   Jacques Ottelohé (attribution) · 1935

   Town house of around 1935, set back from the building line, close to Art Deco and Nieuwe Zakelijkheid; the architect's name, hard to read on the plans filed in 1935, is probably that of J.

2. Maisons de ville modernistes de Jos Chabot, Koolstraat 72-100 — Malines

   Jos Chabot · 1935

   A corner café and a row of seven two-family houses in Art Deco / Nieuwe Zakelijkheid style, all designed by the architect Jos Chabot.

3. Villa des Glycines — Malines

   L. Poplemon · 1935

   Detached Art Deco villa of two bays and two to three storeys, dating from around 1935 and signed by the architect L.

4. Immeuble commercial Art déco, Bruul 12 — Malines

   Inconnu · 1928

   Commercial building with an Art Deco façade of four storeys and four bays under a flat roof, for which a building permit application was submitted in 1928 (the file is missing).

5. Maisons bourgeoises jumelées, Veemarkt 29 — Malines

   Inconnu · 1930

   Pair of linked terraced Art Deco townhouses built for F.

6. Maison Art déco, Paardenkerkhofstraat 193 — Malines

   Inconnu · 1931

   Single-fronted house of two bays and two storeys under a pseudo-mansard roof covered with artificial slate, in the Art Deco style, dating from 1931 according to a file in the Mechelen city archives.

Translated from the French original.