Turnhout

Turnhout — from Gierledreef to Gasstraat, Art Deco and New Objectivity

This walk follows Art Deco and New Objectivity in Turnhout from 1930 to 1947. It starts at the warehouses and houses of the Derks & Hendrickx building firm on Gierledreef (1933), then follows de Merodelei, where Ern. Wauters signed the Verreet two-family dwelling (1932), Art Deco, and the Van Hoeck corner house (1935), “nieuwe zakelijkheid/art deco” according to the record. Next come A. Pastijn’s small house on Hannuitstraat (1933), with a curved oriel across its full width, and J.P. Verrees’s shop-house on Gasthuisstraat (1931), in which the record recognises the influence of the Amsterdam School. Three works by Eduard Van Steenbergen follow: the De Rode Hoed shop on Herentalsstraat (1930 and 1946-1947), then, on Deken Adamsstraat, the house of the joiner J. Hermans (1938-1939) and that of the doctor E. Van Ussel (1940), a protected monument. The walk ends on Gasstraat, at two mirror-image houses of 1935.

9 stops · Duration 2h45 · Distance 4 km

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1. Entrepôts et maisons de l'entreprise Derks & Hendrickx — Turnhout

   Inconnu · 1933

   Symmetrical Art Deco group of warehouses and dwellings of 1933, according to the building application of that year: two houses of two bays and two storeys flank a taller gatehouse,

2. Maisons Verreet — Turnhout

   Ernest Wauters · 1932

   Two-family dwelling in the Art Deco style of 1932, known as the Verreet houses, designed by the architect Ern.

3. Maison Van Hoeck — Turnhout

   Ernest Wauters · 1935

   Corner house of 1935, described in the inventory as "nieuwe zakelijkheid/art deco", designed by the architect Ern.

4. Maison Art déco, Hannuitstraat 4 — Turnhout

   Aloïs Pastijn · 1933

   Small house of one bay and two storeys in the Art Deco style, designed by the architect A.

5. Maison de commerce Art déco, Gasthuisstraat 29 — Turnhout

   Jozef Paul Verrees · 1931

   Shop-house of two wide bays and two storeys in the Art Deco style, designed in 1931 by the Turnhout architect J.P.

6. Maison et magasin de vêtements De Rode Hoed — Turnhout

   Eduard Van Steenbergen · 1947

   House and clothing shop Bauweraerts-Jespers, in the New Objectivity and Art Deco style, designed by architect Eduard Van Steenbergen, who also designed the stained glass and the or

7. Maison J. Hermans — Turnhout

   Eduard Van Steenbergen · 1939

   House of J. Hermans, a joiner, built in 1938-1939 to designs by the architect E.

8. Maison du médecin E. Van Ussel — Turnhout

   Eduard Van Steenbergen · 1940

   Doctor's house designed in 1940 by the architect E.

9. Deux maisons Art déco, Gasstraat 37-39 — Turnhout

   Inconnu · 1935

   Two mirror-image houses of 1935, together four bays and two storeys under a shared pseudo-mansard roof with dormers, in a Dutch-inspired Art Deco.

Translated from the French original.