From the streets
Apollolaan
scale: 1:500
Apollolaan is one of the structuring avenues in Berlage‘s plan. It is 55 metres wide. The special element is the central green strip which is 14 metres wide and features four rows of lime trees and elm trees. The general rule that a profile can have a maximum of one row of trees for every 10 metres in width is clearly evident in Plan Zuid. The buildings are about as tall as those on Keizersgracht, up to the maximum height possible without a lift in Amsterdam, i.e. 15 metres. The big scale of the street facades ensures a totally unique appearance in comparison with the equally wide Keizersgracht. Grandeur is the appropriate positive qualification, while paternalism would denote the negative impact.
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