Bart van Damme
Nagele
Nagele, Noordoostpolder, Flevoland, the Netherlands
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After the Noordoostpolder [North-East Polder] was reclaimed from the Zuiderzee [now IJsselmeer] in 1942, the village of Nagele was built in the fifties after a design by the architect group The Eight [Aldo van Eyck, Cornelis van Eesteren, Gerrit Rietveld, Mien Ruys]. The village is built according to strict and linear urban planning and is visited by architecture lovers from all over the world.
Nagele was primarily built for farmworkers, who, up to then, lived near to the farms. Subsequently schools, churches and shops were built, causing a more diverse population. In order to effectuate even more diversity also people who were not directly bound to the Noordoostpolder were able to rent a house in Nagele. Thus lots of people from the busy Randstad area [Amsterdam, Rotterdam, The Hague, Utrecht] found their way to Nagele.
Nagele
Nagele, Noordoostpolder, Flevoland, the Netherlands
facebook | website | maasvlakte book | coal landscapes book | zerp gallery
© 2016 Bart van Damme
After the Noordoostpolder [North-East Polder] was reclaimed from the Zuiderzee [now IJsselmeer] in 1942, the village of Nagele was built in the fifties after a design by the architect group The Eight [Aldo van Eyck, Cornelis van Eesteren, Gerrit Rietveld, Mien Ruys]. The village is built according to strict and linear urban planning and is visited by architecture lovers from all over the world.
Nagele was primarily built for farmworkers, who, up to then, lived near to the farms. Subsequently schools, churches and shops were built, causing a more diverse population. In order to effectuate even more diversity also people who were not directly bound to the Noordoostpolder were able to rent a house in Nagele. Thus lots of people from the busy Randstad area [Amsterdam, Rotterdam, The Hague, Utrecht] found their way to Nagele.