Hendrik Petrus Berlage's plan for Amsterdam South laid out a generous extension of monumental boulevards, enclosed perimeter housing blocks and public squares under municipal direction enabled by the Woningwet. Realised largely in brick by architects of the Amsterdam School, it married urban order with expressive housing architecture. The plan treated workers' housing as a dignified civic project rather than mere accommodation. It became an internationally studied model of unified urban design.
Plan Zuid set a benchmark for socially purposeful, architecturally coherent city extension under public planning.
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