In 1909 the polder adjacent to the Kanal was drained and the city designated it land for housing the rapidly growing white collar population.

Under a master plan drawn up the Gemeentelijke Woningdienst in 1917, all prominent architects designed housing blocks for the sector.

This concept was developed by Le Corbusier for his Unite d'Habitation in Marseilles, and later by Peter and Alison Smithson for Golden Lane Estate and Robin Hood Gardens, in London.

In 1984, the De Jonge architectural practice began work on renovating this housing complex in close collaboration with the Netherlands Department for Conservation.

The access gallery was carefully restored and partly replaced, the communal baths became a crèche and meeting room.