portiekflats
Portiekflats are multi-unit apartment buildings with a shared, covered entrance, called a portiek, that leads to an internal corridor. From this corridor, the doors to the individual dwellings are reached. The design emerged in the Netherlands and Belgium during the late 19th and early 20th centuries as a way to house a growing urban population efficiently. They are typically 3 to 5 stories tall, often have brick façades, and include stairwells with the possibility of later-installed elevators. The ground floor may contain a communal vestibule, mailboxes, and sometimes bicycle storage.
In contrast with galerijflats, where access to flats is via external galleries, portiekflats provide interior access
Today, portiekflats remain common in older urban cores and are valued for compact urban living and solid