Herman Hertzberger in 1970
6 July 1932 |
|Alma mater||Delft University of Technology|
|Awards||RIBA Royal Gold Medal|
|Buildings||Montessori school, Delft (1966–70)
Centraal Beheer office building, Apeldoorn (1970–72)
Structuralism in architecture
Hertzberger can be considered, along with Aldo van Eyck, as the influence behind the Dutch structuralist movement of the 1960s. He believed that the architect's role was not to provide a complete solution, but to provide a spatial framework to be eventually filled in by the users. Among Hertzberger's best known buildings are the Montessori school in Delft (1966–70) and the administration building for the Centraal Beheer Insurance Company building in Apeldoorn (1970–72).
Hertzberger has written several books including Lessons for Students in Architecture published in 1991 (ISBN 978-9064504648), Space and the Architect: Lessons in Architecture 2, 1999 (ISBN 978-9064503801) and Space and Learning in 2008 (ISBN 978-9064506444).
Herman Hertzberger, Arnulf Lüchinger, Rijk Rietveld, Herman Hertzberger 1959–86, Buildings and Projects (English+German+French), The Hague 1987. First part of the architectural work.
De Drie Hoven, residential building for elderly people in Amsterdam-Slotervaart, 1974
Vredenburg Music Centre in Utrecht, 1978
Willemspark School in Amsterdam, 1983
Chassé Theatre in Breda, 1995
De Drie Hoven, with portrait of Herman Hertzberger. [Right mouse click, second link]
Diagoon housing in Delft, basic structure for participation, 1971
- Herman Hertzberger at the archINFORM database
- "Constructive criticism: the week in architecture". The Guardian. 9 December 2011. Retrieved 10 February 2012.
- Accademici d'Onore (in Italian). Accademia delle Arti del Disegno, Florence. Accessed June 2013.
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