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Re-Reading Dutch Architecture In Relation To Social Issues From The 1940s To The 1960s, Pat Seeumpornroj
Re-Reading Dutch Architecture In Relation To Social Issues From The 1940s To The 1960s, Pat Seeumpornroj
NAKHARA (Journal of Environmental Design and Planning)
This paper seeks to connect the work of J.J.P. Oud, Aldo van Eyck, and Herman Hertzberger, the three Dutch protagonists to the dominant social issues that occurred from the 1940s to the 1960s. Theyaddressed the following issues: poverty, the housing shortages from the pre-World War II period, the sociopolitical issues in the collective expression of the public, rapid economy recovery, large population growth, and white-collar labor in the post-World War II period. The author will examine the role played by the Dutch government in advancing a progressive social agenda, and will demonstrate both continuities and discontinuities between them.