Herman Hertzberger

Herman Hertzberger
Herman Hertzberger in 1970
Born (1932-07-06) 6 July 1932
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Nationality Dutch
Alma mater Delft University of Technology
Occupation Architect
Awards RIBA Royal Gold Medal
Buildings Montessori school, Delft (1966–70)
Centraal Beheer office building, Apeldoorn (1970–72)
Projects Diagoonwoningen, Delft (1971)

Herman Hertzberger (born 6 July 1932) is one of the most famous Dutch architects, professor emeritus and the last Dutch architect to receive the prestigious Royal Gold Medal.

Biography

Centraal Beheer office building, participation inside, Apeldoorn 1972

Herman Hertzberger was born on 6 July 1932 in Amsterdam.[1]

He completed his studies at the Delft University of Technology in 1958, where he was a professor from 1970 to 1999.[1]

Career

Structuralism

Hertzberger can be considered, along with Aldo van Eyck, as the influence behind the Dutch structuralist movement of the 1960s and 1970s. Among Hertzberger's best known buildings are the experimetal houses known as "Diagoon" houses (1971), the Montessori school in Delft (1966–70) and the administration building for the Centraal Beheer Insurance Company building in Apeldoorn (1970–72). He believed that the architect's role was not to provide a complete solution, but to provide a spatial framework to be filled in by the users. This idea is coming from the Participation movement, initiated in 1961 by John Habraken with his book "Supports". Herman Hertzberger was one of the first architects, who produced architectural solutions with user participation. Centraal Beheer and the "Diagoon" houses are belonging to the most inspiring examples of the international Participation movement.

Books

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.

Awards

He is an Accademico d'Onore, or honorary member, of the Accademia delle Arti del Disegno of Florence.[4]

Buildings

References

  1. 1 2 Herman Hertzberger at the archINFORM database
  2. ↑ "Constructive criticism: the week in architecture". The Guardian. 9 December 2011. Retrieved 10 February 2012.
  3. ↑ UVA Today News, March 04, 2015.
  4. ↑ Accademici d'Onore Archived 2013-06-19 at the Wayback Machine. (in Italian). Accademia delle Arti del Disegno, Florence. Accessed June 2013.
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