Works and Influences of

Hendrik Petrus Berlage

(21 February 1856 – 12 August 1934)

• Dutch architect and designer

•From 1876 to 1879 he trained as an architect in Zurich.

•Then traveled through Europe, particularly Italy. He returned to Amsterdam and started his own practice in 1889

• Visit to the U.S. in 1911, Berlage studied American building American architects Louis Sullivan and Frank Lloyd Wright and introduced them to Europe

Architect whose work is characterized by a use of materials based on their fundamental properties and an avoidance of decoration, exerted considerable influence on modern architecture in the Netherlands.

Considered the father of Modern architecture in Neatherlands

Stock Exchange in Amsterdam (1898–1903)

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•Romanticize the flatness of the wall (being true to the wall)•Romanesque influence - Symmetry, semi circular arches, vaults• Honest use of materials (all used materials should be recognizable•Clarity of construction (no unnecessary ornamentation) •Cast Iron and fiber glass were new materials that he used

Plan to Section: The Beurs is build on a grid of 3.8m by 3.8m. The facade is designed using the proportions of the Egyptian Triangle (5:8) in combination with the grid of the floor plan.

Organisation: Berlage uses various shapes and sizes, in the facade, to create diversity. By repeating forms Berlage keeps a balance in the facade

Symmetry and Balance: Berlage creates a segment of the facade which he repeates throughout the building. The segmant are individually symmetrical to emphasize the balance.

Color: Berlage uses diffrent materials to create differsity. And the materials are in the same color range to emphasize the balance. Yellow: Brick Grey: Steel Brown: Wood

Lighting: Locating a linear skylight along the edge where a wall and ceiling plane meet allows incoming light to wash the surface of the wall, illiminate it and enhance the brightness of the space.

The Gemeente museum Den Haag (Municipal Museum) is an art museum, designed by the Dutch architect H. P. Belarge. Influence of Modern architecture of F.L. Wringht and Louis SullivanThe floor plan of the building is based on a grid of 110 by 110 cm

Municipal Museum, The Hague

Plan to Section: The building is designed on a raster of 1,10m by 1,10m which brings balances and harmonie in the composition.

Symmetry and Balance: Berlage repeats interlocking volumes to create order in used forms and shapes. He repeats this concept over the entire building. The symmetry and balance is found in different scales, from the building complex to sub-elements.

Organisation: Berlage uses various shapes and sizes, in the facade, to create diversity. By repeating forms Berlage keeps a balance in the facade. Lighting: Berlage creates balance

through lighting by creating windows on one side of the room.

Color: Berlage creates diversity by using diffrent colors. Colors are used to define form and shape. Every color has the same size in width ore length. Which emphasize the balance.

•The visitor is taken to the museum by a long, glazed pergola so he can gradually take away from the busy street bustle.•geometric design system

Berlage turned to examples of American church architecture, particularly Sullivan’s

The aim was to design a church to seat 700, with a Sunday School for 200 pupils, and a caretaker’s apartment.

Church of Christ, Scientist, The Hague

Chair designs by Hendrik Petrus Berlage

Chair designs by Hendrik Petrus Berlage

Bibliography

• Giedion,Sigfried. Space, Time and Architecture: The Growth of a New Tradition,1999,Harvard

University Press

• Postiglione, Gennaro . 100: One Hundred Houses for One Hundred European Architects of the Twentieth, Taschen Press

• Sergio Polano: Hendrik Petrus Berlage – Complete Works. New York, Rizzoli InternationalPublications Inc., 1988

References

• July 17, 2010, Contemporary ArchitectureAvailabe at :https://thearchiblog.wordpress.com/tag/hendrik-petrus-berlage/