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Architecture
Housing complex on the beach of Hoek van Holland

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Fotografie des 19. – 21. Jahrhunderts
Auktionsdatum 5.6.2024

Photographer: Evert Marinus van Ojen (1886-1964). Housing complex on the beach of Hoek van Holland, designed by J.J.P. Oud (1890-1963). 1927. Vintage gelatin silver print. 15,2 cm x 22,2 cm. Annotated in pencil on verso.

Designed by J.J.P. Oud in the early 1920s, the housing complex on the beach of Hoek van Holland, known as the "Strand Wijk" (Beach District), is a significant example of Dutch modernist architecture. Intended for workers and their families, the complex emphasizes simplicity and functionality, incorporating modern architectural principles derived from the De Stijl movement and fostering community through integrated green spaces and communal areas. Today, it stands as an important landmark in Dutch architecture, attracting visitors interested in modernist housing concepts. – Small crease in lower right corner, some surface irregularities on recto and a few small traces of white paint on verso, otherwise in good condition.

Lit.: Ludwig Hilberseimer. Groszstadtarchitektur. Stuttgart 1927, ill. p. 45, pl. 94.
Ludwig Hilberseimer. Internationale neue Baukunst im Auftrag des Deutschen Werkbundes. Stuttgart 1928, ill. p. 10.
Walter Dexel. Das Wohnhaus von heute. Leipzig 1928, ill. p. 69, pl. 46.
Siegfried Giedion. Befreites Wohnen: 86 Bilder. Zürich and Leipzig 1929, ill. p. 35.
Martien DeVletter, Ed Taverne and Cor Wagenaar, J.J. P. Oud 1890-1963: The Complete Works. Amsterdam 2001, ill. p. 266.