Aldo van Eyck Works

Compilation by Vincent Ligtelijn

Birkhauser Publishers Basel • Boston • Berlin 8 The Paradox of Responsibility Vincent Ligtelijn 10 Preface Joseph Rykwert 12 The Otterlo Circles Aldo van Eyck 14 Introduction to the Work of Aldo van Eyck Vincent Ligtelijn 20 Church at by Aldo van Eyck Peter Smithson 22 The Mechanism of the Twentieth Century and the Architecture of Aldo van Eyck Herman Hertzberg 26 Words and Things in the Work of Aldo van Eyck Henk Engel 30 Aldo van Eyck and the City Francis Strauven 34 A Closer Consideration of the Built Work Vincent Ligtelijn Projects 1944-99 52 Tower Room Conversion for Prof. Loeffler, Zurich 54 Architect's Apartment, 56 Bank Directors' Rooms, Heldring & Pierson, The Hague 58 Entrance Sign for the National Maritime Exhibition, Ahoy', Rotterdam 60 Cobra Exhibition, Amsterdam / Liege 64 Damme House, Amsterdam 66 Houses for the Elderly, Slotermeer, Amsterdam 68 The Amsterdam Playgrounds 68 When Snow Falls on Cities 82 The Blue-Purple Room, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam 83 Hexagonal Table 84 Nagele, Plan for a Rural Village on Reclaimed Land, Noordoostpolder 85 Three Primary Schools at Nagele, Noordoostpolder 88 Orphanage, Amsterdam 88 The Medicine of Reciprocity Tentatively Illustrated 110 Open-Air School, Amsterdam 111 The Four Tower House, Baambrugge 114 Congress Building, Jerusalem 116 War Memorial, The Hague 117 Urban Design for Buikslotermeer, Amsterdam 120 Fashion Shop, Zurich 122 Protestant Church, 'The Wheels of Heaven', Driebergen 1 26 The Horizon and the Shifting Centre 127 Roman Catholic Church, The Hague 134 Sculpture Pavilion, Sonsbeek Exhibition, Arnhem 142 Maas House, Vreeland 144 Scenery for 'Labyrinth', Carre Theatre, Amsterdam 145 Town Hall, Deventer, 1966 148 Tajiri Exhibition, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam 1 50 M. Visser House, Bergeyk 1 53 Sanitary Facilities and Camping Site, Mijnden 1 56 Schmela House and Gallery, Diisseldorf 160 Verberk House, Venlo 162 The 15th Triennial Milan 164 Villa Robert van Eyck, St-Paul-de-Vence 166 Bute House, London 168 PREVI, Housing Development, Lima 174 Joost van Roojen Exhibition, Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven 175 City Centre as Donor 176 Urban Reconstruction, Nieuwmarkt Area, Amsterdam 1 78 Bureau Van Eyck & Bosch, 1971-82 179 The Cube Project, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam 180 Projects Hannie van Eyck 180 Florist's, Utrecht 181 Renovation of an 18th-century House, Amsterdam 182 Gallery, Amsterdam 183 Gallery, Amsterdam 184 Hubertus House, Home for Single Parents and their Children, Amsterdam 188 Building a House 198 Again the Prisms of my Childhood 201 Transparency 202 Pieter de Hoogh 202 The Gift of Colour 203 The Rainbow is my Favourite Colour 204 G.J. Visser House, Retie 208 De Jong House, Bergen 210 Padua Psychiatric Clinic, Boekel 216 Monument for Queen Wilhelmina, The Hague 218 General Scheme for Siemens AG, Moorenbrunn 220 Protestant Church for the Moluccan Community, Deventer 226 Urban Development of Campo di Marte, La Giudecca, Venice 230 The ESTEC Complex, 234 Local Symmetry Winking 247 Sala de Notte, Benedictine Abbey, Catania 250 Carel Visser Exhibition, Kroller-Muller Museum, Otterlo 252 Arts Centre, Middelburg 257 Restoration of Orphanage, Amsterdam 258 Tripolis Office Complex, Amsterdam 262 Green Area with Play Facilities, Apollolaan, Amsterdam 264 The Court of Audit, The Hague 278 Museum, Nijmegen 282 The Moscow House 285 Terminal Pier, Thessaloniki Port 289 Exhibitions of Own Works and Ideas Appendix 296 Quotations 298 Concise Biography 299 Projects by Aldo van Eyck 302 Writings by Aldo van Eyck 306 Selected Bibliography 310 Index of Persons 312 Photographic Credits