Jacobus Johannes Pieter Oud

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JJP Oud, ca.1918

Jacobus Johannes Pieter Oud (born February 9, 1890 in Purmerend , † April 5, 1963 in Wassenaar ), called Bob Oud and also known as JJP Oud , was a Dutch architect and author . He was a member of the De Stijl artist group from 1917 to 1921 and is considered one of the main exponents of functionalism . His brother, Pieter Oud , was mayor of Rotterdam .

life and work

Interior of Villa de Vonk (1918 ?, Photo: Theo van Doesburg )
Villa Allegonda (1917 with Theo van Doesburg, Katwijk aan Zee), after dismantling and restoration in 2017
Villa Allegonda, side and back 2017

Oud studied in Amsterdam and Delft . He learned from Petrus Josephus Hubertus Cuypers , Jan Stuyt and the German architect Theodor Fischer . In 1914 he settled in Leiden . There he met Theo van Doesburg . Between 1917 and 1920 he wrote several articles on architecture for his magazine “De Stijl”.

From 1918 to 1933 he was a city architect in Rotterdam . The residential complexes and settlements that he built in Rotterdam in the 1920s made him one of the best-known representatives of the International Style . In 1954 he was awarded an honorary doctorate from the Technical University of Delft .

Works

buildings

  • Katwijk , Villa "Allegonda", 1917
  • Scheveningen, settlement on the beach promenade, 1917
  • Rotterdam, "Tusschendijken" settlement, 1920–21 (model for the Berlin residential area Carl Legien by Bruno Taut and Franz Hillinger )
  • Rotterdam, “Oud-Mathenesse” settlement, 1922
  • Rotterdam, “Hoek van Holland” settlement, 1924–1927
  • Rotterdam, “De Unie” restaurant, 1925
  • Rotterdam, “Kiefhoek” settlement, 1925–1927
  • Stuttgart , row houses in the Weißenhofsiedlung , houses Pankokweg 5–9, 1927
  • The Hague , BIM ( Shell Administration Building ), 1938–42
  • Rotterdam, Sparkasse, 1942–50
  • Amsterdam, National Monument on Dam Square, 1949 (together with the sculptor John Raedecker )
  • Arnheim , Organic Children's Home, 1952–1960
  • Rotterdam, office building for the insurance company De Utrecht , 1954–61
  • The Hague, Dutch Congress Center , 1956–63

Architectural theory

  • JJP Oud: Dutch Architecture, Bauhaus Books 10, Munich 1926

literature

  • Günther Stamm: JJP Oud, Buildings and Projects 1906 to 1963 , Berlin 1998
  • Eva von Engelberg-Dockal: JJP Oud between De Stijl and classical tradition. Works from 1916 to 1931. Gebr. Mann Verlag, Berlin 2006. ISBN 978-3-7861-2498-6

Web links

Commons : Jacobus Oud  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Images in: H. de Fries (ed.): Modern Villas and Country Houses , 3rd Edition, Berlin: Wasmuth 1925, pp. 60–61.
personal data
SURNAME Oud, Jacobus Johannes Pieter
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Oud, JJP
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Dutch architect
DATE OF BIRTH February 9, 1890
PLACE OF BIRTH Purmerend
DATE OF DEATH April 5, 1963
Place of death Wassenaar