Jakoba Mulder

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Jakoba Helena Mulder

Jakoba Helena "Ko" Mulder (born March 2, 1900 in Breda ; † November 4, 1988 in Amsterdam ) was a Dutch architect , university lecturer and urban planner.

Life

Ko Mulder was born in Breda as the daughter of the infantry officer Hendrik Mulder (1874-1947) and his wife Sara Maria Boon (1878-1943). Through her father's service in the Royal Dutch Indian Army , she grew up in Semarang , Dutch East Indies . When she was thirteen she returned to the Netherlands, where she initially lived with uncles and aunts. At the age of 18 she started studying architecture at the Technical University of Delft . She completed her studies in 1926 and after a few rejections began working in an architecture office in The Hague . Here she mainly worked out sketches like those of an anthroposophical school. However, she began to be more interested in the social aspect of town planning and so after two years she moved to the municipality of Delft, where she worked as a deputy architect on urban expansion plans. In 1930 she joined the Amsterdam urban development department as an assistant to the urban development architect. Here she worked for Theodoor K. van Lohuizen and Cornelis van Eesteren, among others . After initially smaller plans, the design of the Amsterdamse Bos became her first big task. From 1935 until its completion in 1970, Jakoba Mulder was closely involved in the Amsterdamse Bos, as the head of a team of various experts in soil science, water management, flora and fauna, but also in sports, nature education and public health. She also designed the Beatrix Park . In 1952 she was appointed chief architect of Amsterdam and in 1958 took over the management of the urban development department, retired in 1965 and then remained professor of planning at the University of Amsterdam until her 70th birthday .

Projects (selection)

Web links

Commons : Jakoba Mulder  - collection of images, videos and audio files
  • Biographical database of the Netherlands online
  • Anne Mieke Backer: Mulder, Jakoba Helena (1900–1988) , Digitaal Vrouwenlexicon van Nederland ( online , Dutch).
personal data
SURNAME Mulder, Jakoba
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Mulder, Jakoba Helena; Mulder, Ko
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Dutch architect, university professor and urban planner
DATE OF BIRTH March 2, 1900
PLACE OF BIRTH Breda
DATE OF DEATH 4th November 1988
Place of death Amsterdam