描述

This monograph of more than 450 pages collects and details 25 works made in the last 25 years by the Dutch architect Frits Van Dongen.

From the creation of the studio to his appointment as a Government Architect or Rijksbouwmeester_ an honorary position in the Netherlands with more than 200 years of tradition_ he has produced a large number of architecture and urban planning projects focused mainly on two poles: the production of housing and the buildings for culture .

The residential buildings fit into the Dutch tradition characterized by their high quality derived from the regulations that emerged at the beginning of the 20th century due to the new housing needs of the population.
More than half of the projects in this book are The Whale (217 residences), Funen (565 residences), Landtong (625 residences), or Gangnam Housing District (1,400 residences) housing projects.
In the repertoire of solutions shown, repetition plays an important role together with diversity, as a primary condition for the generation of quality, creating unique and diverse living environments. This results in an authentic alphabet of housing typologies where each one is essentially different but shares similarities.

As for cultural buildings , the palette of proposals ranges from theaters, a cinema, a concert hall, a music hall, an events hall and a conservatory.

The new context of culture, digital communication and the consumption of entertainment gives rise to a return to the origins of the public building as a social meeting place. This becomes its most important function and it is where Frits van Dongen concentrates its capacity for innovation.

Inside, as a meeting space and shared experience between spectator and artist, and on the stairs, as a space for public life and social theater.

 

Introduction
Frits van Dongen

Conversation between: José María Delapuerta Montoya,
Alejandro de Miguel Solano and Frits Van Dongen

NATAL
Apartment Blocks in Rotterdam. Netherlands

Without Dogma
Elbert Arens

DE HARMONIE
Theater in Leeuwarden. Netherlands

“What the hell are we fighting for?”
Elbert arens

DE LANDTONG
Apartment Blocks in Rotterdam. Netherlands

TRICOT
Apartment building in Winterswijk. Netherlands

HET FUNEN
Apartment Blocks and Planning in Amsterdam.
Netherlands

THE WHALE
Apartment Blocks in Amsterdam. Netherlands

PATHÉ
Movie theaters in Amsterdam. Netherlands

DELIS BLAUW
Apartment Building in Deli. Netherlands

BATAVIA
Apartment block, Amsterdam. Netherlands

HEINEKEN MUSIC HALL
Concert Hall, Amsterdam. Netherlands

IJBURG
Apartment block, and urban planning.
Amsterdam. Netherlands

STADSKANTOOR
Municipal office building. Enschede. Netherlands

BOTANIA
Apartment block. Amsterdam. Netherlands

DE ADMIRAAL
Apartment and Office Block. Ro = erdam. Netherlands

SPAZIO
Mixed-use towers. Zoetermeer. Netherlands

CAP GEMINI HOOFDKANTOOR
Office Building. Utrecht. Netherlands

CASANOVA BOLZANO
Urban Planning in Bolzano. Italy

SIDE BY SIDE
Torres de Apartamentos, Almere. Netherlands

DE PHILHARMONIE
Concert Hall, Haarlem. Netherlands

CONSERVATORY and Amsterdam Music School. Netherlands

WOONTOREN COUPERUS
Apartment Block and Tower, Den Haag. Netherlands

VORSTIN POPPODIUM
Concert Hall, Hilversum. Netherlands

STADSHOF LONDENHAVEN
Apartment Block, Purmerend. Netherlands

GANGNAM HOUSING DISTRICT
Apartment Block and Management, Seoul. South Korea

KUNSTCLUSTER
Arts Center in Nieuwegein. Netherlands