Herman Hertzberger: Strukturalismus / Structuralism documents the built work of Dutch Structuralism's foremost practitioner through Klaus Kinold's photographs — images that carry historical weight precisely because several of the buildings depicted have since been altered.
About This Book
Dutch Structuralism emerged in 1960 as a movement grounded in the archetypal behaviours of human beings — a conviction that architecture must answer to both individual experience and collective social life. Herman Hertzberger, born in 1932, is its most significant exponent. This volume surveys his major works from 1968 to 1990: office buildings, schools, and housing estates characterised by fair-faced concrete, glass, and the distinctive use of precast concrete blocks — a deliberately humble material that Hertzberger transformed into something architecturally precise. Munich-based architectural photographer Klaus Kinold provides the visual record, producing photographs that now serve as primary documentation of buildings that have since undergone changes. Essential for anyone engaged with post-war European modernism and the social dimensions of architecture.
Key Features
- 80 pages of architectural photography documenting Hertzberger's key works from 1968 to 1990
- Photography by Klaus Kinold; text by Wolfgang Jean Stock
- Projects include office buildings, schools, and housing estates representative of Dutch Structuralism
- Published by Hirmer Verlag GmbH, 1990
What You'll Discover
- How Dutch Structuralism repositioned architectural form around archetypal human behaviour rather than purely aesthetic or functional imperatives
- Hertzberger's material strategy: the use of precast concrete blocks as a deliberately "poor" construction material capable of generating distinctive spatial character
- The social ambition behind works spanning offices, schools, and housing — buildings designed to be "inviting" to both individual users and communities
- Klaus Kinold's photographs as historical documents, capturing buildings in states that no longer exist following subsequent alterations
About the Author
Wolfgang Jean Stock is the credited author of this publication. Klaus Kinold, the Munich-based architectural photographer whose images form the core of the book, focused on Hertzberger's work from an early stage in his career, producing a body of documentation now considered to have lasting historical value.
Specifications
- Format: Hardcover
- Pages: 80
- Dimensions: 32 x 22 cm
- Language: English
- ISBN: 9783777436623
- Publisher: Hirmer Verlag GmbH
- Publication Date: 1990
Perfect For: Architects and historians with an interest in post-war European modernism, Dutch Structuralism, and the intersection of social theory and built form; students researching Hertzberger or architectural photography as documentation.