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JacobusJohannesPieterOud,commonlycalledJ.J.P.Oud(9February18905April1963)was
aDutcharchitect.[1]HisfamebeganasafolloweroftheDeStijlmovement.

JacobusJohannesPieterOud

OudwasborninPurmerend,thesonofatobaccoandwinemerchant.Asayoungarchitect,hewas
influencedbyBerlage,andstudiedunderTheodorFischerinMunichforatime.Heworkedtogether
withW.M.DudokinLeiden,whichiswherehealsometTheovanDoesburgandbecameinvolved
withthemovementDeStijl.
Between1918and1933,OudbecameMunicipalHousingArchitectforRotterdam.Duringthisperiod
whenmanylaborerswerecomingtothecity,hemostlyworkedonsociallyprogressiveresidential
projects.ThisincludedprojectsintheareasofSpangen,KiefhoekandtheWitteDorp.[1]Oudwasone
ofanumberofDutcharchitectswhoattemptedtoreconcilestrict,rational,'scientific'costeffective
constructiontechniqueagainstthepsychologicalneedsandaestheticexpectationsoftheusers.His
ownanswerwastopractice'poeticfunctionalism'.
In1927,hewasoneofthefifteenarchitectswhocontributedtotheinfluentialmodernistWeissenhof
Estateexhibition.[1]InAmericaOudisperhapsbestknownforbeinglaudedandadoptedbythe
mainstreammodernistmovement,thensummarilykickedoutonstylisticgrounds.Asof1932,hewas
consideredoneofthefourgreatestmodernarchitects(alongwithLudwigMiesvanderRohe,Walter
GropiusandLeCorbusier),andwasprominentlyfeaturedinPhilipJohnson'sInternationalStyle
exhibition.JohnsonmaintainedacorrespondencewithOud,triedtohelphimgetwork,commissioned
ahouseforhismother(neverbuilt),andsenthimsocksandbicycletires.[2]In1945,aftertheendof
WorldWarIIallowedphotographsofOud's1941ShellHeadquartersbuildinginTheHaguetobe
publishedinAmerica,thearchitecturalpresssarcasticallycondemnedhisuseofornament
("embroidery")ascontrarytothespiritofmodernism.[1]
AfterWorldWarII,OuddesignedtheDutchNationalWarMonumentinAmsterdamandthe
monumentoftheMilitaryWarCemeteryGrebbeberg.Bythen,hehadmostlyletgoofanyStijl
influences.Hecontinuedtotakeahighlyindividualisticstanceagainstmainstreammodernism.He

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Born

9February1890
Purmerend,Netherlands

Died

5April1963(aged73)
Wassenaar,Netherlands

Nationality

Dutch

Occupation

Architect

Buildings

WeissenhofEstate
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designedprojectssuchastheSpaarbankinRotterdam,officebuildingDeUtrechtinRotterdamand
theChildren'shealthcentreinArnhem(Bioherstellingsoord).

KiefhoekHousingDevelopment

Oud'sbrother,PieterOudwasmayorofRotterdam.
Ouddiedin1963attheageof73inWassenaar.

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Chronologyofworks
References
Furtherreading
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GalleryhouseatWeissenhofEstate
designedbyJ.Oud

Chronologyofworks
1906HouseinPurmerend.
1912Movietheatre,blockofworkerhousingandsmallindividualhousesinPurmerend.
19131914SmallhousesinandaboutLeiden.
1915Projectforamunicipalbathhouse,unexecuted.
1917HouseinKatwijkaanZee(collaborationwithKamerlinghOnnes).HouseinNoordwijkerhout(collaborationwithTheovanDoesburg).
Projectforarowofseasidehouses,unexcecuted.
1918Spangen,BlocksIandV,WorkerhousinginRotterdam.
1919Spangen,BlocksVIIIandIX.ProjectsforafactoryandabondedWarehouse,unexcecuted.
19201921Tuschendijken,BlocksItoIVandVIinRotterdam.
1921ProjectforahouseinBerlin,unexecuted.
1922GardenVillageinRotterdamatOudMathenesse.
1923Superintendent'sofficeatOudMathenesse,temporary.
1925CafdeUnieinRotterdam
1926ProjectforHotelStiassniinBrno,Czechoslovakia,unexcecuted.CompetitionprojectforRotterdamExchange,unexcecuted.
19261927Worker'sHousesattheHoekofHolland
1927Rowof5houses,WeissenhofHousingExposition,Stuttgart.
1927AdditionstothevillaAllegondaatKatwijkaanZee.
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19281930KiefhoekHousingDevelopmentinRotterdam.
1931ProjectforsteelapartmentsinRotterdam,unexecuted.ProjectforhouseinPinehurst,unexecuted.
1933Chair,MuseumdeFundatieinHeino
19381948ShellHeadquarters,TheHague
19421957Spaarbank,Rotterdam
19521960Bioherstellingsoord,Arnhem
19541961OfficebuildingDeUtrecht,Rotterdam
1956,NationalMonument(withsculptorJohnRaedecker),DamSquare,Amsterdam

References
1.Sennott,R.Stephen(2004).Encyclopediaof20thCenturyArchitecture.NewYork:FitzroyDearborn.
2.Speaks,MichaelHadders,Gerard(ed.):MartStamsTrousers:StoriesfrombehindtheScenesofDutchMoral
Modernism(http://www.010.nl/catalogue/book.php?id=345),010Publishers,1999

Furtherreading

CafdeUnie,Rotterdam(1925)

Broekhuizen,Dolf,DeStijltoen/J.J.P.Oudnu.DebijdragevanarchitectJ.J.P.Oudaanherdenken,herstellenenbouweninNederland(1938
1963),dissertationUniversityofGroningen,Rotterdam,NAipublishers2000(ISBN9056621939)
Taverne,Ed,Broekhuizen,Dolf,J.J.P.Oud'sShellBuilding.Designandreception,Rotterdam:NAipublishers1995(ISBN9072469739)
Taverne,EdWagenaar,CorVletter,MartiendeBroekhuizen,Dolf(ed.),J.J.P.OudPoeticFunctionalist18901963,CompleteWorks,
Rotterdam:NAipublishers2001(ISBN9789056621995)

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