This website contains information about my work: (academic) research, advice and the organisation of projects related to architecture and art in general, and in Indonesia in particular.
Following my study in the history of art at the Free University in Amsterdam (1987-1992) I lived in Indonesia for one year. The motivation for this move was my curiosity about the early twentieth century (colonial) architecture of this once Dutch colony – a topic that has not stopped to fascinate me since almost the beginning of my studies.
Upon my return to the Netherlands I worked as an independent researcher/organiser until 2000. In 2000 I took up a position as Ph.D.-candidate at the Faculty of Architecture at Delft’s University of Technology (2000-2008). The topic of my Ph.D.-research was town planning in the Dutch East Indies between 1905 and 1950. In my dissertation I describe the colonial setting and how architects and administrators through debates and essays, and by trial and error gradually built up a body of knowledge and a set of tools to address town planning in the archipelago.
During my period as Ph.D-candidate in Delft I initiated and coordinated two student workshops related to (colonial) architecture and town planning in Indonesia:
- Transforming Asian Cities’, a workshop, conference and travelling exhibition (Jakarta, Bandung, Medan, Surabaya, Yogyakarta) in collaboration with Tarumanagara University and Erasmus Huis (Jakarta);
- ‘Sustainable Interventions’, a collaborative international workshop of Delft University of Technology, University of Indonesia (Jakarta) and Pelita Harapan University (Jakarta).
Both workshops offered students an opportunity to exchange thoughts, ideas, and experiences on architectural and town planning methodologies in the Netherlands and Indonesia.
As a member of ICOMOS Scientific Committee on Shared Built Heritage I coordinate the Student Help Desk. Through its national and international network the Student Help Desk aims at creating awareness among students about (Dutch) colonial architecture and town planning.
Following my study in the history of art at the Free University in Amsterdam (1987-1992) I lived in Indonesia for one year. The motivation for this move was my curiosity about the early twentieth century (colonial) architecture of this once Dutch colony – a topic that has not stopped to fascinate me since almost the beginning of my studies.
Upon my return to the Netherlands I worked as an independent researcher/organiser until 2000. In 2000 I took up a position as Ph.D.-candidate at the Faculty of Architecture at Delft’s University of Technology (2000-2008). The topic of my Ph.D.-research was town planning in the Dutch East Indies between 1905 and 1950. In my dissertation I describe the colonial setting and how architects and administrators through debates and essays, and by trial and error gradually built up a body of knowledge and a set of tools to address town planning in the archipelago.
During my period as Ph.D-candidate in Delft I initiated and coordinated two student workshops related to (colonial) architecture and town planning in Indonesia:
- Transforming Asian Cities’, a workshop, conference and travelling exhibition (Jakarta, Bandung, Medan, Surabaya, Yogyakarta) in collaboration with Tarumanagara University and Erasmus Huis (Jakarta);
- ‘Sustainable Interventions’, a collaborative international workshop of Delft University of Technology, University of Indonesia (Jakarta) and Pelita Harapan University (Jakarta).
Both workshops offered students an opportunity to exchange thoughts, ideas, and experiences on architectural and town planning methodologies in the Netherlands and Indonesia.
As a member of ICOMOS Scientific Committee on Shared Built Heritage I coordinate the Student Help Desk. Through its national and international network the Student Help Desk aims at creating awareness among students about (Dutch) colonial architecture and town planning.
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