Quick Facts
Biography
Michel de Klerk (November 24, 1884, Amsterdam – November 24, 1923, Amsterdam) was a Dutch architect. Born to a Jewish family, he was one of the founding architects of the movement Amsterdam School (Expressionist architecture). Early in his career he worked for other architects, including Eduard Cuypers. For a while, he also employed the Indonesian-born Liem Bwan Tjie, who would later become his country's pioneering proponent of the Amsterdam School and modern architecture. Of his many outstanding designs, very few have actually been built. One of his finest completed buildings is 'Het Schip' (The Ship) in the Amsterdam district of Spaarndammerbuurt.
Amsterdam West
Eigen Haard (Own Hearth), working-class Socialist housing, consisting of three groups of buildings:
- (1) Spaarndammerplantsoen, North side (1913–15)
- (2) Spaarndammerplantsoen, South side (1915–16)
- (3) 'Het Schip', Zaanstraat / Oostzaanstraat / Hembrugstraat (1917–20)
Air view, Eigen Haard (left)
Situation plan: (3) (1) (2)
(1) Spaarndammer- plantsoen, North side
Original state, 1915
(2) Spaarndammer- plantsoen, South side
Original state, 1916
(3) 'Het Schip', Zaanstraat
Zaanstraat
Oostzaanstraat
Oostzaanstraat
Hembrugstraat
Hembrugstraat
Zaanstraat
Amsterdam South
De Dageraad (The Dawn), working-class Socialist housing by Michel de Klerk and Piet Kramer (1920–23). The architectural contribution by Michel de Klerk is shown in this article. See also Piet Kramer.
Situation plan
Thérèse Schwartzeplein (Henriette Ronnerplein)
Thérèse Schwartzeplein
Burg. Tellegenstraat, de Klerk (r), Kramer (m)
Facades with sloping lines by de Klerk
Entrance
Vrijheidslaan, middle-class housing (1921–23)
Wendingen
Buildings, projects and drawings by Michel de Klerk are published in the architecture and art magazine Wendingen (1918-1932). Three covers of this magazine are designed by de Klerk.
1918-2, cover
1920-3/4, cover
1921-3, cover (back)
1924-9/10, buildings
1924-4/5, projects
1924-2, drawings
