Berlage Institute

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The Berlage Institute was founded in 1990 as an independent postgraduate school of architecture in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Named after the Dutch architect Hendrik Petrus Berlage, the Berlage Institute had an international student population and teaching staff.

The school was founded by Dutch architect Herman Hertzberger who served as the first dean. At that time, the school was located in Aldo van Eyck's Children's Orphanage in Amsterdam. Later the institute moved to Rotterdam. In 1995, Wiel Arets became the dean, drastically restructuring the school to a research based institute. While dean, Arets initiated the school's publication, HUNCH, which was originally edited by Jennifer Sigler, editor of Rem Koolhaas' S,M,L,XL.[1] Arets expanded the school's international prominence through the publication of HUNCH, extensive global study trips, public lectures, and notion of the 'year theme', with the 2001-2002 theme of 'Double Dutch' researching the doubling of the Netherlands' population.[2] Architectural debate was fostered with prominently known architects, lecturers, and guest-professors such as: Zaha Hadid, Rem Koolhaas, Stan Allen, Kazuyo Sejima, Jean Nouvel, Kenneth Frampton, and Tadao Ando. Arets stepped down in 2002, and was succeeded by Spanish architect Alejandro Zaera-Polo in 2002. The Croatian architect and educator Vedran Mimica was the institute's last director. [3] Due to the Netherlands' government funding cuts, the Berlage Institute was forced to dissolve its existence as of August 1, 2012. Autumn 2012 the ideas continued in the Berlage Center for Advanced Studies in Architecture and Urban Design based at the Faculty of Architecture of the Delft University of Technology. Director since the start is Nanne de Ru.

References

  1. ↑ HUNCH No. 3, retrieved 1 May 2012
  2. ↑ HUNCH No. 4, retrieved 1 May 2012
  3. ↑ van den Bergen, Marina. "Who is Vedran Mimica". 

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Coordinates: 51°55′22″N 4°29′12″E / 51.9228°N 4.4867°E / 51.9228; 4.4867

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