POSTALES INVENTADAS: c: The Netherlands

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2338. Interieur Rietveld Schröderhuis

Dear Daan,

"The reality that architecture can create is space."

(Gerrit T. Rietveld)

Regards,

2331. Abdij S. Benedictusberg, Vaals

Dear Bernard,

"Architecture is born of this original discrepancy between

the two spaces -the horizontally oriented space of our

experience and the vertically oriented space of nature; it

begins when we add vertical walls to the horizontal

surface of the earth.

Through architecture a piece of natural space is as it

were set on its side so as to correspond to our

experience-space. In this new space we live not so

much against the earth as against the walls; our space

lies not upon the earth but between walls.

This space brings a completion to natural space that

allows it to be brought into relation with our

experience-space; at the same time it allows

specifically human space to be assimilated into the

homogeneous order of nature."

(Father Hans van der Laan)

Best regards,

2291. Rietveld Schröderhuis

Uncle Dudley,

The Schröder House was built 100 years ago

and still looks as modern as if it was built yesterday.

All the best,

2219. Technological University Delft. Auditorium

Dear Jan,

"Functionalism is a humanism."

(Johannes Van den Broek)

Happy new year.

2176. Van Nelle Factory

Dear Jan,

This is a vintage postcard featuring the Van Nelle

Factory built between 1925 and 1931. The complex

shows a clear influence of Soviet Constructivism.

It was in operation until 1997 when it became a

large co-working space.

Best,

2158. Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam

Querida Amparo,

Muchas felicidades. Cuando esté ahí ya mismo espero

poder hacer algún viaje con vosotros. Un buen

lugar sería Amsterdam donde podremos ver

además de esta "bañera" otros muchos museos.

Un beso,

2127. Amsterdam, Openluchtschool, Cliostraat.

Dear Isabel,

"Modern architecture has more to do with the

campaign for health than with anything else.

In fact, many of the ideas that Modern architects

were proposing didn’t come from architectural

theory, they came from doctors, nurses, and

hospital architecture." (Beatriz Colomina)

Regards,

2113. Abdij S. Benedictusberg Vaals. Crypte

Dear Jason,

"We are created as one of the material beings that compose nature. Through our intellect, however, by which we rise above the conditions of matter and thus transcend time and space, we form a separate entity, within nature, that must maintain itself by means of a culture that it itself brings into existence. Furthermore, through our faith we belong to a still higher world, which transcends both matter and intellect."

(Dom Hans van der Laan)

Sincerely,

2109. Amsterdam, Openluchtschool a.d. Cliostraat

Dear Jan,

"Architecture should be viewed purely as an organism

with new functions answering to the century of the

machine" (Jan Duiker)

Regards,

1980. Sanatorium 'Zonnestraal'

Dear Rem,

"Las necesidades del hombre son finitas, solamente

son infinitas las espirituales y estas requerirán cada

vez más atención" (Jan Duiker)

Respectfully,

1959. Bergeijk, Weverij De Ploeg

Dear Hans,

"The spatial artist creates the environment and

proportions appropriate to our time"

(Gerrit Rietveld)

Cheers,

1820. Hilversum, Postkantoor

Dear jan,

"We grow too soon old and too late smart"
(Dutch proverb)

Best,
R

1818. Rotterdam. Flatgebouw Bergpolder

Dear Tom,

This is the first apartment building with shared partially open corridor built in the Netherlands. It was built

with a steel structure and has 9 floors and 72 apartments.

Sincerely,
R

1767. Zonnestraal

Dear Patrik,

"In hospital people should be able to have time to themselves"
(Zaha Hadid)

Sincerely,
R

1672. Hilversum. School Schuttersweg

James,

A delicate, modern (but not too much) school by W.M. Dudok. Notice its "Wrightian" arched entrance with red and blue glazed bricks.

Best regards,
R

1667. Heerlen. Kantoren Oranje Nassaumijn I

Dear Rob,

The building for the Oranje Nassau Company Headquarters was designed by Rick Roosenburg in 1931 according to the functionalist principles. In 1996 the building was restored and painted all green instead of its original white.

Sincerely,
R

1646. Rotterdam. Het Bouwcentrum

Dear Jan,

"Life is a circle. The end of one journey is the beginning
of the next one" (Joseph M. Marshall III)

Best,
R

1600. Sanatprium Zonnestraal, Boschhuisjes

Dear Paul,

"Woodland Cabins (1929). The woodland cabins served as
accommodation for patients in the final phase of their
rehabilitation and were set amidst the estate's wooded
expanses. They were built by the patients themselves to a
design by Duiker" (Sanatorium Zonnestraal, 2010, Rotterdam)

R

1584. Nieuw Heerlen

Dear Victor,

The building for City hall of Heerlen was built from

1936 to 1942 by local architect Frits Peutz who also

designed the Glaspaleis or Glass Palace for Schunck.

Regards,
R

1569. Citroëngebouw, Amsterdam

Dear Jan,

Next to the Amsterdam Olympic Stadium built by Jan Wils, stands this magnificent showroom for Citroën also designed by Wils and still in use.

Best,
R