Han Groenewegen is remembered for work that changed how the next generation built.
The record lists Han Groenewegen as Dutch architect (1888-1980).
Han Groenewegen was born in 1888. His recorded nationality is Kingdom of the Netherlands. He trained at Royal Academy of Art.
Modernism rejected ornament and historical style, arguing that a building should express its structure and its function - a claim contested ever since.
He is recorded as architect.
Among his best-known works are Medan Cathedral Parish, Heilig Hartkerk and Menteng Cinema. Of all the arts, architecture is the one whose failures are hardest to remove.
That the work was built in Kingdom of the Netherlands shaped it: climate, materials, planning law and who holds the budget all decide what can actually be built.
Han Groenewegen died in 1980, aged 92. The buildings remain, still in use by people who never knew the name - which is the particular afterlife architecture offers.
Achievements
- Notable work: Medan Cathedral Parish
- Notable work: Heilig Hartkerk
- Notable work: Menteng Cinema
- Trained at Royal Academy of Art
