J. J. P. Oud belongs to the record of technology as a figure whose work outlasted the moment that produced it.
The record lists J. J. P. Oud as Dutch architect (1890–1963).
J. J. P. Oud was born at Purmerend in 1890. His recorded nationality is the Kingdom of the Netherlands. He was educated at Technical University of Munich and Quellinusschool.
Around the turn of the twentieth century, national institutions, mass media and mass politics changed both the scale of a career and its risks.
He worked as architect, designer and urban planner.
His affiliations include Gispen.
His principal work is Weissenhof Estate. Technology is judged by adoption: an invention nobody uses is a curiosity.
His recorded fields of work are product design.
That the work was done from the Kingdom of the Netherlands matters. Opportunity has never been evenly distributed, and where a person is based shapes which doors open and whose work gets seen.
J. J. P. Oud died in 1963, aged 73. What survives is the work, which is the only durable form of a reputation.
Achievements
- Notable work: Weissenhof Estate
- Affiliated with Gispen
- Educated at Technical University of Munich and Quellinusschool
- Worked as architect, designer and urban planner
