Today, Dom Hans van der Laan (1904–91) is something of a cult figure of European post-World War II architecture. The Dutch Benedictine monk and architect dedicated his life to the search for fundamental principles of architecture, and his thoughts on numerical relationships and dimensional systems were highly influential in mid-20th-century architectural theory.<\/p>\n
A House to Live With<\/em><\/strong> is the first book to comprehensively explore van der Laan’s residential buildings. Sixteen of them, built between 1966 and 1985, are featured in full detail through photographs and plans newly produced for this book, and analysed with regard to their compositional and design principles. Essays examine the mathematical relationships of numbers and volumes that are fundamental to van der Laan’s designs, alongside discussion of how he was influenced by ancient Roman architecture. Light is shed also on the interplay of house and garden and house and patio, and the positioning of the one large table in the house, which to van der Laan was of key significance.<\/p>\n Thoroughly researched and highly readable, this volume introduces Hans van der Laan’s architectural ideas and housing designs in full, thus forming a rich and useful source for contemporary architects.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" First comprehensive monograph on Dom Hans van der Laan’s houses. Features 16 designs with newly produced photographs and plans, archival plans and other documents, showing many architectural details and furniture.
Introduction
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\nMAKING THE HOUSE 17
\nCaroline Voet
\nTHE BOSSCHE SCHOOL 31
\nAn architectural collective with a particular design culture
\nCaroline Voet
\nTHE HOUSE BUILT BY NUMBERS 67
\nCaroline Voet
\nSPATIAL COMPREHENSION IN ARCHITECTURE 95
\nHans W. van der Laan
\nDOM HANS VAN DER LAAN’S
\nDESIGN FOR A LOGO 99
\nHans W. van der Laan
\nLEARNING FROM THE ROMAN HOUSE 105
\nDom Hans van der Laan: Experience-spaces and constructional analogies
\nNicola Panzini
\nI. THE FUNDAMENTAL HOUSE 129
\n1. The Embryo House: Rector’s House, Roosenberg Abbey, 134
\nWaasmunster, Belgium, architect Dom Hans van der Laan, 1978
\n2. The Roman Model House: Aula of Graveyard Duynhaeghe, 156
\nDrunen, architect Jan de Jong, 1985
\n3. The House Built around a Patio: House Vladár, 168
\narchitect Nico van der Laan, 1974
\n4. The House like a Small Cloister: House Naalden, Best, 178
\narchitect Dom Hans van der Laan, 1980
\nThe Intangible Substances of Architecture 202
\nElizabeth Bonde Hatz
\nII. THE HOUSE ROUND A TABLE 213
\n5. The House with the Garden Gallery: Double House Frans Ruijs, 1966 218
\n6. The Elemental House around the Table: House Jan Peterse, 1968 236
\n7. The House around the Wooden Stairwell: House Van Lierop, 1967 252
\n8. The Monumental House: House Jan de Jong, 1967 266
\n9. The Elemental Family House: House Vaessen, Nico van der Laan, 1968 284
\nThe Universal House and Home 294
\nTheo Malschaert
\nIII. THE HOUSE AND ITS GARDEN 303
\n10.The House with the Walled Garden: House Tom Senders, 314
\nWijnen and Senders, 1979
\n11. The House around Outdoor Garden Rooms: House Pieter Buys, 322
\n Gerard Wijnen, 1970
\n12.The House that Sits like a Buddha in the Forest: House Swaak, 342
\n Gerard Wijnen, 1976
\n13. The House that Towers the Flat Land: House Van de Kerkhof, 358
\nGerard Wijnen, 1983
\n14. The House that Folds around a Forecourt: House Wester, 372
\nHans W. van der Laan, 1974
\n15. The House with the Split-Level: House Wolters-Schweitzer, 386
\n Joop Brugman, 1973
\n16. The House of Three Nesting Volumes: House Schure, 394
\n Fons Vermeulen, 1974
\nA CRITICAL DESCRIPTION OF ARCHITECTURE 409
\nDom Hans van der Laan’s lecture on his book
\nArchitectonic Space
\nArchitect Biographies 416
\nAuthors 418<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":52521,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":""},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[5559],"product_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-52520","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-architecture-landscape-design","7":"author-edited-by-caroline-voet","8":"author-edited-by-hans-w-van-der-laan","9":"publisher-park-books","11":"first","12":"instock","13":"shipping-taxable","14":"purchasable","15":"product-type-simple"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n