Arthur Staal, notes on the Greek landscape

Book chapter (2020)

Authors

Phoebus I. Panigyrakis Teachers of Practice / A - Architecture and the Built Environment
Research Group
Teachers of Practice / A (Architecture and the Built Environment) (TU Delft)
Copyright: © 2020 Phoebus I. Panigyrakis
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Published Date

2020

Language

English

Faculty

Architecture and the Built Environment

Department

Architecture

Research Group

Teachers of Practice / A

Abstract

In 1944 amidst the Nazi occupation, a book on Greece circulated in the
Netherlands, was quickly sold-out and circulated again in 1946 and 1951. Its
title was Hellas. Een reis door Griekenland [Hellas. A journey through Greece]
and its author was Arthur Staal (1907-1993), a young architect who found
himself in the epicenter of the developments of Dutch modernism, and whose
achievements in the drawing board were paralleled with his ventures in faraway
countries of the Middle East and the Mediterranean. The country of Greece,
and its landscape were of particular importance to him and the development of
his architectural thinking.