Mechanized, expanded, bombed and reconstructed: from the late 19th to the mid 20th century, Rotterdam was the plaything of external forces. Grand schemes to give elegant and coherent shape to the city failed one after the other. One man who succeeded in profoundly influencing this unmanageable city was the architect J.H. van den Broek (1898-1978).
Mechanized, expanded, bombed and reconstructed: from the late 19th to the mid 20th century, Rotterdam was the plaything of external forces. Grand schemes to give elegant and coherent shape to the city failed one after the other. One man who succeeded in profoundly influencing this unmanageable city was the architect J.H. van den Broek (1898-1978).