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Dom Hans van der Laan Unique Daybed/Bench with Original Drawings c. 1970

Name: Dom Hans van der Laan Unique Daybed/Bench with Original Drawings c. 1970
Brand: Dom Hans van der Laan
Price: 32000 USD
Availability: InStock

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Dom Hans van der Laan unique daybed/bench with original drawings. From a private Doctor’s practice in Sint-Michielsgestel, the Netherlands c. 1970. Spruce, copper nails, paint. Color is 60.05.Y50R from van Der Laan’s highly selective color palette of eight shades, which he developed alongside Dutch artist, Wim van Hooff (1918 - 2002), one of the leading and most outspoken color consultants of the second half of the twentieth century. The doctor’s practice was designed in the Bossche School style by Vermeulen Architects in Veldhoven, the Netherlands. It is extremely rare, if not unique, to have a piece together with the original drawings. Materials and techniques are specified on the drawings: “First class selected spruce…Bone-dry processed - planed…Everything pre-stained…Connections cross pin and copper rivets” Dimensions: 69” length, 25.75” depth, 19.5” height About Dom Hans van der Laan (1904 - 1991): Dutch Benedictine monk, architect, and leading figure of the Bossche School, Dom Hans van der Laan developed a new vision for architecture from within the confines of the monastery, completely uninfluenced by discussions in the world of architecture and design. Not perceiving the golden ratio to be relevant to the field, van der Laan developed a theory of the ‘plastic number’, which he developed over decades by methodically studying the rhythms, rules and proportions found in nature. The mathematics of beauty. Approached from a philosophical, theological and technological perspective, his architecture and furniture examines the primeval origin of architectural principles and the fundamental essence of the form. On both a theoretical and practical level, van der Laan sought to give significance and importance to simplicity. A voice to silence, a form to the void. If van der Laan’s innovative work is characterized by an all embracing simplicity, numbers are the only decoration present. These numbers govern all formal choices and establish a relationship between the parts but, once used, disappear without a trace, leaving only the invisible harmony that permeates.

Creator:

Dom Hans van der Laan (Designer)

Dimensions:

Height: 19.5 in (49.53 cm)Width: 69 in (175.26 cm)Depth: 25.75 in (65.41 cm)Seat Height: 19.5 in (49.53 cm)

Materials and Techniques:

Copper,Paint,Spruce

Place of Origin:

Netherlands

Period:

Mid-20th Century

Date of Manufacture:

1970

Condition:

Wear consistent with age and use.

Seller Location:

Brooklyn, NY

Reference Number:

1stDibs: LU6858239820292

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Dom Hans van der Laan was the ninth of the 11 recorded children of Leiden architect Leo van der Laan (1864–1942). Dom van der Laan began his studies in architecture at the Technische Universiteit Delft in 1923, two years after he finished his secondary school. Architectural education in those days was generally confined to nineteenth-century neoclassicism and all teachers originated from before the first world war. Students in their third year of study had to make their designs, but those of Hans van der Laan were all rejected. In the same autumn, he founded, together with some fellow-students, a study-group, the Bouwkundige Studiekring’BSK (‘Architectural Study Circle’), aiming to discover themselves the very basics of architecture, which they missed in regular teaching. On 26 May 1929, Hans van der Laan and his fellow-novice Herman Diepen made their profession in the abbey. In 1936 father Hans was charged with the guidance in the sacristy, which he would retain till his departure to Vaals in 1968. After the war, father van der Laan was invited by the bishop of Breda to take the guidance of a working party, charged with the rebuilding of the destroyed churches in the diocese. In 1951, the abbey of Sint-Benedictusberg in Vaals had been founded a second time by a group of monks of the Saint-Paul's abbey of Oosterhout and father Van der Laan was asked by them to design the still missing crypt and church. On 18 October 1968, father Van der Laan changed his domicile from Oosterhout to Vaals, where in 1970, he became an official member of the community of Sint-Benedictusberg. In his new home, he also was appointed as sacristan, so that he could continue his familiar daily work and in 1973 he was elected as a member of the Council, the board under the guidance of the abbot. Before his death, Van der Laan garnered worldwide acclaim for his comprehensive architectural theory, which has been translated into several languages and presents a doctrine of connections in the design of architectural space, notably the plastic number.