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Wessel de Jonge

Dutch architect, architectural historian and university teacher

Wessel de Jonge (born 1957) is a Dutch architect, architectural historian and professor of heritage & design at the Department of Architectural Engineering and Technology of the TU Delft. He is specialized in the restoration and re-use of 20th-century buildings.2

From Wikipedia’s article on Wessel de Jonge (this version), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Born 1957.1

Companies

Early life and education

  • Date not recordedDelft University of Technology3

Career

Occupation: researcher, architect, university teacher, architectural historian.5 8

  • Date not recordedWorked at Delft University of Technology4 5
  • Date not recordedFounded WDJArchitecten6
  • Date not recordedFounded Docomomo International7

Wessel de Jonge is the son of architect Leo de Jonge (1919-2009) and Nelly Burggraaff. He studied at the Faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment of the Delft University of Technology, where he graduated in 1985.

In 1988 in cooperation with Hubert-Jan Henket he founded Docomomo International, the working party for the documentation and conservation of buildings, neighborhoods and landscapes of the Modern Movement. The organization grew over the years towards 73 chapters worldwide.

Renovation works

Zonnestraal (estate), former Sanatorium Zonnestraal of 1928–31 with Bierman Henket Architects

Dutch pavilion, the Gerrit Rietveld's Biennale Pavilion in Venice of 1953-1954

Van Nelle Factory in Rotterdam (1928–31)

Former Technical Schools in Groningen (1923)

St.Jobs warehouse (1914)

HUF building (1953) in Rotterdam

Social Security Building GAK (1959)

National Aerospace Laboratories NLR in Amsterdam from the 1950s

Revitalisation of 1938 Olympic Stadium in Helsinki

From Wikipedia’s article on Wessel de Jonge (this version), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Personal life

  • CitizenshipKingdom of the Netherlands9

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