A Comparative Study: Catholic Church in the Hague by Aldo van Eyck
S. Li (TU Delft - Architecture and the Built Environment)
J.A.M. Baeten – Mentor (TU Delft - Teachers of Practice / A)
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Abstract
The subject of the study is the architect Aldo van Eyck and his design of the church Pastoor van Ars designed in 1964 (completed in 1969) years. In the 1960s, Catholicism within the Netherlands was undergoing some new changes as a result of the Second Vatican Council, and the effects of this event were pervasive among all church. Figures such as Bishop Wilhelmus Bekkers emerged who had new ideas. The philosophy and organization of some local churches have also been reorganized, with new demands for space for daily activities. The questions raised in the article are how groundbreaking this church was, what its influence was and whether its construction was linked to the changes in the religious world in the 1960s.