Description

Lecture on Public works with a Dutch signature in the Dutch East Indies/Indonesia in the period 1800-2000

In 1998, Rijkswaterstaat celebrated its 200th anniversary as the central government body for the design, execution and management of public (national) works in the Netherlands. This commemoration provided the impetus for the production of a book on the realisation of public works with a "Dutch signature" in the same period in the great archipelago of the Dutch East Indies/Indonesia, entitled "Bouwen in de Archipel" (translated in English as "For profit and prosperity").

The lecture, like the book, will sketch the physical and political environment in which the works were created. One thinks only of the evolution of Indonesia (from the Dutch point of view): from a reclamation region to a region of central government concern and finally to a development partner; from thousands of separate mountainous islands with different peoples and languages to a unitary state with modern infrastructural connections and facilities. Of necessity no more than an outline, because a choice had to be made in types and types of public works. And also of necessity (still) lacking a comprehensive overview of what has been achieved in the private sector with a "Dutch signature" in those same 200 years

10.30:00 Reception with coffee
11:00 Lecture by Prof. ir. J.H. Kop
11.45 Pause
12.15 Continuation of lecture with concluding discussion
12.45 End of meeting

ROUTE DESCRIPTION
From motorway A13 Rotterdam or The Hague, exit Delft Zuid/TU Delft. Follow TU Delft. At the end of the exit TU Delft turn right onto Schoemakerstraat. Then take the first turn left and immediately left again across the bridge. You are now in the car park of the burnt down Faculty of Architecture (Van den Broekweg). The Cultural Centre is at the end of this road, across Mekelweg. Due to work on the newly constructed ' Mekelpark', the Mekelweg is closed. Public transport via NS Delft-Zuid (see: www.snc.tudelft.nl, then on contact and then on directions).

Interested parties are requested to register no later than 4 November.

Speaker(s)

Prof.ir. J.H. Kop, emeritus professor of Civil Health Engineering TUD

Location

Culture Centre (theatre hall, 232)

Mekelweg 10, 2628 CD Delft

Organiser

History of Technology

Histechnica

Name and contact details for information

Further information from ir L.A.Hissink, tel: 020-6649882 or via the e-mail address below.

hissinkla@planet.nl

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