VEG #93 - Women of the AUP #1

Various female architects worked at the AUP, such as Jakoba Mulder, Annie van Hattem, Manon Peyrot and Koos Pot-Keegstra. How did four talented women experience working on this grand 1935 post-war expansion plan? How did they achieve their own ambitions within this huge plan? And how did they survive in a world dominated by men?




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In this Van Eesteren Conversation, architectural historian Ellen van Kessel talked about architect Manon Peyrot, her life, how she stood her ground at the Department of Public Works and her most extraordinary designs, Sloterparkbad.

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Architectural historian Linda Vlassenrood talked about urban planner Jakoba Mulder, her influence on the city of Amsterdam, working in the countryside and her designs for children.

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