• Johannes Antonius van der Laan (student)
• Johannes Antonius van der Laan (draughtsman)

Student [?] competition drawing showing a perspective for a student union, Netherlands

1921

- This drawing is one of an incomplete group of four competition drawings for a housing development attributed to Johannes Antonius van der Laan. Drawings DR1984:0723 - DR1984:0725 and DR1987:0031 are lettered A, B, C, and E respectively. All of the drawings bear Laan's motto, "STUDWYK", which may be derived from "Stud[ent] wijk", student district. Drawings DR1984:0723 and DR1984:0724 show the student centre (clubgebouw). A general perspective view (DR1984:0725) shows the relationship between the student centre and the housing development depicted in drawing DR1987:0031.

• competition drawing
• student drawing

Pen and green ink over graphite

secondary support: 42.9 x 80.6 cm sheet: 31.3 x 68.7 cm

DR1984:0723

• finished drawing

• perspective drawing

• exterior view

- Object consists of a piece of cardboard with a sheet of white paper fixed to the recto and a sheet of brown paper fixed to the verso. Cloth binding tape borders the edges of both recto and verso. There are traces of old glue and paper along border on recto.

inscribed - by the draughtsman, in pen and green ink, u.l.: "A .CLUBGEBOUW."; and u.r.: "MOTTO / STUDWYCK"

Netherlands;

• architecture

• competition entry
• student competition entry
• competition
• student union

© Estate of Johannes Antonius van der Laan