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Curriculum Vitae
Title(s), initials, first name, surname:
Prof.Dr. J.E. (Koos) Bosma
Date and place of birth: March 07 1952 Rijssen
Nationality: Dutch
Email: je.bosma@let.vu.nl
Masters
University: State University Rijksuniversiteit Groningen (RUG)
Date: 1982
Main subject: Theories and work of the city planner J.M. de Casseres
Doctorate
University: State University Rijksuniversiteit Groningen (RUG)
Date: 1993
Title of thesis: Space for a new time: design of the Dutch region 1900-1945
Work experience
2004 - current: VU, Faculty of Arts, Head division for Art and Culture
2004 - current: VU, Professor History of Architecture and Heritage Studies
1991 - current: VU, faculty of Arts, History of Art, department for History of Architecture, full time
1989 - 1991: Netherlands Architecture Institute, Rotterdam. Project manager for exhibitions and catalogues
1982 - 1989: RUG, Institute for Art History
Brief summary of research over last five years
Koos Bosma is surveyor of 20th century architecture and city planning. He did extensive research of the planning and design of the IJsselmeerpolders and the reconstruction of the Netherlands and Europe after World War II. In 1993 his dissertation about regional planning in the Netherlands 1900-1945 was published. Since that time he mainly published on housing, city planning and infrastructural planning, such as the civil engineering works of the Ministry of Watermanagement, the Channel Tunnel, the High Speed Trains-programs in Europe and the large European airfields.
The issues that have focussed his interest over the years are Theory of Architecture and City Planning, City Planning and Reconstruction of European Cities after World War II. More recently he started studying heritage topics.
International activities
City Planning 1995-1997: Concept and management of an Exhibition about international city planning in the 20th century and editing the publication of: ‘Mastering the City. North-European City Planning 1900-2000’, commissioned by the EFL-Foundation and the Netherlands Architecture Institute
Infrastructure:
a. 1994-1996: International research of the main airports in Europa 1945-1995, commissioned by the Art Institute, Chicago
b. 1994-2000: Survey of the Channel Tunnel, Dutch highspeed train facilities and Schiphol as a mainport, commissioned by the periodical ‘Archis’
Housing: 1998-2000 survey of Dutch social housing in the Netherlands 1960-2000 (more precisely the influence of the network of architect-planner John Habraken and the Stichting Architectenresearch (SAR)), resulting in the book: ‘Housing for the Millions. John Habraken and the SAR (1960-2000)’, Rotterdam 2000.
Exhibition: 1997-2001 Preparation of international exhibition and catalogue ‘Glück-Stadt-Raum/Happiness-City-Space’ (2 editions), commissioned by the Akademie der Künste in Berlin and the Netherlands Architecture Institute at Rotterdam (finished in 2003). Result: dr. C. Wagenaar (ed.), 'Happy. Cities and Public Happiness in Post War Europe', Rotterdam 2004.
Books
Architectuur en stedebouw in oorlogstijd. De wederopbouw van Middelburg, Rotterdam 1988
Verleidelijk stadsbeeld. Ontwerpen voor stedelijke vernieuwing, Rotterdam 1990
Ruimte voor een nieuwe tijd. Vormgeving van de Nederlandse regio 1900-1945, Rotterdam 1993, thesis
The structural art works of Rijkswaterstaat, Rotterdam 1993
Een geruisloze doorbraak. De geschiedenis van architectuur en stedebouw tijdens de bezetting en de wederopbouw van Nederland, Rotterdam 1995, Ed. with C. Wagenaar
Mastering the City. North-European City Planning 1900-2000, Rotterdam 1997, Ed. with H. Hellinga
Housing for the Millions. John Habraken and the SAR (1960-2000), Rotterdam 2000, (with D. van Hoogstraten and M. Vos)
J.M. de Casseres. De eerste planoloog, Rotterdam 2003, Monography about teh first modern planner in the Netherlands
with an extensive English summary
Schuilstad. Bescherming van de bevolking tegen luchtaanvallen, Amsterdam 2006
Bouwen in Nederland 600-2000, Zwolle 2007, ed. with Aart Mekking, Koen Ottenheym, Auke van der Woud
Contributions to books
"The landscape of the IJsselmeerpolders", in: Het Nieuwe Bouwen Amsterdam 1920-1960, Delft 1983, 142-172 , with G. Andela
"Il territorio completamente artificiale. Lelystad o della città nuova", in: G. Bombi etc. (ed.),Il luogo del lavoro, Milaan 1986, 73-79 , with G. Andela
"Planning the Impossible: History as the Fundament of the Future. The Reconstruction of Middelburg 1940-4", in: Jeffry M. Diefendorf (ed.),Rebuilding Europe’s Bombed Cities, Londen 1990, 64-76
"Between Pain and Pleasure. Five University Hospitals", in: R. Brouwers (ed.),Architecture in the Netherlands. 1989-1990 Yearbook, Deventer 1990, 25-32
"The “Rijksdienst voor het Nationale Plan” under German Pressure", in: F. Lücken-Isberner (ed.),Stadt und Raum 1933-1945, Kassel 1991, 135-148
"The Polders. Confrontation between Culture and Technique", in: Proceedings of the Fourth National Congress on American Planning History and the Fifth International Conference of the Planning History Group 7-10 November 1991, Hilliard Ohio s.l. 1993, 529-539
"Verbindungen zwischen Ost- und Westkolonisation", in: M. Rössler and S. Schleiermacher (ed.),Der “Generalplan Ost”. Hauptlinien der national-sozialistischen Planungs- und Vernichtungspolitiek, Berlijn 1993, 198-213
"Fordismus als technokratisches Konzept. Das Stadtbild in den Niederlanden 1920-1950", in: R. Bittner e.a. (ed.),Zukunft aus Amerika. Fordismus in der Zwischenkriegszeit: Siedlung Stadt Raum, Dessau 1995, 300-319
"The Netherlands as European region", in: R. Brouwers (ed.),Architecture in the Netherlands. 1994-1995 Yearbook, Rotterdam 1995, 24-32
"Der regionale Städtebau 1900-1940. Konzepte in Deutschland und in den Niederlanden", in: D. Schädel (ed.),Architektur als Kunst. Die Entwurfs- und Planungskonzepte Fritz Schumachers und seiner Zeitgenossen, Hamburg 1995, 165-176
"European Airports, 1945-1995: Typology, Psychology and Infrastructure", in: J. Zukowsky (ed.),Building for Air Travel. Architecture and Design for Commercial Aviation, München/New York 1996, 51-65
"A new Appearance for Amsterdam", in: M. Kloos (ed.),Amsterdam Architecture 1994-1996, Amsterdam 1997, 11-42
"De macht van makers. De planningsueforie bij de wederopbouw van Rotterdam en Warschau", in: L. van Middelaar (ed.),Utopie. Utopisch denken, doen en bouwen in de twintigste eeuw, Zutphen 2002, 182-208 , (with Cor wagenaar)
"Teneriffe, November 14 2002", in: C. Wagenaar (ed.),Happy. Cities and public happiness in post-war Europe,, Rotterdam 2004, 460-460
"Atlantis", in: C. Wagenaar (ed.),Happy. Cities and public happiness in post-war Europe, Rotterdam 2004, 461-462
"The city as a sports arena: the urban marathon", in: C. Wagenaar (ed.),Happy. Cities and public happiness in post-war Europe, Rotterdam 2004, 364-365
"Memorial sites", in: C. Wagenaar (ed.),Happy. Cities and public happiness in post-war Europe, Rotterdam 2004, 391-393
"The Free State of Orange", in: C. Wagenaar (ed.),Happy. Cities and public happiness in post-war Europe, Rotterdam 2004, 300-302
"Auf der Suche nach dem perfekten Flughafen", in: A. von Vegesack and J. Eisenbrand (ed.),Airworld. Design und Architektur für die Fliegreise, Wheil am Rhein 2004, 36-80
"In search for the Perfect Airport", in: A. von Vegsack and J. Eisenbrand (ed.),Air World. Design and Architecture for Air Travel, Wheil am Rhein 2004, 30-86
"The Free State of Orange, The city as a sports arena: the urban marathon, Memorial sites, Teneriffe, Atlantis", in: Cor Wagenaar (ed.),Happy. Cities and public happiness in post-war Europe, Rotterdam 2004, 300-302, 364-365, 391-393, 460, 461-462
International (refereed) journals
"Lelystad: a New Town", The Netherlands Journal of Housing and Environmental Research, (1987) 2, 121-142, with G. Andela
"Regional Planning in the Netherlands 1920-1945", Planning Perspectives, (1990) 2, 125-147
"The Channeltunnel", Archis, (1994) 10, 18-35
"Adventures in the Green Heart. High-speed line in a straightjacket", Archis, (1996) 8, 18-25
"Rem Koolhaas/Bruce Mau, S, M, L, XL", Planning Perspectives, (1997) 1, 115-118
"The demise of a dinosaur? Reflections on the expansion of Schiphol", Archis, (1998) 2, 8-17, with M. Vos
"Functional wrapping. Terminal Architecture according to Martin Pawley", Archis, (1998) 12, 8-16
"The Belvedere Report under Scrutiny", Archis, (1999) 10, 72-74
"Eastern Europe as a mental construct", Archis, (2000) 2, 24-25, with C. Wagenaar
"Post-socialistic countryside. In search of patina in East Germany", Archis, (2002) 6, 104-110
"South Axis plagued by tardy train", Archis, (2002) 3, 60-63
National (refereed) journals
"Een praktische wetenschap voor de ordening van de aarde. De Casseres en de opkomst van de planologie", Wonen-TABK,, (1984) 1, 9-21
"‘De inrichting van de IJsselmeerpolders’; ‘De maakbaarheid van de Noordoostpolder’; ‘Afstemming van norm en ontwerp’", Wonen-TABK, (1985) 14, 8-35, with G. Andela
"De minimumwoning tussen kunst en wetenschap", De Architect, (1986) 10, 96-101, with G. Andela
"Interview met Rem Koolhaas", Archis, (1989) 3, 42-45, with H. van Dijk
"De architect die de leegte bouwde. OMA’s stedebouwkundige concepten binnen het krachtenspel van de verstedelijking", Archis, (1989) 3, 46-51
"Een Amsterdamse snelweg door de lucht. De hoofdstad van Nederland en de nationale luchthaven 1919-1999", Historisch Tijdschrift Holland, (2000) 3/4, 183-205, with M. Vos