Pieter Adriaan Jacobus "Piet" Moojen (26 June 1879 - 1 April 1955) was a Netherlands-Indies architect, painter and writer. He studied architecture and painting in

Antwerp Antwerp (; nl, Antwerpen ; french: Anvers ; es, Amberes) is the largest city in Belgium by area at and the capital of Antwerp Province in the Flemish Region. With a population of 520,504,

. He lived and worked in the Dutch East Indies from 1903 to 1929. He was one of the first architects to implement Modernism in the Dutch East Indies. Moojen became widely known for his work on the Dutch entry at the

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in 1931. He was active as an architect between 1909 and 1931. As a member of the ''Commisie van toesicht op het beheer van het land Menteng'', Moojen was influential in designing the town planning for Batavia's ''Nieuwe Gondangdia'' garden city (now Menteng). He established the Kunstkring for both Bandung (1904) and Batavia. As a painter he was a member of the Bataviasche Kunstkring and actively participated in exhibitions. Many of his paintings were kept in Amsterdam's

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. Moojen was interested in Indonesian culture, especially the ancient monuments. His ''Kunst op Bali'' (1926) outlined the ancient Balinese architecture. Moojen was the pioneer of a new building style in the Dutch East Indies. In 1912, civil engineer C.E.J. van der Meyl underscored Moojen's importance to the emergence of Modernism in the Dutch East Indies.

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made similar comment in his ''Mijn Indische reis'' (Rotterdam 1931). He reasons that in designing the Batavia's NILLMIJ office and

Kunstkring Art Gallery The Kunstkring Art Gallery (Indonesian: ''Galeri Seni Kunstkring'') is a heritage building located in Central Jakarta, Indonesia. Built in 1914, following the design of Dutch architect P.A.J. Moojen, it originally housed the local art circle. Aft ...

, Moojen replaced the customary Classicist forms with "the realization of a more rational concept", an international architectural movement known as

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, which was later dubbed as

New Indies Style New Indies Style ( nl, Nieuwe Indische Bouwstijl) is a modern architectural style used in the Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia) between the late 19th century through pre- World War II 20th century. New Indies Style is basically early modern (west ...

to refer this movement in the Dutch East Indies where it was slightly conformed to suit the local climate.

Works

Architecture and interior

* Cut Mutiah Mosque, Jakarta * Cirebon Station,

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's dining hall, Jakarta (1906) *Kunstkring Art Gallery,

Bandung Bandung ( su, ᮘᮔ᮪ᮓᮥᮀ, Bandung, ; ) is the capital city of the Indonesian province of West Java. It has a population of 2,452,943 within its city limits according to the official estimates as at mid 2021, making it the fourth most ...

, Jakarta (1914) *Batavia office of Dutch East Indies Life Insurance and Annuity Company (''Nederlandsch-Indische Levensverzekerings en Lijfrente Maatschappij'' or NILLMIJ) (now head office of Asuransi Jiwasraya) File:Bataviasche Kunstkring 2012.jpg, Kunstkring Art Gallery, built in 1914. File:COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM Villa in Bandoeng gebouwd door architectenbureau Biezeveld en Moojen TMnr 60032273.jpg, A villa in Bandung built by the architecture firm Biezeveld & Moojen File:Cirebon_Kejaksan_Station.jpg, Cirebon Kejaksan Station File:Cut-Mutiah1.jpg, Cut Mutiah Mosque, formerly an office building. File:NILLMIJ-Jakarta.jpg, Office of Nillmij (

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) in Jakarta, now head office of Asuransi Jiwasraya.

Painting

*''Een prinselijke Javaanse danser'' (1923) *''Een markt op Bali '' (unknown year)

Book

*''Kunst op Bali: inleidende studie tot de bouwkunst'' (1926)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Moojen, Pieter Adriaan Jacobus 1879 births 1955 deaths Dutch architects Dutch male writers Modernist architects People from Goes 20th-century Dutch painters Dutch male painters 20th-century Dutch male artists

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Architecture and interior

Painting

Book

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