Aldo Van Eyck, Gerrit Rietveld, Bergeyk, The Netherlands, 1955-1956, 1967-1969
OfHouses guest curated by Bart Lootsma : “The Visser house was built in two phases by two of the most important Dutch architects from the post-war period, Gerrit Rietveld and Aldo van Eyck. Martin Visser was one of the most important (and sometimes equally forgotten) Dutch designers, working for Spectrum, later ArSpect in Bergeyk. He and his wife were also the most important collectors of post-war avant-garde concept, minimal and post-minimal art. Many pieces of their collection they donated to the most important museums in The Netherlands, which would never have had such a status without them today. The house itself, which is even after the extension rather modest, combines the qualities of both Rietveld and Van Eyck: the centrifugal plan of Rietveld finding a continuity with the forest with the centripetal cylinder of Van Eyck carefully realizing a counterpoint.“
