Personnes et institutions:

• J.J.P. Oud (architect)

Titre:

Interior of the S.S. Nieuw Amsterdam (1936-1938)

Date:

1936-1938

Niveau de description archivistique:
project

Collation:

• 6 drawings
  2 photographs

Présentation du contenu:
Construction for the transatlantic ocean liner, S.S. Nieuw Amsterdam – an initiative of the Holland-America Line – began in 1936 and was completed by May 1938. After the death of a leading figure of the Brinkman & Van der Vlugt architectural firm, the director of the Holland-American Line contracted the interior design to several architects, each working in partnership with artists. Oud was responsible for designing the First Class Swimming Pool and Second Class Tourist Lounge and Smoking Room. Oud outfitted the Second Class lounge with a rug, wooden furniture and a parquet dance floor; at one end of the room he set a stage, grand piano, and projection booth. The Smoking Room featured cork floors, panelled walls and a long reading table. The Smoking Room featured club chairs in brown leather and wooden chairs (Taverne et al. 2001, 389-392). Project series includes plans for the Tourist Lounge, and photographs of its interior.

Numéro de référence:

CI005.S1.1936.PR3

Localisation:

Den Helder Pays-Bas

Contient:

• DR1984:0460, Sectional details for lighting fixtures possibly for the interior of the S.s. Nieuw Amsterdam, 1937
• DR1984:0562, Elevation, partial elevation and section for emergency lighting for the tourists' lounge for the S.s. Nieuw Amsterdam, printed 1937
• DR1984:0563, Reflected ceiling plan for the tourists' lounge for the S.s. Nieuw Amsterdam, printed 1937
• DR1984:0564, Plan for a stage for the tourists' lounge for the S.s. Nieuw Amsterdam, printed 1937
• DR1984:0565, Elevation and partial sections for the tourists' lounge doors for the S.s. Nieuw Amsterdam, printed 1937
• DR1984:0566, Plan and section for a metal column for the S.s. Nieuw Amsterdam, printed 1937
• PH1984:0871, Interior view of the tourist-class lounge of the S.s. Nieuw Amsterdam, 1938 or later
• PH1984:1124, Interior view of the tourist-class lounge of the S.s. Nieuw Amsterdam, 1938 or later