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PRIVATE HOUSE ALLEGONDA
J.J.P. OUD, M. KAMERLINGH ONNES, -1917, Boulevard 1, Katwijk aan Zee
Woonhuis Allegonda / Private House Allegonda ( J.J.P. Oud, M. Kamerlingh Onnes )
© 2012 Ossip van Duivenbode

ARCHITECT(URAL OFFICE):
J.J.P. Oud
Menso Kamerlingh Onnes

ARTIST:
Harm Kamerlingh Onnes

ORIGINAL DESIGN:
Hendrik Johannes Jesse

:
Albert Frederik Aalbers

BUILDING TYPE:
Freestanding houses
Reuse
Hotels, cafés, restaurants

STATE:
J.J.P. Oud (ren. 1927), J.J.P. Oud (ren. 1931)

This villa was modified by Oud three times. The first time, with the painter Menso Kamerlingh Onnes (1860-1925), resulted through its use of round columns and white plasterwork in the African exterior desired by the client. Not entirely satisfied with this, Oud took his revenge in 1927 when extending the house at the rear. The villa then acquired a more Cubist look, with its wooden window frames replaced with steel ones. In 1931, the front, too, was extended by Oud. Two stained glass windows that Van Doesburg made in 1917 have since disappeared. In 1957, the villa was insensitively recast as a hotel. After years of campaigning by the Allegonda Committee, work began in 2016 on returning the house to its original state. The restoration work and the extension are by Van Egmond Totaal Architectuur.