Georg Siegfried Nassuth (20 July 1922,
Pekalongan,
Dutch East Indies
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- 5 April 2005,
Amsterdam) was a Dutch
architect, best known as the architect of the
Bijlmermeer (officially known as
Amsterdam Zuidoost
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).
He attended the
Delft University of Technology. After receiving his
engineer's degree
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, Nassuth began working as an
urban planner in the municipality of
Amsterdam.
In 1962 Nassuth became project manager of a team which was planning the Bijlmermeer. When planning the Bijlmermeer, Nassuth was inspired by the
Congrès International d'Architecture Moderne, particularly
Le Corbusier
Charles-Édouard Jeanneret (6 October 188727 August 1965), known as Le Corbusier ( , , ), was a Swiss-French architect, designer, painter, urban planner, writer, and one of the pioneers of what is now regarded as modern architecture. He was ...
.
Nassuth remained involved in the planning of the Bijlmermeer until his retirement in 1981. The project won him the 1998 Ouvreprijs (award of Stichting Fonds voor Beeldende kunsten, Vormgeving en Bouwkunst).
References
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1922 births
2005 deaths
Dutch architects
Delft University of Technology alumni
People from Pekalongan
Dutch people of the Dutch East Indies