The Station Architect: Ir. FJL Ghijsels, Indonesia

The Architect

Brief history FJL Ghijsels below excerpted from the book drs. H. Akihary, Ir. F.J.L. Ghijsels, Architect in Indonesia (1910 - 1929) (page 14-23). On September 8, 1882 in a small town in East Java, Tulung Great, was born a boy named Frans Johan Louwrens Ghijsels. Both her parents are Dutch citizens residing in Indonesia. It is not known exactly what his father's job in the country,
and exactly when they returned to the Netherlands. But certainly in 1903 registered Ghijsels studied Architecture at the Delft Technical High School (now the Technical University of Delft). When college Ghijsels has the ability to draw on the average student generation. In 1909 Ghijsels youth successfully completed his studies and received his engineering diploma.

Family photo on the porch of the house, 1915 (Source: Akihary 2006)
When he was 28 years Ghijsels married to Elisabeth (Antonia Johanna) de Regt on the
8 September 1910 in Rotterdam. It was not until a month later, on October 6, the couple boarding a ship carrying their honeymoon through Paris and Genoa, before heading to Batavia. Ghijsels couple arrived at the port of Tanjung Priok on October 30, 1910. Ghisels architectural adventure begins in the tropics.

Hinda Ghijsels in Netherlands
Beginning Ghijsels presence in the Dutch East Indies when it actually began on June 5, 1909, City Works Department (Municipal Works Department) Batavia issued new regulations on the establishment and the demolition of buildings that need an expert / architect in control. The department then open vacancies for architects to work in the section, when there are experts who resigned in October 1909. Ghijsels finally decided to write a job application letter in late January 1910. Answer that Ghijsels hired by the Dutch East Indies came in the summer of 1910. It seems that the desire to work in the Dutch East Indies Ghijsels influenced by the background history of birth in Tulung Court.

With two daughters, Nora and Carla (Source: Akihary, 2006)
When he arrived in Batavia, Ghijsels and his wife lived in a 19th century old house in Weltevreden area, precisely in the way Gondangdia No. 8 - Cikini. After working for two years in the township, in 1912 the Department for Work Ghijsels left town and moved to work at the Department of Public Works - Division of Architecture in Batavia (Department of Public Works - BOW) Batavia. In 1914 the hospital architectural design Ghijsels KPM (Koninklijke Maatschappij Paketvaart) in Batavia - now Pelni Hospital in Petamburan Jakarta. At that Ghijsels has left BOW and worked as a private architect in Batavia. After this work in 1916 Ghijsels with several colleagues - F. Stoltz and Ir. Von Hein Esseen, founded AIA - Algemeen Ingenieurs en Architectenbureau (General Engineers and Architects Bureau). Until 1929, Ghijsels work and was responsible for the design of the AIA architectural design. Included in the work is the work of AIA town planning (urban planning) Bandung, which according to the plan prepared as the new capital of the Dutch East Indies. AIA is growing rapidly, so a lot of the work comes not only work within the city of Jakarta (Batavia), but to Yogyakarta and Surabaya and South Sumatra. Even in 1927 the AIA set up branches in Surabaya. Often Ghijsels split city

SIM belongs Ghijsels (Source: Akihary, 2006)
On June 1, 1927 Ghijsels have to part with his wife and two daughters aged 13 years and 16 years to move to settle in Switzerland because of health considerations Ghijsels wife. When Jakarta Kota Station was inaugurated by the Governor-General the Dutch East Indies, the architect - Ghijsels is no longer in Batavia. On May 30, 1928 Ghijsels left Dutch sailed to Genoa, and then settled with his family in the Netherlands.

Some architectural masterpiece with Ghijsels AIA) is: City Station (1928 - 1929), KPM Hospital Petamboeran (1914 - 1915), the Post Office in the Temple - Semarang, Central Office KPM (now the Department of Transportation office in Medan Merdeka Street East) 1916 - 1918, Nillmij Office Building, now the office of BNI - the Trikora 1 Yogyakarta (1922). Juliana Gemeentelijk Ziekenhuis, (now RS. Hasan Sadikin) Bandung (1917-1919),

KPM Headquarters, 1916 (Source: Akihary, 2006).
Roman Catholic Church, H. Josef (the Matraman Kingdom no. 129, Jatinegara), (1923-1924). Lodge fot the Order of Freemasons, now the Office of Bappenas - Suropati roads, Jakarta (1925), Christian School, now SMU PSKD Jakarta Jalan Diponegoro (1926-1927), and many more. In addition to architecture, interior design as well Ghijsels and furniture that combines modern style and wood carving. Even in 1913 Ghijsels also designed the cover of the books for the Department of Agriculture. Industry and Trade.

Cover architectural exhibition catalogs, Batavia 1925 (Source: Akihary, 2006).
Month December 1925 was held in the building of the architecture exhibition Art Association East Indies (Kunstkring - former immigration building on Uma road - Jakarta). The work Ghijsels and AIA got a very high appreciation of the mass media. The Indische Bouwkundig Tijds example:
"The hand of Ghijsels can be recognized in the work of the AIA bureau, so that an Unwavering voice speaks fro roomates that has been designed and built by the bureau. This applies to all the buildings. Changes can be detected in Ghijsels work, his later designs are more imposing and more austere in line. The design for the various country houses in the master builder roomates can be completely himself, not bound by the demands of clients, are the most appealing in the refinement of their conception. In the sketches we marvel at his talented drawing skills. " (Akihary, drs. H. 2006: 118).

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