Hendrik Tillema

Dr. H.F. Tillema, c. 1935

Hendrik Freerk Tillema(5 July 1870 inEchten–26 November 1952 inBloemendaal) was acolonialDutchofficial, writer, and hygienist in theDutch East Indies(nowIndonesia).

Life

Tillema was born in 1870.Living inSemarangonJavain theDutch East Indies,he was a pharmacist andsocial reformer.His program of "village improvement" (Dutch:kampongverbetering) aimed to improve living conditions and health among the nativeJavaneseas a necessary condition for the prolongation of Dutch rule over the colony.He worked with city doctorWillem Thomas de Vogelto try to develop healthier land in the nearby hills, relieving overcrowding and improving health among Semarang's poor, but was unable to sway the rest of the city council. The land he and de Vogel purchased was eventually used forThomas Karsten's upscale residential district New Candi (Nieuw Tjandi), now Candisari. He died in 1952.

Works

• Van Wonen en Bewonen, Van Bouwen, Huis en Erf[Of House and Home, Building, House and Site],Den Haag: H. Uden Masman, 1913.(Dutch)
• Kromoblanda: Over 't Vraagstuk van het Wonen in Kromo's Groote Land,vol. 1–6, 's-Gravenhage: H. Uden Masman, 1915–1923.(Dutch)
• Een Filmreis naar en door Centraal-Borneo,Amsterdam: Van Munster, 1938.(Dutch)

References

Bibliography

• Kusno, Abidin (2016), "The Order of Messiness: Notes from an Indonesian City",Messy Urbanism: Understanding the 'Other' Cities of Asia,Hong Kong: HKU Press, pp. 40–59,ISBN9789888208333.
• Sopandi, Setiadi (February 2020),"The Natural of Tropical Architecture in Indonesian Modernism"(PDF),Documentation Issues,no. 63, pp. 70–75.