G. Hendriks (1890-1945) Gerrit Hendriks was born in Kampen in 1890. After more than 2 years of HBS, he continues his education at the Craft School in Groningen, where he also obtains his diploma. He then goes on to study architecture at the Academy of Visual Arts in Groningen. From 1909 Hendriks worked for various architectural offices: for A.J. Sanders in Groningen, for J. Limburg in The Hague, for A.H. Wegerif in Apeldoorn and for B. Bijvoet and J. Duiker in The Hague. Because of his departure for the Dutch East Indies, Hendriks worked only briefly at Bijvoet and Duiker. Together with E.H. de Roo, his colleague at architect firm Wegerif, he leaves for "the East. In October 1918 he joins the Department of Civil Public Works, or BOW for short. This department is charged with the care, maintenance and repair of civil works, which are under the management of the Government. After reorganization, the government department, where Hendriks is employed, is named the Department of Government Enterprises. From 1920 to 1925 he participates in the realization of the building for this department. From 1921 he performs architectural and urban planning work for the Municipality of Bandung. To increase his urban planning knowledge, he attends the lectures of Professor C.P. Wolff Schoemaker at the Technical High School of Bandung as an external student in 1925. In 1927, he joins the Bandung Municipality. He designs many projects, including the electro-radiological laboratory of the municipal hospital in Bandung, the slaughterhouse, the Ministry of Mines and the building for the Indian Pension Funds. In addition, he is always very interested in park and garden design and provides, among other things, the design for the Jubilee Park in Bandung. The Japanese occupation in 1942 put an abrupt end to his career in the East Indies. Hendriks is interned and dies in 1945 in Camp Baros. Note: The archive of G. Hendriks is in the collection of The New Institute in Rotterdam. The oeuvre of G. Hendriks has not been (completely) inventoried.