Huts, Temples, Castles

Huts, Temples, Castles presents a visual record of Jongensland, a self-governed children’s playground established in postwar Amsterdam. Located on an island and accessible only by rowboat, Jongensland evolved into a space of improvised construction and communal learning. Here, children built huts, towers, and shelters from scrap wood, developing spatial strategies through unstructured play and collective experimentation.

In 1969–70, photographer Ursula Schulz-Dornburg documented these structures with a detached, architectural gaze. Her black-and-white photographs observe the temporary and cyclical nature of the buildings—constructed, dismantled, and reconstructed—highlighting the intuitive intelligence behind them. These images form a meditation on impermanence, imagination, and the informal architecture of necessity.

An essay by Tom Wilkinson situates Jongensland within broader discussions on participatory space and vernacular construction. This hardcover edition contains 80 pages and embossed binding.
The signed edition includes a slip signed by the artist, bound into the inside back cover.

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Publisher / Manufacturer: Mack Books
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Website: https://mackbooks.eu/

Importer

Kirill Korchemkin
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76189 Karlsruhe
Germany

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