professor, he mentored Sukarno, who would become the first President of the Republic of Indonesia. With assistance from the young Sukarno, Wolff Schoemaker renovated the Hotel Preanger in 1929. Under Schoemaker's assistance, Sukarno also designed several houses in Bandung. One of Schoemaker's most significant works was the Villa Isola, built from 1932 to 1933 for the Dutch media tycoon Dominique William Berretty. Schoemaker's design was influenced by indigenous Javanese philosophy; the orientation of the building is according to the north–south axis, where the building faces Mount Tangkuban Perahu to the north and the city of Bandung to the south. The building incorporates many circular shapes, such as a spiral staircase in the main lobby and an arch-shaped window in the family room. Schoemaker traveled to the Netherlands in 1939, where he took a post at the Delft University of Technology until his retirement in 1941. Schoemaker died in Bandung in 1949 and was buried at the Pandu cemetery. Legacy Wolff Schoemaker was considered one of the best Indonesian architects of his time. Throughout his career, he explored the relationship between European designs and Indonesian vernacular expression. His work developed a new modern language of forms based on tropical conditions and principles. Works See also List of colonial buildings in Bandung New Indies Style Albert Aalbers References Further reading Jan van Dullemen: Tropical Modernity: Life and Work of C.P. Wolff Schoemaker, , SUN architecture, 2010 External links Bethel Church – Visual Database of Modern Dutch Tropical Architecture in Indonesia Villa Isola 1882 births 1949 deaths 20th-century Dutch architects 20th-century Dutch painters 20th-century Dutch sculptors 20th-century Indonesian architects Art Deco architects Dutch male painters Dutch male sculptors Graduates of the Koninklijke Militaire Academie People from Semarang Regency People of the Dutch East Indies 20th-century Dutch male artists