This paper deals with part of the thoughts of an architect Hendrik Petrus Berlage on Dutch modern architecture through the analysis of his travel writing “Mijn Indische reis”, which is written from his journey around Dutch East Indies in 1923. In the previous researches, however, it has been mentioned merely in fragments by the studies on the modern architecture in the colonies of European powers, and it has not been taken up by the prominent researchers such as Pieter Singelenberg and Manfred Bock. Thus, the purpose of this paper is to analyze “Mijn Indische reis”, abstract the point of Berlage's contention, and position it in his thoughts on architecture. We will clarify that Berlage recognized a need for harmony between“het constructieve (the constructive)”and“het aesthetische (the aesthetic)”in a new society of Indonesia, and saw “het onuitsprekelijke (the ineffable)” and the universal value of “gemeenschapskunst (community art)” through seeing the ancient remains of Java and life on Bali, which relativized his thoughts on architecture centering upon the principle of“het algemeene (universality)”. We will conclude Berlage saw“het onuitsprekelijke”to be a matter closely related to quintessence of art and architecture.

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