Fittkau metal design

fittkau metal design
legal form	GmbH
founding	July 1, 1925
Seat	Berlin suburb Malchow , Darßer Bogen 1
management	Stefan Fittkau
Number of employees	50–65, of which 20 metal workers, 15 blacksmiths, 5 "technical offices"
sales	5 million euros (2011)
Branch	Art casting , restoration , forge , locksmith's shop
Website	fittkau-metallbau.de

Fittkau Metallgestaltung ( proper spelling fittkau metallgestaltung ) is an artisan company based in the Berlin district of Pankow , suburb of Malchow . It now operates worldwide.

Company history

1925-2001

In 1925, a locksmith and family members founded a craft business on the site of Heinersdorfer Strasse 9 in what was then the Berlin-Weißensee district . The orders for Berlin grew quickly in connection with the large community that had emerged, and with it the number of employees. After moving to vacant premises in the Ruthenbergschen Gewerbehöfe , also in Weißensee (since 2001 district of Berlin-Weißensee ) with an expansion of the workshop area, the company remained active there until the end of the Second World War . After a short interim use of the workshops by the Soviet occupying forces , there were new orders for the forge, especially for the reconstruction of the heavily destroyed German capital. The small craft business was able to start over and remained privately owned until 1957. In 1972 it was nationalized and renamed VEB Kunstschmiede Berlin (occasionally also VEB Kunstschmiede Weißensee ). His work found its way into the rebuilt Nikolaiviertel as well as the restoration of Wilhelminian style houses in the Berlin-Prenzlauer Berg district around Kollwitzplatz. After the reunification of Germany , the company was re- privatized .

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Plaque

In this company, Stefan Fittkau, who had been trained here in the 1980s, became managing director in 1997 and was primarily responsible for ongoing orders. The resulting need to expand the workshops was not possible on the traditional commercial yards in Weißensee. Like-minded medium-sized companies came together to develop an industrial wasteland with almost 50,000 square meters of usable space together and with funding. The new Darßer Bogen business park is located between Bitburger Straße, Piesporter Straße and Darßer Straße and borders directly on the Berlin-Weißensee district . In recognition of the initiative, the district administration had a plaque put up in 2000 (see picture).

At the same time, Fittkau tried to take over the company, which he finally succeeded in after lengthy negotiations with the descendants of the company founder.

Name changes

Stefan Fittkau with an employee in the workshop on the occasion of the 2013 open house

On January 1, 2002, Stefan Fittkau became the sole owner of the business and renamed the company fittkau metallbau + kunstschmiede GmbH .

As of January 2020, the company was renamed again to fittkau metallgestaltung gmbh .

Location and business areas

A modern two-storey production hall, which was officially inaugurated in 1998, was built on the premises of around 2500 square meters. The main entrance and the office are in Darßer Bogen 1.

The company is divided into the areas of bronze construction and special constructions . In the former, projects were and will be realized together with artists. As special constructions, the company designs handrails, staircases, lights or facade decorations adapted to each specific object. Historical objects are also being restored. The order breakdown is given as follows: around 10 percent restoration, 10 percent new products and around 80 percent metalwork in the decorative area (as of spring 2013).

Special projects

Business is carried out worldwide, with a focus on Western Europe, North America, Russia and Asia. At the end of 2012, the company was involved in the construction of a new airport in Doha , the capital of Qatar ( New Doha International Airport ). The company manufactured a large stainless steel and glass spiral staircase and several hundred square meters of wall cladding together with the Lindner company from Arnstorf in the Free State of Bavaria.

In addition, aluminum frames for solar kiosks are manufactured. They were created in cooperation with Solarkiosk GmbH , the Berlin architects Graft , with the RLI Institute, founded and named after Reiner Lemoine , and the Berlin University of Technology and Economics (HTW). With the lockable and mobile metal container and the solar collectors on the roof, a local power supply for lighting, mobile phones or food freshness is possible in sunny areas without their own energy sources. The prototype was set up in Ethiopia on Lake Langano in September 2012 . A second container followed in Kenya in spring 2013 .

Awards

In 2006, Fittkau Metallbau received the Oskar Patzelt Foundation's large medium- sized enterprise award . The magazine M&T Metallhandwerk / Metallbaupraxis has been awarding the M&T Metallbaupreis since 2011 . This went to the Fittkau company in 2012 in the metal design category . The jury liked the columbarium in a former Catholic church, now the Liebfrauen Church of the Holy Sepulcher in Dortmund.

Factory overview from 2002 (selection)

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The main materials used for the works of art are iron , steel , bronze and aluminum , occasionally supplemented by silver and gold . They are also combined with glass and enamel . There have been and are among other facade elements , fences , railings, stairs , special lights , monuments , sculptures to small individual pieces for individuals. Work for private individuals has not been included in the directory.

year	Work, name	Where	place	image	Artist / architect	Note sources
2002	Canopy, metal stairs for the courtyard	French embassy	Berlin-Mitte, Pariser Platz		Atelier Christian de Portzamparc
2002	Restoration and new production of parts for the jewelry railing	Federal Administrative Court	Leipzig		State Property and Construction Office Leipzig
2002	new cladding and coating of pillars	"Les quatre temps" department store	Paris , La Défense district		Belluschi / OWP & P Architects, Inc. Chicago SRA-Architectes Chatillon	As part of a renovation of the department store, which opened in 1975, by the Canadian company CannonDesign
2003 2005	All-glass railing walls and steel glass showcases	Pei extension on the DHM DHM inside	Berlin center		Ieoh Ming Pei
2003	Ornamental railings	China Club in the Adlon Palais	Berlin center		amj design
2003	Reconstruction of historical elements	former barracks of the guard regiment "Friedrich Engels"	Berlin center			all cellar lattice windows at street level
2003	Bronze plates	eh. Jakobi Church	Rostock		bwp Bode, Williams and Partner, landscape architecture and urban development	Floor design to trace the lost church (some parts can be seen in the picture)
2004	complete S-Bahn supervisory building	Berlin Central Station	Berlin center		gmp Gerkan, Marg and Partner
2004	Gate and fence systems	Jewish Museum	Berlin-Kreuzberg		Daniel Libeskind
2005	Fountain and glass stele	Kornmarkt	Altenburg	View of Kornmarkt with fountain	Rudiger Sudau
2005	railing	Embankment along the Spree in the parliament and government district	Berlin center		KHP König, Heunisch and Partner
2006	Fence, gate with crown	Meseberg Castle	Meseberg		pcb Putzmann Cierpka Binder Architects Partnership
2006	Glass railings, stairs, decorative window grilles	Roman court	Berlin center
2007	"Veil" (stainless steel frame with stainless steel ring mesh)	Swarovski factory	Wattens , Austria		Design studio Regina Dahmen-Ingenhoven	Ten meter high interconnected stainless steel struts hold the veil-like fabric made from the finest metal wires. It symbolizes something delicate, mysterious.
2007 and 2008	Door systems, glass floor, ceiling and floor cladding	Hotel Adlon	Berlin center		amj design
2007	Restoration of the wrought iron gate system	Märchenbrunnen Berlin-Friedrichshain	Berlin-Friedrichshain		Hortec Berlin	The picture shows a gate wing to the Märchenbrunnen facility; State 1954
2007	Facade design and showcases	Medical History Museum	Berlin center		SEHW Architecture Berlin	Large metal hole pattern on the facade of the museum (left)
2008 and 2010	Corten steel wall ("window of remembrance / commemoration")	Berlin Wall Memorial	Berlin-Gesundbrunnen			Picture shows Window of Remembrance
2008 2010	Canopy, facades, metal jewelry	Building of the Philharmonie Berlin	Berlin Tiergarten
2009	City model ( Corten steel)	Berlin Wall Foundation on Bernauer Strasse	Berlin-Gesundbrunnen		Sinai. Fist. Schroll. Black. Open space planning + project control GmbH	Large-scale city model made of Corten steel, depicting the Wedding area around Bernauer Strasse
2009	Steel-glass doors; Decorative partition for a side altar (glass and ironwork)	Nikolaikirche (Berlin)	Berlin center		Architects Petersen	The interior photo shows three different metal ornamental grilles in front of side altars in the church.
2009	Light tree, light handrail	Nauener Platz	Berlin-Gesundbrunnen		Studio Dinnebier	The light tree is the green structure between the trees on Nauener Platz.
2010	Coating ( anodizing ) of the snack pavilion with gold paint	Konnopke	Berlin-Pankow, Schönhauser Allee		Schmidtmann and Gölling	Reorganized in 2011
2010	Columbarium	Church of the Holy Sepulcher Liebfrauen	Dortmund			M&T metal construction award 2012
2010	New production	Art installation	Tournai (Belgium)		Sébastien Gschwind (Switzerland)	backlit stainless steel boxes, each with a letter that was cut by water jet
2010	Info desk	Kulturforum Berlin	Berlin Tiergarten		Paul Kahlfeldt and Petra Kahlfeldt ( Kahlfeldt Architects )	Metal casting with an old city view in front of the tableau
2010	New production	Boulevard der Stars , Potsdamer Platz	Berlin center		Arge Art + Com & Graft GmbH	Information pillars "Sterngucker" (see picture), cast iron and information table
2011	Restoration of the letters of the decorative door ("A-door") and facade elements	Berlin City Library	Berlin center		Fritz Kühn / Dr. Krekeler and Partner
2011	Lettering, facade elements, family tree wall, special light, conference room cladding	Museum of the Bavarian Kings	Hohenschwangau		Volker Staab Architects
2011	Revision of historical elements (door handle, mailbox, entrance door)	Schöneberg Town Hall	Berlin-Schöneberg
2011	Decorative fence around the grave of Heinrich von Kleist	Wannsee Cemetery Bismarckstrasse	Berlin-Wannsee		Bode, Williams and Partners, landscape architecture	reconstruction
2012 inauguration	Pigeon house	Potsdamer Platz	Berlin center		Baumgarten Simon Architects office	A steel frame clad with aluminum panels, 4 m high, 5 m wide, 8 m long - in the shape of a diamond, stands on the flat roof of the Forum Tower. Production and installation cost 100,000 euros, which were provided by Potsdamer Platz Management (SEB Asset Management). This little metal house was removed in December 2016 and is to make way for a roof terrace. It is expected that the car park at Südkreuz station will be moved to a new location.
2012	Bronze cladding of a tabernacle chapel	St. Jodokus Church	Bielefeld
2013	Parts for a set for Le sacre du printemps	Mariinsky Theater	St. Petersburg		Pia Maier Schriever	For a special performance on the 100th anniversary of the theater, bronze-metal parts were made for the stage design.
2013	Bracket for a light-art project	Under the bridges in Bleibtreustraße	Berlin-Charlottenburg		Alexander Kunert	Wavy large-area ring for 220 colored fluorescent tubes. The plant was completed in September 2013 and put into operation. This light installation is part of the “pearl necklace made of light art project”, which is built by the Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf district office and is being installed on several bridges of the city railway in City West . Financing and maintenance is secured in the long term by companies and private individuals.
2013/ 2014	Light installation: “More light!” All engineering and handicraft work including installation on site	German Bundestag , extension to Marie-Elisabeth-Lüders-Haus	Berlin center		Michel de Broin , Canadian visual artist	The sculpture in the form of a star, consisting of nine different steel conventional lanterns, is called “More Light!” The work of art, installed between July and September 2014 in the eastern half-open inner courtyard, is attached to the walls at three points with strong steel cables. It will officially go into operation when the entire new build project is complete. Due to severe damage to the shell, completion is not expected until 2022. The imposing construction can already be seen from the tracks of the railway viaduct.
2013 to 2015	Furnishing	New building of the European Hanseatic Museum in Lübeck	Lübeck , old town (street on the Untertrave)		Studio Andreas Heller GmbH. Architects & Designer	The museum opened on May 30, 2015.
Dec. 2015, continued in 2016	Information stele ( bike station ) for the German Unity Cycle Route	Development and production	On the way from Bonn to Berlin		Architects, engineers, planners	The Federal Ministry of Transport (BVMI) suggested the facility of such a cycle path in 2015, of a symbol of the German reunification represents. Along the route, which will lead through seven federal states, bike stations will be built that will familiarize users with this part of German history, offer internet access and other amenities. A first stele was presented to the public in December 2015.
Apr. 2016	Architectural bronze railings in the stairwells, external fences, panels, ventilation grilles, panels, etc. a.	Manufacture and equipment	Barberini Museum in Potsdam		Hilmer & Sattler and Albrecht	After tendering the metalwork
2014 to 2017	Wrought iron gate entrance at the historic gate house	Renovation in accordance with historic monuments	Friedrichshain Hospital		Martin Gropius and Heino Schmieden	The original gates and bars had been destroyed, crumbled or changed over the decades. In October 2017, the structurally refurbished gate building was put back into operation.
2016 to 2018	Wrought iron railings and balcony parapets	Renovation in accordance with historic monuments	Hohenschönhausen Castle			The builder is the Friends of Hohenschönhausen Castle , which uses various grants and donations to renovate the former manor house on Hauptstrasse. Numerous construction and artisans as well as engineering companies are involved in the work.
2018/2019	Lantern with a five-meter-high cupola cross	New production based on historical templates	for the rebuilt dome of the Berlin Palace		Friedrich August Stüler , Albert Dietrich Schadow	Together with the sculptor Andreas Arthur Hoferick , the art foundry Flier and the Haber & Brander company, the seven-meter-high lantern was completely remade. The sculptor created models, the companies made the artificial casting, carried out copper driving, patination and gilding. Fittkau coordinated the work and supplied the stainless steel base frame. Numerous private donations secured the financing of this work; For the cross, Inga Maren Otto, the widow of the mail order company Werner Otto , who died in 2011 , provided the required sum of one million euros .

Web links

Commons : Works by the Stefan Fittkau company  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Footnotes and individual references

1. ↑ For contractual reasons, the name of the company founder may not be mentioned in connection with the current owner of the company. That is why the founding history is under Kunstschmiede Berlin . Please ask any questions about this to 44Pinguine .
2. ↑ ^{a b} Website Fittkau with historical data
3. ^ Message from the managing director to the user: 44Pinguine , January 17, 2020.
4. ↑ Fittkau metal is as a partner for the art project hardcore glamor called ( Memento of 19 December 2014 Internet Archive ) retrieved (on 11 August 2013 events 2017 click)
5. ↑ Work for Russia see overview of works (Moscow, St. Petersburg)
6. ^ Website Fittkau with details on the Doha / Qatar commission ; Retrieved February 19, 2013
7. ^ Solar kiosk for Ethiopia: electricity, chilled drinks and food . baunetzwissen.de, with a picture gallery.
8. ↑ To the Great SME Award 2006 .
9. ↑ Web site mt-metallhandwerk.de with the presentation of the winners of the metal price in 2012 , newly accessed on 9 February 2016th
10. ↑ ^{a b} List of references from Fittkau , accessed on February 19, 2013
11. ↑ ^{a b c} All works 2002
12. ↑ Information on the "Renovation Les Quatre Temps" (English) , accessed on March 7, 2013
13. ↑ ^{a b c d} all works 2003
14. ↑ Information from former employees
15. ^ Project Jakobikirchplatz on the homepage of bwp ( memento from February 1, 2014 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on August 8, 2013.
16. ↑ ^{a b} All works 2004
17. ↑ ^{a b} All works 2005
18. ↑ renovation work at Schloss Meseberg to the website of pcb-architekten.de , accessed on August 8, 2013
19. ^ Project "Schleier" on the homepage of drdi.de reginadahmeningenhoven * architects , accessed on August 8, 2013
20. ↑ ^{a b c d} All works 2007
21. ↑ ^{a b c} All works 2008
22. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g} All works 2010
23. ↑ Ulrike Borrmann: Craftsmanship as in the old days . Journal Wirtschaft & Markt 1/2 (2011), February 2, 2011. Reproduced in Fittkau: press release ( Memento from November 2, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
24. ↑ ^{a b c} All works 2009
25. ↑ ^{a b c d} All works 2011
26. ↑ Homepage Staab Architects with the award-winning Museum of the Bavarian Kings project , accessed on August 11, 2013
27. ↑ Sabine Flatau: Luxury home for pigeons. With the birdhouse, Potsdamer Platz is supposed to become cleaner . Berliner Morgenpost , September 1, 2012; Retrieved February 19, 2013.
28. ↑ Illustration and short description: Luxury apartment for pigeons on Potsdamer Platz
29. ↑ Video on the construction of the pigeon house including an interview with Stefan Fittkau ( memento from June 9, 2013 in the Internet Archive ); Retrieved August 29, 2013.
30. ↑ rbb -Abendschau, October 14, 2016, speaker Sascha Hingst, 7:54 p.m.
31. ↑ Anja Sokolow: Pigeons are moving . In: Berliner Zeitung , December 28, 2016, p. 15.
32. ↑ Cultivation should shine. And: bronze banishes graffiti . In: Neue Westfälische + Westfalen Blatt No. 9 2013 (01), January 16, 2013; reproduced on Fittkau: press releases ( Memento from February 3, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
33. ↑ Current report on fittkau-metallbau.de , accessed on May 31, 2013
34. ↑ Homepage Pia Maier Schriever with details on the stage design ( memento from February 1, 2014 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on June 12, 2013
35. ↑ News 2013 on the Fittkau homepage , accessed on October 27, 2013
36. ↑ ^{a b} Press release from the Hansemuseum on three completed works in 2013/2014. reproduced on fittkau-metallbau.de
37. ↑ Information on the light-art project according to an information board at the Bleibtreustraße bridge, photographed on April 8, 2015.
38. ↑ News , January 2014 on the Fittkau homepage, accessed on January 22, 2014.
39. ↑ Press release on the new building of the Hansemuseum and Hansemuseum. luebeck.de
40. ↑ Course of the new cycle path , accessed on February 7, 2016.
41. ↑ Information on the German Unity Cycle Route on the BMVI website ( Memento from February 7, 2016 in the Internet Archive ); accessed on February 7, 2016.
42. ↑ Press release from Fittkau Metallbau on the work in and at the Museum Barberini , accessed on January 21, 2017.
43. ↑ All information about the renovation of the former Hohenschönhausen manor house according to the construction site sign, seen and photographed in September 2017.
44. ↑ Press release from fittkau metallbau: The lantern from Weißensee for the castle on the Spree! June 11, 2018, accessed January 17, 2020.
45. ↑ Isabell Jürgens: The Berlin Palace is beautifully coupled . In: Berliner Morgenpost , May 9, 2017; accessed on January 17, 2020.

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