Hans Luz

Hans Luz (born June 10, 1926 in Stuttgart ; † April 9, 2016 in Stuttgart ) was a German garden and landscape architect.

Life

Hans Luz spent his childhood in Stuttgart. Between 1944 and 1947 he graduated from high school , took part in the Second World War as a soldier and was taken prisoner by the French . Back in Germany, he did an apprenticeship as a landscape gardener with Adolf Haag in Stuttgart. From 1953 to 1955 he continued training with garden architect Otto Valentien .

In 1958 he founded the landscape gardening company Luz in Birkach and in 1961 the planning office Luz + Partner, independent landscape architects . Since 1975 he has been a member of the Academy of Arts in Berlin , since 1977 a member of the German Academy for Urban Development and Regional Planning ( DASL ). From 1982 to 1984 he was chairman of the Baden-Württemberg regional group in the Association of German Landscape Architects .

Gardens and landscaping

1957–1959: House Windstosser in Stuttgart- Degerloch , Neue Weinsteige 80 (with Max Bächer )

1958: House Luz in Birkach near Stuttgart

1960: University of Karlsruhe

1961: Federal Garden Show, Stuttgart

1961: State Parliament in Stuttgart

1961: University of Stuttgart

1963–1965: Imperial Chemical Industries factory in Östringen

1964–1967: Teachers' college in Ludwigsburg

1964–1967: University of Tübingen in Morgenstelle

1964–1968: Hospital in Leonberg

1965: University of Hohenheim in Stuttgart (with Walter Rossow)

1967: Marwitz house in Sindelfingen

1967: Federal Garden Show (25 m² gardens) in Karlsruhe

1967–1971: cemetery in Leonberg

1967–1973: Asemwald residential complex in Stuttgart

1967–1977: Health Resort Park in Bad Wildbad (with Walter Rossow)

1967–1977: Oberbettringen residential complex in Schwäbisch Gmünd

1968: House Beer in Pflaumloch near Nördlingen

1968–1973: Höher Odenwald recreation center

1969–1973: Cemetery in Leinfelden

1969–1978: Tannenplatz residential complex in Ulm

1970: German pavilion at Expo '70 in Osaka , Japan

1970–1972: Olympic buildings in Munich (with Wolfgang Müller)

1972–1974: cemetery in Oberboihingen

1972–1974: Geno House in Stuttgart

1973–1979: Hospital in Bad Säckingen

1974–1976: Recreation center in Reichenbach an der Fils

1975–1976: Palais Schaumburg in Bonn (with Hans Dieter Bohnet )

1977: Federal Garden Show, Stuttgart (with planning group 1)

1978–1980: Doctoral House in Möhringen (Stuttgart)

1978–1983: City garden in Gaggenau

1979: City center in Leonberg

1979–1980: Inner courtyards of the NHS office in Hamburg

1979–1981: State garden show in Baden-Baden (with LGS planning group)

1979–1982: Hermannshof exhibition and viewing garden , Bergstrasse in Weinheim

1979–1984: City garden in Schwäbisch Gmünd

1980–1983: Retirement home in Bietigheim-Bissingen

1980–1984: Meeting house in Naurod

1980–1985: Pedestrian zone Marktplatz / Bocksgasse in Schwäbisch Gmünd

1981–1983: Korbmattfelsenhof Sanatorium in Baden-Baden

1981–1985: Augustabad in Baden-Baden

1981–1985: Roof garden of the Allianz headquarters in Stuttgart

1982–1983: Agricultural school in Herrenberg

1982–1984: European Cultural Community Offices in Kornwestheim

1982–1985: BFG cultural center in Oberursel

1983: Deacon's Lion Gateway Center, Stuttgart

1985–1990: Guest house of the Federal Republic of Germany on the Petersberg , Königswinter

Honors

Fritz Schumacher Prize (1980)
Honorary Chairman of the Baden-Württemberg State Group of the Association of German Landscape Architects (1987)
German Landscape Architecture Prize from the Association of German Landscape Architects (1993)
Federal Cross of Merit on Ribbon (June 28, 1994)
Friedrich Ludwig von Sckell Ring of Honor (1997)
University badge of the University of Hohenheim (1999)

Fonts

Joachim Kessler, Hans Luz and Peter Wirth: Concrete in gardening and landscaping. Stuttgart, Ulmer Eugen Verlag, 1974.
Hans Luz: From Vorgartenmäuerle to Green U. Forty years of landscape gardener. A work report by Hans Luz , Stuttgart 1992.
Hans Luz: Planning and design of the permanent systems. In: Garten + Landschaft 103.1993, issue 7, pages 8-18.
Hans Luz: Wall with niches. Concrete framework wall on the IGA . In: Deutsche Bauzeitung db. Journal for architects and civil engineers 127.1993, issue 6, page 82.
Hans Luz: Wartberg / Steinberg and Leibfriedscher Garden . In: Elisabeth Szymczyk-Eggert: Gardens and Parks in Stuttgart , Stuttgart 1993, pages 100-105.
Hans Luz: Killesberg Park . In: Elisabeth Szymczyk-Eggert: Gardens and Parks in Stuttgart , Stuttgart 1993, pp. 106–112.
Christof Luz; Hans Luz: overall planning time systems: The Green U . In: Garten + Landschaft 103.1993, issue 7, pages 18–28.
Christof Luz; Hans Luz: The Green U - finally realized. Urban planning and open space at the IGA Stuttgart 1993 . In: Garten + Landschaft 103.1993, issue 5, pages 5-6.
Christof Luz; Hans Luz: Planning concept. Landscaping . In: Klaus-Jürgen Evert (editor): The permanent systems. IGA Stuttgart 1993 , Munich 1993, pages 12-17.
Frank Werner (editor); Christof Luz (essay); Hans Luz (essay): Art-Nature-Drama. Earthworks beyond the IGA 1993 Stuttgart , Stuttgart 1993.
Hans Luz: The Killesberg Tower as part of the “Green U” . In: Petra Kiedaisch (editor): Towers are dreams. The Killesberg Tower by Jörg Schlaich. With an essay by Christoph Hackelsberger. Ludwigsburg 2001, pages 26-35.
Hans Luz: Speech by Prof. Hans Luz on the inauguration of the Killesberg tower on July 17th, 2001 ( online resource ).
Hans Luz: All about the Green U , manuscript, Stuttgart 2012.

literature

Frank Buchmeier: Landscape architect Hans Luz: "We live in a city of gardens". In: Stuttgarter Zeitung of July 10, 2011. ( online )
Christoph Gunßer: Vom Vorgartenmäuerle zum Grünen U. A work report by Hans Luz, Stuttgart 1992. (Review) In: Deutsche Bauzeitung (db), 127th year 1993, issue 6, page 170.
Luz + Partner . In: Anna Stratenwerth-Nelte (Hrsg.): Landscape architects. Works by landscape architects from Bavaria, Baden-Württemberg, Hesse, Rhineland-Palatinate / Saarland. Wiesbaden 1997, pages 168-173.

Web links

Commons : Hans Luz - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Literature by and about Hans Luz in the catalog of the German National Library

Individual evidence

↑ The inventor of the "Green U" is dead. In: StN.de. April 22, 2016. Retrieved April 23, 2016.
^ BauNetz: "Jewel of the fifties" in danger - Max Bächer 's listed villa in Stuttgart is threatened with demolition. August 4, 1997. Retrieved November 28, 2019 .
↑ Stuttgarter Zeitung: Windstrucker villa remains. Retrieved November 28, 2019 .
↑ Hans Luz: Reorganization of the gardens and the landscape area . In: The Federal Minister for Spatial Planning, Building and Urban Development (Hrsg.): Guest house of the Federal Republic of Germany on the Petersberg . Bonn 1990, pp. 29-30.
↑ Decided competitions . In: Anthos. Landscape architecture magazine . tape 36 , no. 3 , 1997, p. 71 ( PDF ).

personal data
SURNAME	Luz, Hans
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German garden and landscape architect
DATE OF BIRTH	June 10, 1926
PLACE OF BIRTH	Stuttgart , German Empire
DATE OF DEATH	April 9, 2016
Place of death	Stuttgart , Baden-Wuerttemberg , Germany

[1] The inventor of the "Green U" is dead. In: StN.de. April 22, 2016. Retrieved April 23, 2016.

[2] BauNetz: "Jewel of the fifties" in danger - Max Bächer 's listed villa in Stuttgart is threatened with demolition. August 4, 1997. Retrieved November 28, 2019 .

[3] Stuttgarter Zeitung: Windstrucker villa remains. Retrieved November 28, 2019 .

[4] Hans Luz: Reorganization of the gardens and the landscape area . In: The Federal Minister for Spatial Planning, Building and Urban Development (Hrsg.): Guest house of the Federal Republic of Germany on the Petersberg . Bonn 1990, pp. 29-30.

[5] Decided competitions . In: Anthos. Landscape architecture magazine . tape 36 , no. 3 , 1997, p. 71 ( PDF ).