Johann Georg Gsteu

Johann Georg Gsteu (born July 26, 1927 in Hall in Tirol ; † August 20, 2013 in Vienna ) was an Austrian architect .

Life

After graduating from a sculpture school in Salzburg, Gsteu began to study architecture with Friedrich Achleitner , Wilhelm Holzbauer and Friedrich Kurrent in 1950 with Clemens Holzmeister at the Vienna Academy of Fine Arts . After graduating from 1953, he formed an office community with Friedrich Achleitner. The Oberbaumgartner parish church in Vienna , which was built between 1963 and 1965, is considered to be the main work of Gsteus during this period .

From 1980 to 1992 he taught as a professor at the University of Kassel . From 2000 to 2005 he was visiting professor in Innsbruck.

A striking design element of his later years are trapezoidal sheets made of aluminum, which can be seen, for example, at the Vienna underground stations on the U6 line in the south of the federal capital, from the Tscherttegasse station to Siebenhirten .

On August 20, 2013 Gsteu died at the age of 86 in the Hanusch Hospital in Vienna-Penzing .

Interior of the Oberbaumgartner parish church (1960–1965)

Accommodation for sculptors St. Margarethen (1962–1968)

Parish Church Herrenried (1968–1974)

Housing complex Weiglgasse 4 (1983–1987)

Awards

• 1968 State Prize for Architecture
• 1976 City of Vienna Prize for Architecture
• 2010 Austrian Cross of Honor for Science and Art, 1st class
• 2012 Josef Lackner Prize from the Faculty of Architecture at the University of Innsbruck
• Gold Medal of Honor of the State of Vienna

Realizations

• 1956–1958 with Friedrich Achleitner : reconstruction of the Hetzendorfer church
• 1958–1961 with Working Group 4 : Pastoral Care Center Steyr-Ennsleite
• 1960–1965 Oberbaumgartner parish church
• 1962–1968 accommodation for sculptors for the St. Margarethen sculpture symposium
• 1968–1974 with Walter Ramsdorfer : Herrenried parish church in Hohenems
• 1968–1971 parish hall and kindergarten, Vienna-Hetzendorf
• 1970–1972 Z-branches Vienna-Rudolfsheim, Sparkassenplatz
• 1973–1978 component in the residential complex Vienna-Aderklaaerstraße
• 1983–1985 residential building at Matthäusgasse 3, Vienna-Landstrasse
• 1983–1987 residential building Weiglgasse 4, Vienna 15
• 1991–1992 Vault Hypo Wipplingerstraße 27
• 1990–1995 station building of the U6 (Siebenhirten, Perfektastraße, Erlaaer Straße, Am Schöpfwerk and Tscherttegasse), Vienna
• 1995 Schumpeterweg 4 day care center, Vienna 21
• 1995 Steinitzsteg
• 2004–2006 waste center on Meidlinger Markt

literature

• Claudia Enengl: Johann Georg Gsteu. Making architecture visible and tangible , Verlag Anton Pustet Salzburg 2010, ISBN 978-3-7025-0616-2
• Architecture and Tyrol (AuT): Five Positions on Architecture - Constant Modern , Springer 2009, ISBN 978-3211991909 .

Web links

Commons : Johann Georg Gsteu  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Literature by and about Johann Georg Gsteu in the catalog of the German National Library
• www.diepresse.com Young wood and poor art - Johann Georg Gsteu on his 80th birthday
• Who is who in Austria
• Conversation with Johann Georg Gsteu as part of the architectural radio series A palaver , broadcast on May 6, 2013