Johannes gap

Seebad Altmünster (1946/47)

Guesthouse Wittmann (1966)

Wittmann House (1970–1975)

Salettl Wittmann (around 1975)

Salvatorkirche am Wienerfeld (1976–1979)

Wander Bertoni exhibition pavilion (1999–2000)

Johannes Spalt (born September 29, 1920 in Gmunden , Upper Austria ; † October 2, 2010 in Vienna ) was an Austrian architect .

Life

Johannes Spalt attended the Salzburg trade school and from 1949 studied architecture at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna under Clemens Holzmeister .

He and Wilhelm Holzbauer , Friedrich Kurrent and to 1953 with Otto Leitner the arbeitsgruppe 4 . From 1969 onwards he ran his own studio in Vienna, in part with Friedrich Kurrent. From 1973 to 1990 Spalt was professor for interior architecture and industrial design at the University of Applied Arts Vienna and from 1975 to 1979 also its rector.

In addition to drafts and realized buildings, Spalt created numerous furniture designs, for example for the Wittmann furniture workshops .

Johannes Spalt organized the first Loos exhibition with Kurrent : 1962 in Paris and 1964 in Vienna in the new Museum of the 20th Century . The first Josef Frank exhibition took place in Vienna in 1965 .

In a tribute to his death, architecture journalist Jan Tabor called Johannes Spalt the “prototype of the intellectual architect” and described “Spalt's importance for the restoration of culture in Austria after the Nazi barbarism” as “great and unique”.

Awards

• 1970 City of Vienna Prize for Architecture
• 1988 Heinrich Tessenow Medal
• 1992 Mauriz Balzarek Prize , as the Grand Culture Prize of the Province of Upper Austria
• 1994 Culture Prize of the State of Lower Austria for Architecture
• 2002 Architecture Prize from the Province of Burgenland for the Wander Bertoni exhibition pavilion in Winden am See
• 2007 Golden Medal of the City of Vienna

Projects and Realizations

• first independent job: 1946/47: Seebad Altmünster am Traunsee , Upper Austria
• in Working Group 4: 1953–1956: Parsch Parish Church of the Precious Blood , City of Salzburg
• with Friedrich Kurrent: 1964–1966: Wittmann Möbelwerkstätten , Etsdorf am Kamp , Lower Austria
• with Friedrich Kurrent: 1964–1967: Terra-Baumaschinen AG, Vösendorf near Vienna
• 1966: Wittmann guest house, Etsdorf am Kamp , Lower Austria
• 1967–1969: Conversion / extension of the Otto Schubert house, Lustenau , Vorarlberg
• 1970: Gravestone draft for Sergius Pauser , Wiener Zentralfriedhof , Ehrenhain, group 40, grave no.8, 11th district ( Simmering )
• 1970–1975: House Wittmann and Salettl Wittmann, Etsdorf am Kamp , Lower Austria
• with Friedrich Kurrent: 1971–1974: Reconstruction and expansion of the branch of the Zentralsparkasse of the municipality of Vienna ("Z"), 21st district (Floridsdorf) , Am Spitz 11
• 1975–1976: Exhibition building Wander Bertoni , Vienna
• 1976–1979: Salvatorkirche am Wienerfeld , 10th district (Favoriten) , Wienerfeldgasse 11
• 1984: Varnhagengasse residential building, Vienna, 22nd district (Donaustadt), Stadlau district
• 1986–1988: Draxler House, Nussdorf am Attersee, Upper Austria
• with Aneta Bulant-Kamenova: 1993–1996: Regional Headquarters of the Red Cross, Salzburg
• 1999–2000: Wander Bertoni exhibition pavilion , Winden am See , Burgenland

Fonts

• with Helmfried Thalhammer and Carmela Haerdtl (eds.): Oswald Haerdtl : 1899–1959 , University of Applied Arts, Vienna 1978.
• (Ed.): The architect Oskar Strnad , on his 100th birthday on October 26, 1979, University of Applied Arts, Vienna 1979.
• with Hermann Czech : Josef Frank : 1885–1967 , Löcker, Vienna 1981, ISBN 3-85409-026-9 .
• (Ed.): Garden houses by Josef Hoffmann , University of Applied Arts, Vienna 1985.
• (Ed.): Folding tables , furniture presentation, Birkhäuser, Basel 1987, ISBN 3-7643-1909-7 .
• (Ed.): Light furniture, furniture representation, Birkhäuser, Basel 1994, ISBN 3-7643-5061-X .
• with Otto Kapfinger : Portals & Shops - historical Viennese business facilities , Böhlau, Vienna 1999, ISBN 3-205-98545-1 .

literature

• Aneta Bulant-Kamenova (Ed.): Johannes Spalt on his 70th birthday on September 29, 1990. Festschrift
• Johannes Spalt , illustrated book architecture, Böhlau Vienna 1993, ISBN 3-205-05397-4 .
• Rudolf Burger , Irmgard Frank, Friedrich Kurrent, Hubert Christian Ehalt (eds.): Johannes Spalt: Festschrift. University of Applied Arts, Vienna 1999
• Architekturzentrum Wien (Ed.): Johannes Spalt - Elective Affinities. Residenz Verlag, St. Pölten 2010, ISBN 978-3-7017-3220-3
• Architekturzentrum Wien (ed.): Working group 4. Wilhelm Holzbauer, Friedrich Kurrent, Johannes Spalt 1950–1970 [Exhibition in the Architekturzentrum Wien 4. 3. – 31. 5. 2010]. Müry Salzmann, Salzburg 2010, ISBN 978-3-99014-021-5

Web links

Commons : Johannes Spalt  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Literature by and about Johannes Spalt in the catalog of the German National Library
• Entry on Johannes Spalt in the Austria Forum  (in the AEIOU Austria Lexicon )
• Entry on working group 4 in the Austria Forum  (in the AEIOU Austria Lexicon )
• Johannes gap. In: arch INFORM .
• Short video about working group 4 , embedded on the website of the Architekturzentrum Wien , on the occasion of the exhibition "x projects of working group 4"
• The Library of a Viennese Architect Professor Johannes Spalt . Ars Libri, Boston ( digitized version )
• Website from Haus Wittmann

Individual evidence

1. ^ Architect Johannes Spalt has died, Kurier ( memento from October 6, 2010 in the Internet Archive ).
2. ↑ ^{a b c} Jan Tabor: The father figure of father figure architecture , in: Wochenzeitung Falter , Vienna, No. 41, October 13, 2010, p. 29.
3. ^ Architects Czech, Krischanitz and Spalt honored today in the town hall correspondence from May 7th 2007.
4. ^ Johannes Spalt: illustrated book Architektur, Böhlau Vienna 1993, ISBN 3-205-05397-4 .
5. ↑ Next Room, Architecture online .