Werner Max Moser

Werner Max Moser (born July 16, 1896 in Karlsruhe , † August 19, 1970 in Zurich ) was a Swiss architect and professor at the ETH Zurich . He became known through various church buildings and the high-rise zur Palme in Zurich.

Life

Werner Max began his professional career in 1916 when he began studying architecture with his father Karl Moser at the ETHZ. In 1921 he graduated with a diploma . In 1921/1922 an internship followed in the office of Grandpré Molière in Rotterdam .

The following two years in Frank Lloyd Wright's office in the USA shaped the artistic sense and love for high-rise buildings. In 1926 he returned to Switzerland , where he later designed the first furniture in his father's office. In 1927 he became a member of the Swiss collective group, which took over the furnishing of several apartments in Ludwig Mies van der Rohe's Weissenhof block.

From 1928 Werner Max Moser was a freelance architect in Zurich . During this time he designed furniture and was one of the founders of Wohnbedarf AG, which opened in Zurich in 1931. From 1937, Moser joined forces with his colleagues Max Ernst Haefeli and Rudolf Steiger to form the Haefeli, Moser, Steiger (HMS) office community. The three met while studying with Karl Moser. In 1958 he was appointed full professor in the architecture department of the ETH Zurich. In the same year he was appointed doctor honoris causa from the Technical University of Stuttgart . Moser stayed at ETH for five years. During this time the high-rise zur Palme in Zurich, one of Moser's main works, was built.

Works

• 1928–1930: Henry and Emma Budge retirement home (together with Mart Stam and Ferdinand Kramer) in Frankfurt, preserved
• 1936–1942: Altstetten Church, preserved
• 1936–1939: Zurich Congress Center
• 1941–1953: Cantonal Hospital Zurich, preserved
• 1950: Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur campus
• 1954–1955: Eternit AG administration building , Niederurnen
• 1959–1964: Kornfeldkirche in Riehen , preserved
• 1964: high-rise at the Palme , Zurich. receive
• Collaboration with the Werkbundsiedlung Neubühl in Zurich

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  Altstetten Church

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  Skyscraper to the palm tree

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  Cantonal Hospital Zurich

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  Zurich Congress Center

Awards

• Award for good buildings by the city of Zurich, Altstetten church

literature

• Alfred Roth: Werner M. Moser . Zurich 1970
• Peter Omahen: Werner M. Moser - his contribution to reformed church building in Switzerland . Zurich: ETHZ, 1994
• Noémie Kubli: The "high-rise to the palm tree" . Zurich: ETH, Department of Architecture, 1997
• Johannes Stückelberger: The Kornfeldkirche in Riehen . Bern: Society for Swiss Art History GSK, 2004 ISBN 3-85782-760-2
• Sonja Hildebrand, Bruno Maurer Werner Oechslin (ed.): Haefeli Moser Steiger. The architects of Swiss modernism. , gta Verlag Zurich 2007, ISBN 978-3-85676-205-6
• Arthur Rüegg, Reto Gadola (ed.): "Kongresshaus Zurich 1937–1939. Modern spatial culture.", Gta Verlag , Zurich 2007, ISBN 978-3-85676-202-5
• Stefan Hess : living room of the believers instead of sacred space . In: Jahrbuch z'Rieche 2014, pp. 104–111 ( online ).

Web links

• Werner Max Moser. In: arch INFORM .
• Wohnbedarf AG company founded by Moser