Adolf-von-Elm-Hof
The Adolf-von-Elm-Hof is a characteristic large apartment block in the Hamburg district of Barmbek-Nord . The execution took place in the style of clinker brick architecture of the 1920s according to the principles of the new building . It was created in 1926/27 based on designs by the architect Friedrich Richard Ostermeyer . The "production" bought it in 1930 from a foreclosure auction and named it after its founder, the Reichstag member and cooperative member Adolph von Elm . The district was opened up in 1912 by the subway ring line ; after the end of the First World War, a number of large rental apartment blocks were built, creating conveniently located living space for the workers. Ostermeyer had built the somewhat more expressionistic block on Bendixensweg the year before.
The triangular, five- to six-storey structure follows the triangular-cut property between Fuhlsbüttler Strasse , Mildestieg and Dennerstrasse. The north corner of the complex is staggered with a recessed facade. With the exception of the ground floor, which is set off with horizontal clinker strips, the facade design is kept simple.
In the entrance area in the passage on Fuhlsbüttler Straße there are two reliefs with street and harbor scenes by Richard Kuöhl , each of which is framed by half-sculptures. At the corner of Dennerstraße / Mildestieg there is a ceramic sculpture by Kuöhl, which shows a worker (also known as a blacksmith) with a hammer who rolls up his sleeves and is flanked by three relief bands with work scenes.
The courtyard side, with its loggias, is less massive than the street fronts. In the interior of the courtyard is a small brick pavilion that housed the communal laundry room of the residential complex, but has now been rented to someone else.
The complex was severely damaged in the war and repaired in 1951.
During the construction of " Ring 2 ", which spans Fuhlsbüttler Strasse immediately to the north of the building, the original pillar arbor in the north corner was demolished and Richard Kuöhl's "Pied Piper Fountain" was removed. The fountain was first repositioned in the courtyard of the Gustav-Borgner-Hof at Schwalbenplatz 66 and is now in storage.
Sources and evidence
- ↑ Reinhard Bengelsdorf: Becoming and working of the PRO Foundation Hamburg. A contribution to the 150-year history of Hamburg consumer associations, Hamburg 1990
- ^ Ralf Lange : Architecture in Hamburg - The great architecture guide. Junius Verlag, Hamburg 2008, ISBN 978-3-88506-586-9 F 64.5
- ↑ historical side of the community of interest "Fuhle" ( Memento of 9 June 2012 at the Internet Archive ), accessed February 10, 2012
- ^ Hermann Hipp: Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg. History, culture and urban architecture on the Elbe and Alster , Cologne 1989, ISBN 3-7701-1590-2 , p. 442
- ↑ fredriks.de Richard Kuöhl: Adolf-von-Elm-Hof in Barmbek , accessed July 17, 2012
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Coordinates: 53 ° 35 ′ 50 ″ N , 10 ° 2 ′ 37 ″ E