Adolf Vivell

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Adolf Vivell (born May 19, 1878 in Kinzigtal (Wolfach) , † July 7, 1959 in Zurich ) was a German - Swiss garden architect .

Life

Vivell was the son of Adolf Vivell and Luise, née Kammerer. His father ran a textile and clothing store. After completing school in Wolfach, he trained as a gardener in the grand ducal court gardening in Baden-Baden , then he worked in Darmstadt in the Henkel gardening center. From 1896 to 1898 Vivell worked for “Desfoss Thuillier & Cie, Orléans” in Paris and in the Pyrenees.

After further training and professional experience in Bad Köstritz with Hans Settegast , Leipzig , Berlin , Antwerp and London , he stayed in Wabern near Bern from 1902 to 1903 as head gardener and managing director of the Canadian tree nursery, which was founded by Philipp Gosset around 1864. There he met the reformed Emma Schneider, whom he married in 1904. In the same year he founded his own company Adolf Vivell as a horticultural engineering office. In 1909 he accepted Swiss citizenship in Olten .

In 1925 Vivell was one of the founders of the “Federation of Swiss Garden Designers” (BSG) and was elected its vice-president. Since 1936 he was allowed to call himself the first "garden architect" and had this professional title recognized by the federal court; he renamed his company Adolf Vivell, garden architect . From 1904 he designed over 500 gardens in Switzerland , Germany and Alsace .

An employee of Vivell, Paul Theoboldt (1881–1950), discovered a carmine-red flowering variety of snow heather in the Engadine in 1906 , which he gave the scientific name Erica carnea Vivelli in honor of its boss .

Vivell died of a heart attack in 1959 . His sons Adolf, Helmut, Edgar and his grandson Natal Helmut Imahorn continued his work.

Works (selection)

“For me, modern garden design is outdoor space design, in harmony with the character of the living building material used, the plants and in the vicinity of the building in close association and harmony with the architecture. With all really good work, I therefore consider an understanding, mutually complementary cooperation between the garden architect and the architect of the building to be absolutely necessary, and if possible before starting the construction. "

- Company brochure Modern garden design by Adolf Vivell
  • Cimetière des Roumins, Soultzmatt
  • Jardins de la Bourse, Mulhouse
  • Roman bath, Aarau
  • Aspen Castle, Leimbach
  • Valais Cimetière, Sierre
  • Castle complex in Wolfach (reconstruction of the city moat 1925–1927)
  • Allee - Bruno Burger plant in Wolfach; Redesign of the raft harbor

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Georg Germann (ed.) The all-rounder Philipp Gosset 1838–1911. Alpinist, glacier researcher, engineer, landscape gardener, topographer , Baden 2014.
  2. ↑ Erica Carnea Vivelli
personal data
SURNAME Vivell, Adolf
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Vivell, Adolf Ernst
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German-Swiss garden architect
DATE OF BIRTH May 19, 1878
PLACE OF BIRTH Kinzigtal (Wolfach)
DATE OF DEATH July 7, 1959
Place of death Zurich