Alfons Barth

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Alfons Barth (born November 13, 1913 in Aarau ; † September 9, 2003 there ) was a Swiss architect .

Life

Alfons Barth grew up in the Solothurn community of Schönenwerd . At the age of 15 he began an apprenticeship as a draftsman in his father's architectural office, which he completed in 1931. From 1931 to 1934 he attended the technical center in Burgdorf. He then worked for various architecture firms, including Ernst Mühlemann , and also attended courses in regional and state planning. In 1939 he married Alice Oppliger, the daughter of a painter. After the unexpected death of his father in 1940, he moved to Schönenwerd and opened his own architecture office. In addition to processing the orders from his father Emil Barth, he received orders primarily for his own homes.

Barth and Zaugg

From 1943, Hans Zaugg began a long-term collaboration in the Barth and Zaugg offices in Aarau, Olten and Schönenwerd , when he won the close competition at the Solothurn Central Library . In addition, both architects but also about built independent projects, Barth homes, Mahrfamilienhäuser and settlements in Schönenwerd and public buildings, works in the style of a moderate (first) post-war modernism , which one in Switzerland often with Landi style called.

The meeting with Mies van der Rohe and Philip Johnson in New York at the end of 1954 was groundbreaking for his work in terms of a reorientation and radicalization . Barth saw in his work with Mies' American work the principles of constructive logic, the formal structure with which he realized had already been busy before, but these have now become decisive for his professional practice. During his career, Alfons Barth was able to record numerous national and international competition successes. Together with his colleagues Hans Zaugg , Max Schlup , Franz Füeg and Fritz Haller , Alfons Barth shaped a trend in Swiss post-war architecture that is still known today as the “ Solothurn School ”. Within this group of architects there were strong similarities despite all the differences. This includes the emphasis on a geometric order and the preference for contemporary materials such as steel and glass. Alfons Barth's estate is in the gta archive in Zurich.

Works (selection)

own work, office Schönenwerd
  • Apartment house Roth , Schönenwerd 1940–41
  • Huber House , Schönenwerd 1941–42
  • Hubelacker semi-detached housing estate , Schönenwerd 1943–45
  • A. Barth's own home , Schönenwerd 1946–48 (extension 1960)
  • Schär House , Rupperswil 1950–1951
  • Household school and gym , Schönenwerd 1952–1953
  • Kalberweidli settlement , Niedergösgen 1954–1956 (Fritz Haller furniture)
  • Body Graber , exhibition hall, Wichtrach 1955–57
  • Parish hall , Schönenwerd 1957
  • Trümpy House , Hägendorf 1962–1964
  • Junker House , Schönenwerd 1964–1965
  • Barth home , Niedergösgen 1968–1969
  • Feld school building , Schönenwerd 1968–1972
  • Administration of Schenker Storen , Schönenwerd 1969–1971, 1988
  • Schöntalhof warehouse , Rupperswil 1970–1972
  • Retirement and nursing home , Schönenwerd 1975–1978 (with Hans von Weissenfluh)
  • Information pavilion KKW , Leibstadt 1991–1994
Barth and Zaugg office, Aarau office
  • Cantonal Library , Solothurn, Competition II 1942, 1st prize (not carried out)
  • Local planning , Dornach SO / Arlesheim BL Competition 1945, 1st prize
  • School , Grenchen 1945–48
  • Primary school , Niedergösgen 1945–53
  • Administration building Aare-Tessin AG and main post office , (ATEL) Olten 1946–1953, 1978
  • Local planning , Muri, competition 1947, 1st prize
  • Schoolhouse , Döttingen 1948–1949
  • Agricultural School , Gränichen 1948–1957
  • Local planning , Langenthal, competition 1949, 1st prize (with Willi Marti)
  • Residential buildings, doctors' houses , Allerheiligenberg high altitude clinic 1949–1952
  • Vocational school , Olten 1949–1954 (with Oskar Bitterli)
  • District school building Fuchsrain , Möhlin 1952–1960
  • Parish Hall , Aarau 1954–1959
  • Primary school , Rothrist 1957–1961
  • Scheibenschachen school , Aarau 1959–1963
  • Sisters' house in Königsfelden , Windisch 1960–1964
  • Steinmannhaus Cantonal School , Aarau 1961, 1967–1969
  • Final class school Auen , Frauenfeld 1962–1968
  • Sälischulhaus , Olten 1963–1970
  • Mifa apartment buildings , Buchs 1964–1966
  • Rosengartenweg abdication hall , Aarau 1964–1968
  • Apartment building in Oberdorfstrasse , Buchs 1966–1967
  • Post Office , Suhr 1968–1970
  • Post garage Telli , Aarau 1970–1978
  • Swiss Book Center , Hägendorf 1972–1975, 1987
  • SBB Löwenberg training center , Murten 1975–1982 (with Fritz Haller)
  • VEBO Disability Center , Oensingen 1976–1984
  • Parish hall , Däniken 1975–1977
  • School and multi-purpose facility Steinmattstrasse , Oberbuchsiten 1977–1983
  • Juraweg home for the disabled , Staufen 1979–1981
  • Conversion and extension of the main post office , Aarau 1980–1988
  • Expansion of the Zelgli Cantonal School , Aarau 1984–1989
  • Extension of the canton school (library, media library, canteen), Solothurn 1984–1991 (further extensions by Fritz Haller)

literature

  • Jürg Graser, Filled Void. Building the school in Solothurn: Barth, Zaugg, Schlup, Füeg, Haller . gta Verlag, Zurich 2014, ISBN 978-3-85676-281-0
  • Claudio Affolter: Barth and Zaugg . In: Isabelle Rucki and Dorothee Huber (eds.): Architectural Lexicon of Switzerland - 19./20. Century. Birkhäuser, Basel 1998. ISBN 3-7643-5261-2 , p. 38 f.
  • Jürg Martin Graser: The School of Solothurn. The contribution of Alfons Barth, Hans Zaugg, Max Schlup, Franz Füeg ​​and Fritz Haller to Swiss architecture in the second half of the 20th century. Dissertation, Zurich 2008. Online
  • Catalog raisonné: Alfons Barth; Hans Zaugg; Franz Füeg; Fritz Haller; Max Schlup . In: Werk, Bauen + Wohnen . tape 68 , no. 7/8 , 1981, pp. 66-68 , doi : 10.5169 / seals-51975 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Tighter building competition for a new building for the Solothurn Central Library . In: Schweizerische Bauzeitung . tape 121 , no. 13 , 1942, pp. 152–155 ( e-periodica.ch ).
  2. ↑ Jürg Martin Graser: The school of Solothurn. Diss. ETHZ 2008. p. 56
personal data
SURNAME Barth, Alfons
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss architect
DATE OF BIRTH November 13, 1913
PLACE OF BIRTH Aarau , Switzerland
DATE OF DEATH September 9, 2003
Place of death Aarau