Alois Machatschek

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Alois Machatschek (born November 25, 1928 in Bratislava ; † May 5, 2014 in Salzburg ) was an Austrian architect, building researcher, university professor and preservationist.

Life

The Oberdöbling stop

Machatschek, the son of a building contractor, completed his studies in architecture at the Vienna University of Technology and worked as an assistant at the Institute for Baukuns and building surveys with Karl Holey . In 1961 he acquired the Dr. of the technique. His early construction tasks included participating in the planning of the Arthur-Schnitzler-Hof community building in Vienna-Döbling. Machatschek devoted himself primarily to historical building research in the Mediterranean region in the 1960s and completed his habilitation with a thesis on ancient grave structures in the area of Cilicia . As a result, he turned more and more to the preservation of monuments . The restoration of Harrach 's Castle in Rohrau (Lower Austria) was followed by numerous orders from the Liechtenstein family . Machatschek was best known for his careful and high-quality restoration of historical buildings. Together with Wilfried Schermann , Machatschek devoted himself, among other things, to the renovation of the baroque Palais Caprara-Geymüller in Wallnerstraße (1986–1988) and the so-called Palais Ferstel (1978–1986), but also Otto Wagner's suburban line of the Vienna Stadtbahn , which after decades of Shutdown in 1987 when line S 45 of the Wiener Schnellbahn was reopened. There were also some new buildings in a postmodern style inspired by Wagner , for example at the Vienna Krottenbachstrasse stop and at the Vienna Breitensee stop . Machatschek taught as a professor at the Technical University of Vienna and was President of the Austrian Society for the Preservation of Monuments and Sites from 1998 to 2006 .

Publications (selection)

  • Building research in Selge. (with Mario Schwarz, Josef Dorner and Fritz Schachermeyr, 1987)
  • Preservation of monuments in Europe. The European Prize for Monument Preservation from the Alfred Toepfer Foundation. (2001)
  • The necropolis and tombs in the area of ​​Elaiussa Sebaste and Korykos in the rough Cilicia. (1967)

literature

  • Alois Machatschek, Martin Kubelík, Mario Schwarz, Walter Frodl: From building research to monument preservation: Festschrift for Alois Machatschek on his 65th birthday. Vienna: Phoibos-Verlag 1993
  • Mario Schwarz: Editorial. In: Stones Speak. No. 138-139, November 2009, p. 2

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personal data
SURNAME Makhachek, Alois
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian architect, university professor and monument conservator
DATE OF BIRTH November 25, 1928
PLACE OF BIRTH Bratislava
DATE OF DEATH May 5, 2014
Place of death Salzburg