Anne Torcapel
Anne Torcapel (born November 25, 1916 in Eaux-Vives ; † January 29, 1988 in Geneva ) was a Swiss architect .
Life
Torcapel graduated in 1938 as a draftsman or architect at the Geneva École des Beaux-Arts . After graduation, Anne Torcapel entered the office of her father John Torcapel (1881–1965) and took on various projects with him. In 1953 she became a partner, in 1960 she took over the sole management of the architectural office. In 1958 she took part in the Swiss Exhibition for Women’s Labor and planned the Geneva pavilion. She knew how to develop her father's office into one of the most important architectural firms in Geneva by the end of her career. It was known for the quality of its construction and, above all, for responding to the needs of the residents. She employed two to five draftsmen or architects in her office. She avoided any hierarchical structure and every employee followed a project from the beginning to the end.
In 1987 Jean-Pierre Gebel and Yves Rochat became partners in their office and continued to run it after their death in 1988. Yves Rochat withdrew as early as 1990.
buildings
In 1944, Anne Torcapel and Marie-Luise Leclerc enlarged the maternity ward of the Geneva University Hospital ( Maternité de Genève HUG) and planned the operation block there in 1956, built the first residential building with moderate rent in the canton of Geneva in Onex (1962) and the old people's home on Quai des Vernets in Geneva (1982).
literature
- Evelyne Lang Jacob: Torcapel, Anne . In: Isabelle Rucki and Dorothee Huber (eds.): Architectural Lexicon of Switzerland - 19./20. Century p. 531 Basel: Birkhäuser 1998. ISBN 3-7643-5261-2
- Guy Chevalley: La carrière de l'architecte genevoise Anne Torcapel (1916–1988). Tentative d'inventaire.
Web links
- Evelyne Lang Jakob: Anne Torcapel. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
- Guy Chevalley (& prof. Leïla el-Wakil): La carrière de l'architecte genevoise Anne Torcapel . Tentative d'inventaire.
Individual evidence
- ↑ SAFFA 1958 in Zurich 2nd exhibition "The Swiss woman , her life, her work" In: Werk 45 (1958) p. 352 ff. Doi : 10.5169 / seals-35086
- ^ Evelyne Lang: Les premieres femmes architectes de suisse . Diss. EPFL, Lausanne 1992, p. 575 f.
- ↑ Guy Chevalley & Prof. Leïla el-Wakil, Université de Genève, Département d'Histoire de l'art
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Torcapel, Anne |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss architect |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 25, 1916 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Eaux-Vives |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 29, 1988 |
| Place of death | Geneva |