Antero Markelin

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Antero Markelin (born April 10, 1931 in Mäntsälä , † November 14, 2005 in Helsinki ) was a Finnish architect , urban planner and university lecturer .

Antero Markelin in the 1970s (Archive Family Markelin)

Studies and first years of employment

After childhood in eastern and central Finland, marked by war, Markelin spent his youth on the family estate in Tikkurila near Helsinki. From 1951 to 1953 he studied architecture at the Technical University of Munich. Back in Finland, he worked from 1956 to 1959 as a student at Aarne Ervi (1910–1977), including planning for the garden city of Tapiola and the Porthania building of the University of Helsinki. Markelin graduated from the TH Helsinki with a diploma in 1961, his teacher in urban planning was the doyen Otto-Iivari Meurman (1890-1994). In the same year Markelin opened an architecture office in Helsinki with his wife Ulla. He was a research assistant at the chair for urban planning at the TH Helsinki (1962–1965) and editor-in-chief of the construction magazine Rakennusviesti (1963–1965). During this time Markelin met important Finnish architects personally, in particular Alvar Aalto . With its creative commitment to the genius loci and the human scale, Finnish post-war modernism attracted international interest and thus also visitors. As a connoisseur of Finnish building and urban construction history as well as the then current architecture and urban development scene, Markelin developed into a recognized travel guide who introduced guests to the country's building culture. One of the first lecture tours on the subject of “Finnish Architecture” took him to seven universities in the Federal Republic of Germany in 1961. In 1964 Markelin undertook his first research trip to the USA.

Professorship for urban planning and design at the University of Stuttgart

On his last excursion to Finland with students from the Urban Development Institute of the University of Stuttgart, 1996. Photo: Urban Development Institute University of Stuttgart. Source: Grammel, Ursula et al. (Ed.): Finland - a trip with Antero Markelin. With contributions by Horst Linde, Jürgen Joedicke and Franz Pesch. Stuttgart: Urban Development Institute, University of Stuttgart, 1997, p. 6
Founding of the Alvar-Aalto-Gesellschaft e. V., Munich 1994. From left to right: Ritva-Liisa Elomaa, Counselor and Cultural Attachée of the Embassy of Finland, Prof. Antero Markelin (1st Chairman from 1994 to 2005) and Prof. Dr. Winfried Nerdinger (2nd chairman, 1st chairman since 2005). Photo: Thomas Hammer. Source: Alvar Aalto Gesellschaft, Bulletin 20, Winter 2004–2005, p. 2. With the kind permission of Alvar-Aalto-Gesellschaft e. V.
Helsinki, street lighting in Senate Square (Senaatintori), 1983. Photo: Antero Markelin; Archive of the Markelin family
Helsinki, street lamp on Senate Square (Senaatintori), 1983. Photo: Antero Markelin; Archive of the Markelin family
Tampere, night illumination of the Tammerkoski river landscape, 1988. Photo: Antero Markelin; Archive of the Markelin family
Esslingen am Neckar, aerial photo with night lighting, 2002 (with urban construction studio). Source: City of Esslingen am Neckar - lighting planning for the city center. With urban construction studio. Esslingen: City of Esslingen am Neckar, Urban Planning and City Measurement Office, 2002, p. 25
Helsinki, Orisaarentie terraced houses, 1966. Photo: Antero Markelin; Archive of the Markelin family
Deutsche Bank, Schwäbisch Gmünd, 1973 (with H. Linde). Photo: Antero Markelin; Archive of the Markelin family
Antero Markelin / Bernd Fahle, environmental simulation. Stuttgart 1978, front cover. With the kind permission of Karl Krämer Verlag Stuttgart
Antero Markelin / Rainer Müller, City Planning History Stuttgart. Stuttgart 1991, 2nd edition, front cover. With the kind permission of Karl Krämer Verlag Stuttgart

At the invitation of the architecture department of the Faculty of Construction at the Technical University of Stuttgart, Markelin gave a guest lecture in 1962, and was appointed professor of urban development and design in 1966 - the chair that Richard Döcker held until 1960 . Markelin taught urban planning and design at the Städtebau-Institut (SI) for 31 years, followed by his retirement in 1997. Markelin was elected dean three times (1969–1971, 1977–1978, 1992–1995). In 1975 he was appointed a member of the German Academy for Urban Development and Regional Planning.

Teaching and Research

Basically, Markelin cultivated a pragmatic, integrative view of urban planning in the conviction that urban space is the most important element in urban planning. As he formulated in his inaugural lecture The Social Responsibility of Architects on May 10, 1968, he understood urban design as a social task. That is why Markelin showed a keen interest in the interface between urban planning and architecture, especially in sensual, atmospheric urban design on a human scale. At the same time, he promoted interdisciplinary collaboration with psychologists and sociologists. This is evidenced by specialist conferences such as Problems of Urban Design (1971) and Tasks and Methods of Urban Design (1972) - one of the first international conferences on urban design (see Mensch und Stadtgestalt , 1974, with M. Trieb), and the publication Stadtbild in der Planningpraxis (1976 , with M. Trieb). For urban design, Markelin found a colleague in Michael Trieb who also did his doctorate with him. Markelin advocated building up the urban design and urban development planning department at SI, which Trieb headed from 1979 to 2002. At the same time, Markelin and his team set up a model and simulation laboratory for endoscopic model visualization at SI between 1975 and 1977. It also proved itself in municipal tasks and formed the basis for today's digital SI media laboratory. Markelin pursued the goal of being able to better examine and design planned urban spaces in terms of their qualities in urban planning. He placed particular emphasis on the design of the cityscape at night. Markelin then developed expertise in cityscape and light planning. In 1985, Markelin (with R. Müller) published the first history of urban development in Stuttgart for Karl Krämer Verlag in Stuttgart (second edition 1991). Markelin opened up an international horizon for teaching at the Stuttgart faculty - both professionally and personally. In the seminar series "Urban Development International" Markelin devoted himself to the presentation and analysis of important cities from all cultures and continents. Due to his knowledge - he knew most of these cities from personal experience -, his empathy and his clear communication, Markelin was considered an inspiring pedagogue who encouraged independent thinking and judgment. He organized the first excursions of the Stuttgart faculty to the Nordic countries and England and gave numerous lectures within and outside Europe. He expanded the faculty's international contacts and was temporarily the contact person for the German Academic Exchange Service.

Social and cultural engagement

During his entire career, Markelin was committed to the cultural and architectural-cultural understanding between Germany and Finland. In 1952 he participated in the founding of the German-Finnish Society. V. in Munich. He was co-founder and from 1994 to 2005 first chairman of Alvar Aalto Gesellschaft e. V. in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. In this function, Markelin was, for example, a driving force in organizing the festivities for Aalto's 100th birthday in the Aalto Theater in Essen. Markelin contributed to social debates with numerous specialist articles. Due to his expertise and communication skills, he was a sought-after speaker and attracted municipal and municipal delegations from Finland and Germany. He was a member of the advisory board of the Finland Institute in Berlin and an honorary member of the German-Finnish Society. V.

Freelance architect work

Markelin worked as a freelance architect and urban planner in Germany and Finland, often with a focus on urban design and lighting planning: in his own office in Stuttgart; in the architecture office Antero & Ulla Markelin / Helsinki; as a partner in the office ARKTON OY / Helsinki and in the planning company URBA / Stuttgart; Markelin was a member of the Finnish Association of Architects SAFA, the Baden-Württemberg Chamber of Architects, the Urban Development Committee of the City of Stuttgart and the European Architectural Endoscopy Association EAEA (now the European Architectural Envisioning Association).

Private

Antero Markelin spent the summers with his family on an archipelago island on the Finnish Baltic Sea, where he and his wife had designed a summer house.

Awards

  • Knight's Cross 1st Class of the Finnish Order of the White Rose (1995)
  • Federal Cross of Merit on Ribbon of the Federal Republic of Germany (1999)

Planning and publications (selection)

City and regional planning

  • 1962 Kerava, redesign of the inner city, competition, 2nd prize
  • 1963 Kirkkonummi, framework plan for Aavaranta
  • 1965 Sääksmäki, master plan for Viidennumero
  • 1968 Untertürkheim, on-site renovation (with FO Blumers and K.-H. Keinath)
  • 1968 Heidelberg, report for the Emmertsgrund district (with L. Götz)
  • 1970 Lappeenranta, report on the urban development consequences of founding a university (with H. Linde)
  • 1974 Hanseatic City of Lübeck, cityscape planning of the city center (with M. Trieb in Urba Planungsgesellschaft)
  • 1974 Hanseatic City of Lübeck, design statutes for the inner city (with M. Trieb)
  • 1984 Tikkurila, "Vantaanaukio" square design in the city center
  • 1986 Myyrmäki, framework and cityscape planning of the city center
  • 1986 Stuttgart, report on the conversion of the freight yard area at the main station
  • 1988 Vantaa, framework and cityscape planning of the district center of Korso
  • 1988 Turku, open space design of the market square and the neighboring streets
  • 1991 Research project on behalf of the Federal Ministry of Transport, quality requirements for cross-town roads on regional roads (with G. Kölz)
  • 1991 Kouvola, framework and cityscape planning of the city center
  • 1991 Tampere, Tampella Areal, invited competition, 3rd prize (with E. Karvala, G. Kölz)
  • 1992 Helsinki, city and townscape planning of the Pasilanväylä ring road (with G. Kölz and VIATEK),
  • 1992 Freiburg / Hinterzarten, urban integration of the new bypass road B31 (with G. Kölz)
  • 2003 Tampere, redesign of the central market square, 1st prize competition (with E. Karvala, J. Ryösä)

Cityscape and light planning for city centers

  • 1977 Lübeck
  • 1983 Helsinki, historic old town
  • 1987 Oulu
  • 1988 Tampere, Tammerkoski River Landscape, 1st prize competition
  • 1988 Turku
  • 1991 Ludwigsburg
  • 1992 Braunschweig
  • 2001 Baden-Baden
  • 2002 Esslingen am Neckar (with urban construction studio)

buildings

  • 1963 Kirkkonummi, Aavaranta training center of the employers' association
  • 1966 Helsinki, Orisaarentie terraced houses
  • 1968 Hyvinkää, Hillner's house
  • 1969 Helsinki, Käpylä Special Clinic for Paraplegics, Invalidiliitto Association
  • 1970 Sääksmäki, Viidennumero rest house (with A. Ervi)
  • 1971 Weingarten, University of Education, 1st prize competition (implementation with H. Rall)
  • 1973 Schwäbisch Gmünd, commercial building of Deutsche Bank AG (with H. Linde)
  • 1975 Bonn, Elementa 72, residential group on Celsiusstrasse, competition 3rd prize
  • 1984 Helsinki, second partial renovation of the State Council building by CL Engel (1822), (with Arkton OY)
  • 1989 Helsinki, training building for nurses, conversion and renovation of a comprehensive university (A. Ervi 1957)

Publications (selection)

  • Light and cityscape . In: Alvar Aalto-Gesellschaft (Ed.): Bulletin 22, Munich 2005.
  • Interactions in architecture between Germany and Finland . In: German-Finnish Society e. V .: 50 years of the German-Finnish Society V. (DFG) . Festschrift for the anniversary celebration in Munich 2002. Munich 2002, pp. 286–297
  • City of Esslingen am Neckar - light guide planning for the city center . With urban construction studio. Esslingen: City of Esslingen am Neckar, City Planning and City Measurement Office, 2002
  • Alvar Aalto in Berlin . In: Saarinen, Hannes (Ed.): Finland in Berlin . Helsinki: Otava Verlag, 2001, pp. 96-99
  • Light planning and urban landscape . An interview with city planner Antero Markelin, by Gesa Loschwitz. In: Garden + Landscape . Zeitschrift für Landschaftsarchitektur 2/2001, special issue about lighting concepts. Munich: Georg DW Callwey, 2001, pp. 9–12
  • Love without reciprocity: architectural relations between Finland and the two German states in the post-war period (summary) . In: Bastmann-Bühner, Waltraud (Ed.): On the reorientation of Finnish-German cultural relations after 1945 . Helsinki: AUE Foundation, 2000, pp. 135–139
  • Alvar Aalto lives on in his works . In: Deutsch-Finnische Rundschau No. 98, vol. 30, September 1998. Munich: Deutsch-Finnische Gesellschaft e. V., 1998, pp. 4-7
  • In the master's office . In: The Architect . Journal of the Association of German Architects, December 1997, special issue Alvar Aalto and Germany. Berlin: Verlag Ernst + Sohn, pp. 762–764
  • Of lamps and lights . In: Garden + Landscape . Magazine for landscape architecture 4/1993, special issue of lighting concepts. Munich: Georg DW Callwey, 1993, pp. 40-43
  • Urban planning institute, subject area urban planning . In: Fehn, Lothar et al. (Ed.): Stuttgart School. Diversity as a concept . Stuttgart: Karl Krämer Verlag, 1992, pp. 114-115
  • Urban history of Stuttgart . With Rainer Müller. Stuttgart: Karl Krämer Verlag, 1985. 2nd edition 1991, revised and expanded (see Fig. 10)
  • Street lights in the cityscape . In: Messe Frankfurt GmbH (Ed.): Public Design. Yearbook for the design of public spaces . Gütersloh 1985
  • Model simulation performance: experimental investigation . With Bernd Fahle, Johannes Haefele u. a. Stuttgart: Urban Development Institute, University of Stuttgart, 1983
  • The death and life of the town center . In: Mikkola, Kirmo (ed.): Genius Loci. In Commemoration of the 90th Birthday of Otto I. Meurman, 4th of June 1980 . Helsinki: Rakennuskirja, 1980, pp. 62-69
  • Timo Penttilä: Finnish architecture . Catalog for the exhibition at the University of Stuttgart, November 27 - December 7, 1979. With Vittorio Magnago Lampugnani. Stuttgart: Urban Development Institute, University of Stuttgart, 1979
  • Environmental simulation: sensory simulation in urban planning . With Bernd Fahle. Stuttgart: Karl Krämer Verlag, 1979
  • Experience in the application of sensory simulation in urban planning . In: Bauwelt 25, July 1977, pp. 872–878
  • Hanseatic City of Lübeck - cityscape analysis and draft of the design statutes for the Lübeck city center . With M. Trieb in the planning company URBA / Stuttgart. Lübeck 1977
  • Cityscape in planning practice: urban design from the zoning plan to the on-site building regulations as an element of communal work . With M. Trieb et al. Stuttgart: Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt, 1976
  • Man and city shape . Contributions to tasks and problems of urban design. Documentation of the international congress at the University of Stuttgart in 1972. With M. Trieb. Stuttgart: Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt, 1974
  • Urban design problems . Documentation of the colloquium at the University of Stuttgart on October 21 and 22, 1971. With M. Trieb. Stuttgart: Urban Development Institute, University of Stuttgart, 1972

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ On the life and work of Antero Markelin s. u. a .:
    • Alvar Aalto-Gesellschaft (Ed.): Bulletin 23, Munich 2006. With contributions by Winfried Nerdinger, Timo Penttilä, Klaus Humpert, Horst Linde, Vittorio Magnago Lampugnani, Ahti Jäntti and Victor Juarez.
    • Antero Markelin, Interactions in Architecture between Germany and Finland . In: German-Finnish Society e. V .: 50 years of the German-Finnish Society V. (DFG) . Festschrift for the anniversary celebration in Munich 2002. Munich 2002, p. 293.
    • Grammel, Ursula, et al. (Ed.): Finland - a trip with Antero Markelin . With contributions by Horst Linde, Jürgen Joedicke and Franz Pesch. Stuttgart: Urban Development Institute, University of Stuttgart, 1997.
    • Malcolm Quantrill, Finnish Architecture and Modernist Tradition . London etc .: E & FN SPON, 1995, p. 115.
  2. ↑ a b Emeriti . Urban Development Institute of the University of Stuttgart. Retrieved January 12, 2019.
  3. ^ Werner Durth , The city as landscape and experience. Ways to teach urban planning . In: Jessen, Johann / Philipp, Klaus Jan: The urban development of the Stuttgart school . Berlin / Münster: LIT Verlag, 2015, p. 39.
  4. ↑ Cf. u. a. Antero Markelin, experience in the application of sensory simulation in urban planning . In: Bauwelt 25, July 1977, pp. 872–878.
  5. ↑ See lighting planning and urban landscape. An interview with city planner Antero Markelin, by Gesa Loschwitz . In: Garden + Landscape . Zeitschrift für Landschaftsarchitektur 2/2001, special issue about lighting concepts. Munich: Georg DW Callwey, 2001, pp. 9–12.
  6. ↑ Peter Staudacher ,: On the death of Prof. Antero Markelin DFG member No. 1 . In: IKKUNA shop window . No. 1 . German-Finnish Society V., 2006, p. 6 .
personal data
SURNAME Markelin, Antero
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Finnish architect and urban planner
DATE OF BIRTH April 10, 1931
PLACE OF BIRTH Mäntsälä
DATE OF DEATH November 14, 2005
Place of death Helsinki