Arnold Hoechel

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Arnold Hoechel (born November 24, 1889 in Steckborn ; died October 27, 1974 in Geneva ) was a Swiss architect .

Education and career

Arnold Hoechel trained as a draftsman and studied architecture at the École des Beaux-Arts in Geneva, where he graduated in 1908 with a diploma. From 1909 to 1910 he was with Bracher and Widmer in Bern, then with Edmond Fatio in Geneva until 1912 . He then left Switzerland and initially worked in Munich before he began studying at the Stuttgart Polytechnic in 1913 and worked for Paul Bonatz at the same time . In 1915/16 he was in Hans Bernoulli's construction office in Basel , then for a short time with Bruno Möhring in Berlin. Given the economic situation during the war , he returned to Geneva in 1917 to work for a chalet construction company.

From this time on, he also took part in numerous architecture competitions. He worked with Camille Martin and Paul Aubert on various urban development projects . He also worked for Martin in the expansion planning office of the city of Geneva on the Cité d'Aïre , Geneva's first garden city, which was built between 1920 and 1923 .

Hoechel was a founding member of the Congrès International d'Architecture Moderne in 1928 and in the same year took over the editing of the specialist journal L'Habitation from the late Martin. From 1929 to 1931 he also took over the management of the expansion planning office. As a university lecturer for urban planning in the 1930s at the École des Beaux-Arts in Geneva and from 1942 at the Haute École d'Architecture .

Works (selection)

  • Cité d'Aïre , Vernier 1920–23 (with Paul Aubert)
  • Cité d'Aïre II , Vernier 1924-25
  • Immeuble , Geneva 1932 (with Henri Minner)
  • Pavilion of the Arts , Swiss National Exhibition, Zurich 1939
  • Cantonal Hospital , Geneva from 1949 (with Jean Erb, Arthur Lozeron and Pierre Nierlé)

literature

personal data
SURNAME Hoechel, Arnold
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss architect
DATE OF BIRTH November 24, 1889
PLACE OF BIRTH Steckborn
DATE OF DEATH October 27, 1974
Place of death Geneva