Studio 5
The Atelier 5 is one in 1955 Bern , founded Swiss architect community .
history
Founding members of Atelier 5 in 1955 were the five architects Erwin Fritz, Samuel Gerber, Rolf Hesterberg, Hans Hostettler and Alfredo Pini, to whom Niklaus Morgenthaler and Fritz Thormann joined shortly afterwards. Four of the five founding architects (Fritz, Hesterberg, Hostettler and Pini) previously worked for Hans Brechbühler in Bern from 1953 to 1955 . The Halen housing estate, which she realized in 1958–62, is considered a pioneering example of housing development after the Second World War . Building prototypes and working in a group are essential features of the office. In addition, there is the initially striking reference to Le Corbusier and the occupation with concrete as a building material that has continued since the office was founded. As a result, Atelier 5 was assigned to the New Brutalism movement in the 1970s .
However, this observation sticks to the surface. Atelier 5 can neither be fixed to the material concrete nor shortened to the maniera à Le Corbusier . Based on the basic attitude of the master, it has acquired its own complex architectural language over time, which is committed to the starting point modernity and is characterized by practical clarity and the renunciation of time-related phenomena (from postmodernism to fashion deconstructivism to today's new sensuality) . The Halen settlement - influenced by the La Sainte-Baume settlement project by Le Corbusier from 1948 - is one of the Swiss contributions to the architectural trend structuralism as well as New Brutalism .
In addition to other exemplary residential developments (Thalmatt, Ried, Hamburg-Rotherbaum, Dreikönigshöfe-Mainz), exemplary solutions were created in hospital construction (Spital Schwarzenburg), in building in historical surroundings (Bern administrative building, Potsdam Justice Center), in institutional and commercial buildings (Hypovereinsbank Luxembourg) and in urban development Work (Port-Libben Prague, Erfurt Ringelberg)
Working method
Atelier 5 stands for work that emerges from the dialogue, for work in a group in a field, that of architecture, which today is almost always associated with the concept of the author as the sole authority in the design process. A team is responsible for the design, which has to face an institutionalized criticism of the group, but remains autonomous in its decisions. There is no architecture by vote. The composition of the teams changes from task to task, so that over time everyone works with everyone and everyone is a team member and critic. Characteristic for Atelier 5 are:
- the critical attitude towards the tasks set
- the intensive examination of place and context
- the interest in construction and structure
- the precise determination of the relationship between private and communal, public space.
- the emphasis on individual and community usefulness
- the renouncement of formal gestures and architectural quotations.
The number of partners in Atelier 5 changes. It had increased to 18 in the 1970s. In 2019 there are 4, namely the architects: Gabriel Borter, Gianni Chini, Florian Lünstedt and Franco Petterino. As the author of the work, however, only studio 5 draws.
Works (selection)
Illustration | Project name | Location | construction time |
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detached house | Aarburg | 1957-1959 | |
Halen settlement | Herrenschwanden | 1958–1962 | |
Thalmatt settlement 1 | Herrenschwanden | 1967-1974 | |
Thalmatt settlement 2 | Herrenschwanden | 1983-1985 | |
Residential buildings Brunnadern | Bern | 1968-1970 | |
University of Stuttgart canteen | Stuttgart | 1970-1976 | |
Office building in Bern | Bern | 1976-1981 | |
Valiantbank Bern | Bern | 1976-1981 | |
Schwarzenburg Hospital | Schwarzenburg | 1981-1987 | |
Wittigkofen Chronic Hospital | Bern | 1983-1989 | |
Ried settlement | Niederwangen BE | 1983-1990 | |
Sinneringen Castle Park settlement | Sinneringen | 1991-1996 | |
Hypovereinsbank Luxembourg | Luxembourg | 1993-2000 | |
CS Paradeplatz Zurich | Zurich | 1994-2002 | |
Reconstruction of Bern station | Bern | 1999-2003 | |
Residential buildings in Hamburg-Rotherbaum | Hamburg | 1993-1998 | |
Dreikönigshöfe Mainz | Mainz | 2001-2005 | |
Liben docks Prague | Prague | 1993-2000 | |
College of Agriculture | Bern | 2007 | |
Project Take 5 | Frankfurt am Main ( Frankfurt-Riedberg ) | 2007-2008 | |
Credit Suisse headquarters | Zurich | 2008 | |
Catholic Center Riedberg | Frankfurt am Main ( Frankfurt-Riedberg ) | 2008 (competition decision, so far not built) | |
Project So What | Frankfurt am Main ( Frankfurt-Riedberg ) | 2011–2012 |
literature
Magazines
- The computer years. Supplement Hochparterre 10/2005, Zurich
- Casabella November 1995, Milano
- Edilizia Popolare, Roma Luglio-Ottobre 1993
- Architecture and Urbanisme 1/1993, Tokyo
- Big architects, Gruner and Jahr, Hamburg 1992
- Houses 2/1989, Hamburg
- Baumeister 8/1985, Munich
- Bauen + Wohnen 7/8/1980, Zurich
- Architecture and Urbanisme 12/1971, Tokyo
- The Kentiku June 1964, Tokyo
- Casabella 258/1961
Books
- Studio paperback Atelier 5, with an introduction by Friedrich Achleitner , Verlag Birkhäuser, Basel 2000.
- Atelier 5, Settlements and Urban Development Projects, with an essay by Kenneth Frampton , Braunschweig, Wiesbaden 1994, Basel, Berlin, Boston 2000.
- The seminar. Atelier 5, Balthasar Burkhard, Niele Torroni, Giairo Daghini. Ammann publishing house, Zurich 1988.
- Atelier 5, 26 selected buildings. Ammann publishing house, Zurich 1986.
- Settlements. Atelier 5, Ammann Verlag, Zurich 1984.
- Architecture and daylight. Atelier 5, Ammann Verlag, Zurich 1984.
- For the artwork. Rémy Zaugg , Atelier 5, Ammann Verlag, Zurich 1983.
- Residence Halen. An architecture report. Esther and Fritz Thormann, Niggli Verlag, Teufeln 1972 (now Sulgen / Zurich).
- Architecture and Tyrol (AuT): Five Positions on Architecture - Constant Modern , Springer 2009, ISBN 978-3211991909 .
Various texts
- 50 years after Halen , interview with Jacques Blumer in: Raimund Blödt, Frid Bühler, Faruk Murat, Jörg Seifert: Beyond Metropolis. An examination of the urbanized landscape . Niggli Verlag, Sulgen / Zurich 2006, ISBN 3-7212-0583-9 .
- Experience with the development of new forms of living, Stuttgart 1999.
- The camels of Atelier 5 , Archithese 4/1995.
- Planning does not make architecture yet , raised ground floor 4/1993.
- Does the future of the city lie in the agglomeration? Urban planning in Bern , Bern 1989.
- Attempts against the usual hospital atmosphere , Baumeister 2/1985.
- Atelier 5, experiments in common living, contemporary architectural concepts , Stuttgart 1983.
Web links
- Literature from and about Atelier 5 in the catalog of the German National Library
- Atelier 5 website
- Atelier 5. In: arch INFORM .