Bernhard Wessel (architect)
Bernhard Wessel (* 1904 in Bremen ; † 1976 in Bremen) was a German architect .
biography
Wessel completed an apprenticeship in an architecture office in Bremen and then attended the Bremen State School of Applied Arts and the Oldenburg Polytechnic . Before and after his studies, he worked in various architecture offices, including Rudolf Jacobs in Bremen, from 1924 . In the Second World War he was conscripted for service at banks and associations. After 1945 he worked in an architecture office and was self-employed from 1948. He planned numerous residential buildings in the Stephaniviertel , was involved in the renovation in Schnoor , designed, among other things, House C for the Bremen Chamber of Commerce , the Jonas and Kaune House on Bremen's market square , the nautical school and other schools, industrial buildings and an extension to the St. Joseph Hospital Pen . The town hall of Emden was also an important part of the planning . Many of his buildings have facades in red brick masonry .
buildings
- from 1955: Brick residential building in the New Stephani Quarter together with Carsten Schröck
- 1951/1952: Training building of the women’s acquisition and training association (founded by Marie Mindermann and Ottilie Hoffmann ) in Pelzerstraße at the corner of Carl-Ronning-Straße
- 1953 to 1955: Residential building in the Westliche Vorstadt in the Working Group Westliche Vorstadt (with Max Säum , Günther Hafemann , Walter Schlempp and Günther Marschall, among others )
- 1953: School on Brookstrasse, Sielwall 86 / corner of Osterdeich in the eastern suburb
- 1954–1955: DeFaKa department store, Obernstraße 21/25 together with the architects Säum and Hafemann (today part of the Karstadt department store)
- 1955: Jonas and Kaune House, Am Markt 9
- 1956 to 1958: Seafaring School Bremen (later University of Nautical Sciences , now University of Bremen ) on Stadtwerder, Werderstrasse 73
- from 1959: redevelopment of the Schnoorviertel in the Schnoorviertel working group (together with Gerhard Müller-Menckens , Peter Schnorrenberger and Rolf Störmer )
- 1959 to 1962: City Hall Am Delft in Emden (new building on the site of the old, war-torn city hall, later used as a museum)
- 1965: Propstei St. Johannis , several two-storey red stone-faced houses
- 1968: Reconstruction of the St. Johann im Schnoor daycare center in Bremen
- 1973 Construction of the community center of the St. Antonius community, Bremen-Osterholz
- 1975 Exterior and interior redesign of St. Antonius Church, Bremen-Osterholz
literature
- Herbert Black Forest : The Great Bremen Lexicon . 2nd, updated, revised and expanded edition. Edition Temmen, Bremen 2003, ISBN 3-86108-693-X .
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Wessel, Bernhard |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German architect |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1904 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bremen |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1976 |
| Place of death | Bremen |