Bruno Flierl

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Bruno Flierl (born February 2, 1927 in Bunzlau ) is a German architect , architecture critic and publicist . Flierl is considered to be the expert on architecture and urban planning in the GDR . In the debate about the reconstruction of the Berlin City Palace, he spoke out in favor of preserving the Palace of the Republic . Furthermore, he worked out the design specifications for Pariser Platz . Bruno Flierl publishes in the newspaper Neues Deutschland .

Life

Bruno Flierl took part in World War II and was a French prisoner of war until 1947 . In 1948 he began studying architecture at the University of Fine Arts in Berlin-Charlottenburg . Flierl was a staunch communist at the time and moved to East Berlin in the German Democratic Republic (GDR) in 1950 . From 1952 to 1961 he worked as a research assistant at the German Building Academy . In 1953 Flierl received his diploma from the Weimar University of Architecture . From 1962 to 1964 he was editor-in-chief at the German architecture magazine . Since the magazine also tried to publish critical articles about urban development in the GDR, Flierl came into conflict with the SED .

From 1964 to 1965 he worked for the chief architect of East Berlin. Then he was head of the theory group at the Institute for Urban Development and Architecture at the Building Academy of the GDR until 1979 . In 1972 he received his doctorate there. Ing. From 1975 to 1982 Flierl was chairman of the central working group “Architecture and Fine Arts” of the Association of German Architects (BdA) and the Association of Visual Artists of the GDR (VBK) in the GDR. 1974 to 1979 he was also a guest lecturer at the Humboldt University in Berlin . In 1984 he retired for health reasons. Flierl was a long-time member of the editorial board of form + Zweck - magazine for industrial design.

From 2001 to 2004 he was a member of the International Expert Commission on Historic Center Berlin .

His son Thomas Flierl was a Berlin Senator for Science, Research and Culture.

Positions

In numerous essays and publications, Flierl complained about the disappearance of buildings that were built in the GDR. He is often invited in discussions as a counterpart to Hans Stimmann . Hans Stimmann is considered a supporter of historical reconstructions.

In particular, the topics of architecture of national traditions , Karl-Marx-Allee , Hermann Henselmann and the creation of the socialist city crown for Berlin, which was later realized in the form of the Berlin TV tower , are among the main topics of his publications.

Flierl campaigned for its preservation in the debate about the demolition of the Palace of the Republic . As the only member of the Expert Commission on Historic Center Berlin, he gave a minority vote against the new palace. The Palast der Republik is not only an important part of the architectural history of the GDR, but also represents a further development of the Volkshaus Karl Friedrich Schinkel . Flierl welcomed the decision of the federal government to select the design by Franco Stella . Flierl also supported the competition participant Hans Kollhoff's idea of ​​building a supplementary extension on the east side of the facade that would make it possible to use the basement.

Publications

  • Built GDR - About urban planners, architects and power. Verlag für Bauwesen Berlin, Berlin 1998, ISBN 3-345-00655-3 .
  • Berlin is rebuilding - Whose will the city be. Verlag für Bauwesen Berlin, Berlin 1998, ISBN 3-345-00654-5 .
  • One hundred years of high-rise buildings - high-rise buildings and cities in the 20th century. Verlag für Bauwesen Berlin, Berlin 2000, ISBN 3-345-00677-4 .
  • Critical thinking for architecture and society. Work biography and work documentation 1948–2006 . Leibniz Institute for Regional Development and Structural Planning (IRS), Erkner 2007, ISBN 3-86068-330-6 ( REGIO doc , Volume 4). Extended new edition: Thinking critically for architecture and society. Work biography and work documentation 1948–2017 , ed. by Christoph Bernhardt, Erkner 2017, exclusively online at http://ddr-planungsgeschichte.de/bruno-flierl/ .
  • Palace - Palace of the Republic - Humboldt Forum: Mitte Spree island in Berlin - a place of historical breaks. , ISBN 3-320-02203-2 .
  • Berlin plans: Plea for a plan for downtown Berlin 2.0. Verlag Theater der Zeit, May 2010, ISBN 3-940737-74-7 .
  • Berlin Die neue Mitte: Architecture and urban development since 1990. Publisher Theater der Zeit, May 2010, ISBN 3-940737-75-5 .
  • Architecture and art. Texts 1964–1983. Verlag der Kunst, Dresden 1984 ( Fundus series 91/92).
  • Industrial society theory in urban development - On the critique of bourgeois ideology. Akademie Verlag, Berlin 1973.
  • Urban development and urban planning in capitalism. Institute for Marxist Studies and Research, Frankfurt am Main 1976.
  • Assertion. Life in three societies . Verlag Theater der Zeit, Berlin 2015, ISBN 978-3-95749-024-7 .
  • The construction. The town. The human being. Frank Schumann in conversation with the Berlin architectural scientist . Das Neue Berlin, Berlin 2017, ISBN 978-3-360-01881-6 .
  • House.City.Human. About architecture and society. Conversations with Frank Schumann . Das Neue Berlin, Berlin 2019, ISBN 978-3-360-01343-9 .

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ https://digital.slub-dresden.de/werkansicht/dlf/130961/51/0/ form + Zweck, imprint, volume 1972/1, DAMW - area design, Berlin (capital of the GDR), 1972, accessed 30 September 2015
personal data
SURNAME Flierl, Bruno
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German architect and architecture critic
DATE OF BIRTH February 2, 1927
PLACE OF BIRTH Bunzlau