Carl-Friedrich Fischer (architect)

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Carl-Friedrich Fischer (born November 18, 1909 in Kiel , † August 23, 2001 on the Baltic Sea ) was a German architect .

Life

The Federal Motor Transport Authority in Flensburg - Mürwik , probably the most important building by Carl-Friedrich Fischer (picture 2014)

Carl-Friedrich Fischer was born in Kiel in 1909. After graduating from high school in 1928, he studied architecture with Heinrich Tessenow at the Technical University of Berlin and completed his studies with Friedrich Fischer at the Technical University of Hanover in 1934 with the main diploma examination. As early as 1930 he became a member of the Corps Slesvico-Holsatia in Hanover . From 1937 he worked as a government master builder ( assessor ) under Alfred Daiber at the building authority in Hamburg with whom he developed the idea of ​​a high bridge over the Elbe before Konstanty Gutschow . Later he worked for the housing company "Neues Hamburg". As a government master builder in the Air Force's construction department, he designed airports in Norway from 1943 .

From 1947 he worked as a freelance architect in Hamburg and became a member of the Association of German Architects . With Godber Nissen, he designed and built numerous German-British meeting places between 1946 and 1956. Between 1956 and 1967 Fischer built after winning competitions a. a. the town hall and the Federal Motor Transport Authority in Flensburg - Mürwik . In partnership with Horst von Bassewitz , numerous administrative buildings, industrial buildings, schools and residential buildings were built between 1967 and 1973. In 1996 he founded foundations for humane living in Hamburg, Hanover and Tallinn Estonia.

Fischer died in 2001 on a ferry to Denmark.

Buildings and designs (selection)

The building was blown up in 1995 because it allegedly could no longer be renovated due to exposure to asbestos.
A skyscraper standing on a thin base, which was to be rebuilt in 2005 as part of the redesign of the brewery site, but was then demolished because a sewer below would not have withstood the loads. The New Astra Tower, a similar building, stands on the site today.
  • 1953–1954: New construction of the “ Görtz-Palais ” in Hamburg (together with Godber Nissen) with restoration / reconstruction of the baroque facade after destruction in the Second World War
  • 1972–1974: "Hexenberg residential area" in Hamburg-St.Pauli together with the " Werner Kallmorgen " office

such as

  • numerous administrative, school and residential buildings, mostly in Hamburg (together with Horst von Bassewitz)

Effect and evaluation of the work

Astra tower (the lower three floors were already demolished when the picture was taken)

Carl-Friedrich Fischer's buildings are characterized by simplicity, strict geometry and the direct recognizability of their function. Fischer made no reference to the surrounding urban landscape, but was shaped by a spirit that strove to overcome historically grown structures. In this sense he expressed himself in the commemorative publication for the opening of the Flensburg town hall (1964).

The sometimes short lifespan of some of his main works is striking. Millerntor high-rise and Astra tower only lasted 30 years. The seventeen-story Flensburg town hall was completely renovated 30 years after its inauguration at considerable financial expense, with the facade being completely removed. The new facade was given a completely different color scheme to give the building a more contemporary look (opened in 1997). Its most important building, the Federal Motor Transport Authority in Flensburg-Mürwik, is largely unchanged to this day.

Fonts

  • Crack in the facade. An architect unpacks. Revised new edition, 2011, ISBN 978-3-8442-0254-0 .
  • Architecture - master builder - comfort. In: Architecture, Building Culture, Sustainability. Series of publications by the BDA Hamburg. Knut Reim Verlag, Hamburg 2000.

literature

  • List of magazines Lubitz Die Brücke . In: Bauwelt 7/1952.
  • The "Gloria-Palast" in Kiel. Architects: Godber Nissen and Carl-Friedrich Fischer, Hamburg. In: Neue Bauwelt , born 1953, No. 47 (from November 23, 1953).
  • Flensburg and its new town hall. Flensburg 1964.
  • Ralf Lange: Hamburg. Reconstruction and re-planning 1943-1963. Langewiesche publishing house, Königstein im Taunus 1994, ISBN 3-7845-4610-2 . (including a short biography)
  • Volkwin Marg, Reiner Schröder: Architecture in Hamburg since 1900. Junius-Verlag, Hamburg 1993, ISBN 3-88506-206-2 .
  • Architects and Engineers Association Hamburg: Hamburg and its buildings 1954-1968. Hammonia-Verlag, Hamburg 1969.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Corps Slesvico-Holsatia, Corpsliste , winter semester 1981/82, p. 54, no. 358
  2. Portrait: Carl – Friedrich Fischer ( Memento of May 28, 2008 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on September 17, 2012
  3. ^ Hermann Hipp: Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg. History, culture and urban architecture on the Elbe and Alster , Cologne 1989, ISBN 3-7701-1590-2 , p. 167

Web links

Commons : Carl-Friedrich Fischer  - Collection of images, videos and audio files