Charles Thévenaz

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The Lausanne Business School, 1912-14

Charles Thévenaz (born April 26, 1882 in Lausanne ; died March 4, 1966 there ) was a Swiss architect .

Education and life

Thévenaz, the fourth of eight children of a carpentry entrepreneur, studied at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris until 1910 , where he earned his studies in the studio of his teacher Jean-Louis Pascal . After his return to Switzerland in 1912, he worked partly alone, partly in collaboration with numerous other architects in project groups. With Alphonse Laverrière , he was one of the most influential personalities in French-speaking Switzerland when it came to architectural competitions. Many of his early projects emerged from competition wins - including many banks and schools. An early work is, for example, the commercial school planned together with Maurice Schnell (1857–1936), a single-wing building in the Heimat style, with a central projecting, bossed masonry on the ground floor and a colossal order above that combines three floors. In the 1920s, the house of the Swiss Bank Corporation was built together with Schnell and René Bonnard (1882–1949) and the Swiss Bank Corporation, with Schnell and Charles Dubois (1874–1956). At the beginning of the 1950s, when his son Charles-François Thévenaz (June 28, 1921 - August 1, 2017) entered the office, large, remarkable meeting places were built, such as the hall for the Comptoir Suisse consumer fair , whose roof structure was wider, diagonally penetrating arches create a “sovereign, calm spatial effect”. On the occasion of the World Cup, the Stade Olympique de la Pontaise , designed by Charles-François , was developed from parabolic and hyperbolic sections and, with its curves that were curved in both ground and elevation, placed the highest demands on the construction at the time.

Works (selection)

  • Business school , Lausanne 1912–14 (with Maurice Schnell), today Gymnase Beaulieu
  • Swiss Bank Corporation , Lausanne 1920–22 (with Maurice Schnell and René Bonnard)
  • Swiss Bank Corporation , Lausanne 1919–23 (with Maurice Schnell and Charles Dubois)
  • Tenement on avenue Tissot , Lausanne 1928
  • Cinéma-Capitole , Lausanne 1928–29
  • Lausanne Municipal Theater , extension, Lausanne 1934 (with Charles Melley), today the Opéra de Lausanne
  • Collège cantonal classique , Lausanne 1935, today École de Béthusy
  • Waadtländer Kantonalbank , extension, Lausanne 1947 (with Charles Brugger and Marcel Maillard)
  • Comptoir Suisse , exhibition hall, Lausanne 1952 (with Charles-François Thévenaz)
  • Stade Olympique de la Pontaise , Lausanne 1950–52 (with Charles-François Thévenaz)
  • Cinéma Athenée , Lausanne 1956 (with Charles-François Thévenaz)

literature

  • Florence Grivel: Thévenaz, Charles. In: Isabelle Rucki and Dorothee Huber (eds.): Architectural Lexicon of Switzerland - 19./20. Century. Birkhäuser, Basel 1998. ISBN 3-7643-5261-2 . P. 530
  • Gaston de Jongh: Charles Thévenaz, Lausanne . 1882-1966. In: Bulletin technique de la Suisse romande . tape 92 , no. 15 , 1966, pp. 278 f . ( online [accessed March 5, 2016]).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ NN: Ecole supérieure de commerce de Lausanne . In: Bulletin technique de la Suisse romande . tape 41 , no. 24 , 1914, doi : 10.5169 / seals-31649 .
  2. ^ NN: Hotel de la Société de Banque Suisse . In: Bulletin technique de la Suisse romande . tape 50 , no. 13 , 1924, pp. 164 and a plate , doi : 10.5169 / seals-39078 .
  3. ^ NN: Hotel de l'Union de Banques Suisses Lausanne . In: Bulletin technique de la Suisse romande . tape 50 , no. 4 , 1924, pp. 42 and four panels , doi : 10.5169 / seals-39045 .
  4. ↑ Charles-François Thévenaz: Death. In: hommages.ch. , August 3, 2017, accessed July 5, 2019.
  5. ^ NN: The new hall of the Comptoir Suisse in Lausanne . In: The work . tape 38 , no. 4 . Zurich 1951, p. 102-105 , doi : 10.5169 / seals-82045 .
  6. ^ NN: Concours pour L'aménagement général et la construction de tribunes couvertes au Parc des sports, à Lausanne . In: Bulletin technique de la Suisse romande . tape 74 , no. 21 . Lausanne 1948, p. 261 ff . ( online ).
  7. ↑ NN: Stade olympique de la ville de Lausanne . In: The work . tape 41 , no. 4 . Zurich 1954, p. 385-388 , doi : 10.5169 / seals-31775 .
  8. ↑ NN: Immeuble locatif Avenue Tissot, Lausanne . In: The work . tape 20 , no. 4 . Zurich 1933, p. 118 f ., doi : 10.5169 / seals-86365 .
  9. ^ NN: Théâtre municipal de Lausanne, Arch. Melley et Ch. Thévenaz FAS, Lausanne . In: The work . tape 21 , no. 5 . Zurich 1934, p. 135-136 , doi : 10.5169 / seals-86483 .
  10. ^ NN: Théâtre municipal de Lausanne, Arch. Melley et Ch. Thévenaz FAS, Lausanne . In: The work . tape 21 , no. 5 . Zurich 1934, p. 128-134 , doi : 10.5169 / seals-86482 .
  11. ^ NN: Concours d'idées pour un collège classique et l'aménagement d'un ancien pénitencier, à Lausanne. In: Bulletin technique de la Suisse romande . tape 60 , no. 21 , 1934, pp. 246 f . ( online ).
  12. ^ NN: Les nouvelles constructions de la Banque cantonale vaudoise à Lausanne . In: Bulletin technique de la Suisse romande . tape 78 , no. 4 , 1952, pp. 45-57 , doi : 10.5169 / seals-58985 .
personal data
SURNAME Thévenaz, Charles
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss architect
DATE OF BIRTH April 26, 1882
PLACE OF BIRTH Lausanne
DATE OF DEATH March 4th 1966
Place of death Lausanne