Christoph Riggenbach

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Cathedral courtyard. Extension of the wing in 1841 against the Münsterberg. Madonna in the niche from the 16th century
Cathedral courtyard. Extension of the wing in 1841
Extension in the Domhof wing in 1841 against the Münsterberg by Christoph Riggenbach. Madonna in the niche from the 16th century
Madonna from the 16th century

Christoph Riggenbach (born November 23, 1810 in Basel ; † June 11, 1863 there ) was a Swiss architect .

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Cathedral courtyard
Christoph Riggenbach-Sulger (1810–1863) architect. Grave in the Wolfgottesacker cemetery, Basel
Grave in the Wolfgottesacker cemetery , Basel

Christoph Riggenbach first learned the stonemason trade. At a time when architecture training had not yet been formalized through university studies, he trained as an architect from Georg Moller in Darmstadt from 1832 to 1834 . Many young architects from all over the German-speaking area worked for Moller in the 1830s. In the summer of 1834 Riggenbach was also at the Berlin Bauakademie , followed by a one-year study visit to Munich and the trip to Italy that was common for many architects and artists at the time . In 1837 he returned to his hometown of Basel.

For his entire 25-year career - Riggenbach died at the age of 52 - the planning of the Basel hospital buildings was mainly decisive. The buildings of his early period were very much influenced by the Italian Renaissance , the Quattrocento, such as the Bachofenhaus (1839–1841) and the cathedral courtyard. Towards the 1850s, increasingly playful, romanticizing forms were superimposed on the block-like, strict approach based on Renaissance forms, for example in the house on Missionsstrasse (1850–1851). Later there were neo-Gothic add forms, as in the Elisabeth Church, which he plans to Ferdinand Stadler executed (1857-1865) and the neighboring small children schoolhouse. Nevertheless, one can not speak of an actual stylistic pluralism in the sense of historicism .

His ecclesiastical and historical interest becomes clear in lectures and reports, such as the restoration report for Bern's Christoffelturm .

Works (selection)

  • Bern government building, project, 1835
  • Spitalanlagen, Basel, 1838–1842, 1857–1860
  • Bachofenhaus , Münsterplatz 2, Basel, 1839–1841
  • Domhof , Münsterplatz 12, Basel, 1840–1842
  • Socinsche Houses , Petersgraben 27 and 29, Basel, 1843–1844
  • Residential house, St. Alban – Vorstadt 16, Basel, 1844
  • New department store , Barfüsserplatz, Basel, 1844–1846 (demolished in 1874)
  • Villa Solitude , Grenzacherstrasse 206, Basel, 1845–1846
  • Silk ribbon factory, St-Alban – Kirchrain 10, Basel, 1850–1851
  • Spalengottesackerkapelle, Basel, 1850–1852 (demolished in 1943)
  • Landgut zum Oberen Mittleren Gundeldingen (Bachofenschlösschen), Basel, 1854 (demolished in 1973)
  • Elisabethenkirche , Basel, 1857–1863

literature

  • Renaud Bucher: Riggenbach, Christoph 1810–1863: a contribution to Basel's architectural history. Bern 1993. Also in: Isabelle Rucki and Dorothee Huber (eds.): Architects Lexicon of Switzerland - 19./20. Century. Birkhäuser, Basel 1998, ISBN 3-7643-5261-2 . P. 444 f.
  • Rose Marie Schulz-Rehberg : Architects of Classicism and Historicism. Building in Basel 1780-1880. Basel 2015. ISBN 978-3-85616-643-4 , pp. 109–128

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Barfüsserplatz , accessed on the Basler Bauten website on June 10, 2013.
personal data
SURNAME Riggenbach, Christoph
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss architect
DATE OF BIRTH November 23, 1810
PLACE OF BIRTH Basel
DATE OF DEATH June 11, 1863
Place of death Basel