Christoph Valentien and Donata Valentien

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Christoph Christian Valentien (born August 4, 1939 in Stuttgart ) and Donata Valentien (born October 30, 1944 in Coburg ) are German landscape architects , urban planners, university professors and authors.

Christoph Valentien

Christoph Christian Valentien was born in Stuttgart in 1939 as the son of the art dealer Fritz C. Valentien and his wife Alwine. After graduating from high school, he studied landscape architecture at the Weihenstephan Academy (today Weihenstephan Science Center of the Technical University of Munich ) and urban planning with Erich Kühn at RWTH Aachen University . Associated with this was a practical activity in the city planning office of the city of Duisburg . From 1967 to 1972 he was a research assistant and lecturer at the Institute for Landscape Planning under Walter Rossow at the University of Stuttgart . In 1971, together with Donata Valentien, he founded the office of Valentien + Valentien landscape architects and urban planners , initially based in Stuttgart, and from 1981 in Weßling . From 1973 to 1980 he was a lecturer in landscape design at the Stuttgart University of Applied Sciences .

In 1980 Christoph Valentien was appointed full professor at the chair for landscape architecture and design at the Technical University of Munich. He had an intensive exchange in research and teaching with the Agricultural University of Athens and the École nationale supérieure du paysage in Versailles . Even after his retirement in 2002, he was and is active on numerous juries and advisory committees. A special focus of work and research has been in China since 1998, with seminars and lectures on contemporary international landscape architecture in the universities of Beijing , Nanjing and Shanghai . Since 2001 he has held a concurrent professorship at Nanjing Forestry University, China.

Memberships

Donata Valentien

Donata Valentien was born in Coburg in 1944 as the daughter of forester Werner Seifert and his wife Gabriele. After graduating from the Musisches Gymnasium in Bayreuth , she studied landscape architecture at the Technical University of Munich- Weihenstephan and the Technical University of Berlin with Hermann Mattern . From 1969 she was a research assistant and lecturer at the Institute for Landscape Planning by Walter Rossow at the University of Stuttgart . Since 1971 she has been working freelance with Christoph Valentien with the office of Valentien + Valentien landscape architects and urban planners. From 1975 to 1988 she taught landscape planning as an honorary professor at the Institute for Regional Culture and Plant Ecology at the University of Stuttgart-Hohenheim , and in 1980 she became an honorary professor at the Faculty of Architecture at the Technical University of Munich. In addition to her freelance work, Donata Valentien has participated in numerous lecture events, juries and advisory boards.

From 2006 to 2012 Donata Valentien was director of the architecture section at the Berlin Academy of the Arts . As part of this activity, she was responsible for a. the lecture series “Conversations on Architecture and City”, curated the exhibition “Return of the Landscape” and is editor of the volume accompanying the exhibition.

In 2014 Donata Valentien was awarded the Federal Cross of Merit on ribbon.

Memberships

Office Valentien + Valentien

The focus of work is planning activities in the areas of landscape architecture , planning of public spaces, urban planning as well as ecological and urban planning reports.

Projects

  • 1982/1985: Street and square design in the old town of Ingolstadt
  • 1987/1992: Street and square design in the old town of Ravensburg
  • 1991/1993: Structural Concept Berlin-Brandenburg
  • 1994: Master plan for the Münchnerau industrial area, Landshut
  • 1995: 1st BA trade fair city Munich-Riem
  • 1995–2000: Public open spaces 1st BA Riem
  • 1997: Urban development study Lindau 21
  • 1998/2011: Kulturforum Berlin
  • 1999: State Office for Environmental Protection (LfU), Augsburg
  • 2002–2010: Gardens of Nations and City Axis, Wolfsburg-Westhagen
  • 2002–2010: Freiham-Süd industrial park, Innovationshain, Munich
  • 2003: Alois Alzheimer Garden, Munich
  • 2003–2004: Art in the Park; Expert opinion on the Emscher Landscape Park
  • 2005: Forecourt at the Technical University of Munich, Theresienstraße
  • 2005: Human Rights Square, Munich-Riem Exhibition Center
  • 2005–2010: Chenshan Botanical Garden Shanghai, China
  • 2007: Old town renovation in Ochsenfurt
  • 2009: City Center New Technology City Wuxi, China
  • 2010: Datong Botanical Garden, China
  • 2011: DuC Garden Expo Chongqing, China
  • 2011: Suzhou Creek Waterfront Park Shanghai, China
  • 2013: Huanxin Lake - High Speed ​​Railway Park, Suzhou, China
  • 2013: Songnan Country Park, Shanghai, China

Publications

  • Christoph Valentien: Garden art in urban development, examples from Munich. In: Gartenkunst im Städtebau DGGL yearbook 2007. Munich 2007, pp. 91–95.
  • Donata Valentien, Christoph Valentien: New Botanical Garden Shanghai. Jovis Verlag, Berlin 2008, ISBN 978-3-939633-58-7 .
  • Christoph Valentien, Yiju Ding: Shanghai Chenshan Botanic Garden. In: Landscape Architecture. No. 4, 2010, pp. 46-51. (chinese, english)
  • Christoph Valentien, Yiju Ding: Planing and Design of Shanghai Botanic Garden. In: Chinese Landscape Architecture. No. 1, 2010, pp. 4-10. (chinese, english)
  • Christoph Valentien: Garden Architects, Landscape Planners and Landscape Architects, the Evolution of the profession in Germany. In: Paisea Dos. 4, Germany, Barcelona 2010, pp. 12-17. (spanish, english)
  • Donata Valentien: Return of the Landscape, Natural and Social Resources for Urban Design. In: the architect. No. 1, 2010, pp. 66-68.
  • Donata Valentien (Ed.): Return of Landscape - Return of Landscape. Jovis-Verlag, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-86859-056-2 .
  • Marco Mehlin, Christoph Valentien: Gardens of Nations and City Axis - A social city project in Wolfsburg-Westhagen. In: Planner, specialist journal for urban, regional and state planning. Issue 1, 2010, pp. 41–42.

Awards

  • 1994: Award for exemplary building in the Ravensburg district, Baden-Württemberg Chamber of Architects
  • 1996: Fritz Schumacher Prize of the Alfred Toepfer Foundation FVS Hamburg, TU Hannover
  • 1996: Habitat II German Best Practices for München-Riem New Districts by Redeveloping Wasteland
  • 1996: German Urban Development Award of the BfG Bank (Walter Hesselbach Award): Special recognition for "Redesign of the historic core of Ravensburg"
  • 2000: SRL city, regional and state planning: Groundbreaking projects in urban design and urban renewal Promenade Messestadt Riem
  • 2005: Messestadt Riem Builder Award of the City of Munich, special recognition living with Karl-Heinz Ropke
  • 2006: Award of the German Urban Development Prize for the Place of Human Rights, together with the Messestadt Riem
  • 2008: Special award in the “Sustainable Urban Development” category at the 7th European Urban and Regional Planning Awards 2008 for the Place of Human Rights, together with the Messestadt Riem
  • 2008: Award for Good Buildings in Franconia for the renovation of the old town in Ochsenfurt
  • 2010: Lower Saxony State Prize for Architecture 2010, shortlist for Garden of Nations and City Axis
  • 2011: Design Prize City of Shanghai (Shanghai Exploration and Design Trade Association) for Chenshan Botanical Garden
  • 2011: CEDA Design Prize, Category Public Projects in China (China Exploration and Design Association)
  • 2013: First prizes in China for Songnan Country Park; and the Huanxiu Lake in the new city of Suzhou (High-Speed Rail City Suzhou) positioned around the North Station of the high-speed train route Beijing - Shanghai - Hangzhou arises
  • 2018: Bavarian State Prize for Architecture

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Honorary members of the Landscape Alumni Club of the TU Munich eV
  2. ^ Bavarian Academy of Fine Arts, Department of Fine Arts: Full members ( Memento from January 20, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
  3. ^ Academy of Arts - Architecture Section
  4. ↑ Donata Valentien honored on ar.tum.de, May 8, 2014, accessed on July 21, 2018.
  5. ↑ German Urban Development Award 2006
  6. ↑ BDA Prize Winner for Good Buildings in Franconia 2008
  7. ^ Gardens of Nations and City Axis Wolfsburg Westhagen. Retrieved August 22, 2019 .
  8. ↑ 1. Prices in China
  9. ↑ Bavarian Architecture Prize 2018 and Bavarian State Prize for Architecture 2018 for Peter Haimerl. Association of German Architects, accessed on August 22, 2019 .