Cornelius Hertling

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Cornelius Hertling (born July 4, 1928 in Berlin ; † January 2, 2002 there ) was a German architect and long-time president of the Berlin Chamber of Architects . He was married to Nele Hertling and the brother of Christoph Hertling .

Life

Cornelius Hertling studied architecture at the Berlin University of the Arts and then gained his first professional experience in London . From 1955 to 1958 he worked closely with Max Taut . From 1960 to 1972 he was chief architect in Peter Poelzig's office, from 1973 to 1980 he worked with him in an architectural partnership to realize a number of buildings, including clinics in Stade , Stadthagen , Viersen and Soltau .

In 1980 Hertling founded his own architecture office in Berlin; The focus of his design work was mainly on buildings for the health sector. His buildings, which have been carefully integrated into existing urban spaces, combine the structuralist design approach of the 1970s with humane structural dimensions and care with regard to structural details.

From 1972 to 1976 Hertling was a lecturer and guest lecturer at the Berlin University of Fine Arts.

He was also involved in the award of the Max Taut Prize as a juror . At the same time he was the editor of the Berlin Yearbook of Architecture and the initiator of the series of events "Explanations on the Preservation of Berlin Monuments".

Presidency Chamber of Architects

After the Berlin Architects and Building Chamber Act came into force in 1985, Cornelius Hertling was elected to the Representative Assembly of the Association of German Architects (BDA) and became the first President of the Chamber. He was confirmed four times in this honorary position , which he exercised in a committed and controversial manner, and held it until his death. After the fall of the Wall, in 1990 he led the architects from East and West Berlin into a joint chamber, which relocated its office to the renovated rooms of the former Karl Marx bookstore in Berlin-Friedrichshain . This commitment to the preservation of monuments was honored in 1994 by the Senator for Urban Development and Environmental Protection, Volker Hassemer , with the Ferdinand von Quast Medal .

Awards

For his services to building culture, Cornelius Hertling was awarded the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany by Federal President Roman Herzog in December 1998 .

Buildings (selection)

  • Evangelical Hospital Hubertus in Berlin-Zehlendorf (extension and renovation)
  • Orthopedic University Clinic Oskar-Helene-Heim in Berlin-Zehlendorf (new operation building and sports medicine center)
  • Waldhausklinik Nikolassee, Berlin-Zehlendorf (new building neuropsychiatric clinic)
  • Hospital Am Urban in Berlin-Kreuzberg (new building of the center for severe burn injuries, the transurethral department and the internal and surgical intensive care medicine)
  • Naemi-Wilke-Stift, Guben (multi-level new building and renovation of the old building)

Fonts

  • Cornelius Hertling: From the edge to the middle . In: Deutsches Architektenblatt . 2/1998. Topic: Um-Bau / Berlin ... so what?
  • Cornelius Hertling, Ingrid Kuldschun, Nicolette Baumeister: German Architects' Day 1997. The future of building culture. Example of Berlin: the changing open city. Published by Cornelius Hertling on behalf of the Berlin Chamber of Architects for the Federal Chamber of Architects with the participation of Ingrid Kuldschun and Nicolette Baumeister. Junius, Berlin 1997.
  • Cornelius Hertling, Nicolette Baumeister (conc.): Asphalt and light or: Behind the cosmopolitan city. Documentation of an event by the Berlin Chamber of Architects on October 19, 1993 in the Hebbel Theater Berlin.
  • Cornelius Hertling: The Architect - A Disruptive Relic? In: Architektur (Before: Architecture of the GDR ), No. 6/1991.
  • Bauwelt , No. 30/1989. Subject: hospitals.
  • Bauwelt , No. 40/1983. Subject: laboratory work.

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personal data
SURNAME Hertling, Cornelius
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German architect
DATE OF BIRTH 4th July 1928
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin
DATE OF DEATH January 2, 2002
Place of death Berlin