Dolf Schnebli

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Adolf Hermann Josef Schnebli (born December 27, 1928 in Baden ; † September 12, 2009 in Zurich ) was a Swiss architect .

Life

Schnebli studied architecture at the ETH Zurich from 1948 to 1952 . After years of traveling and stays as an architect in Paris, Zurich, Mulhouse, Venice, New York, Boston, Agno and St. Louis, he returned to Zurich in 1952.

In 1952 he met the Italian architects Ernesto Rogers , Franco Albini , Ignazio Gardella , Carlo Scarpa and Bruno Zevi while attending the summer school of the Congrès International d'Architecture Moderne (CIAM) in Venice . At the Harvard Graduate School of Design , he studied with Josep Lluís Sert and then taught with Naum Gabo and Serge Chermayeff . In Walter Gropius' office he worked with Harvard professors Sigfried Giedion and Werner Max Moser , among others . With the possibility of a Harvard travel grant, he dealt with the founding of cities in ancient times and therefore traveled overland from Venice to India in 1956. In 1957, he worked on the “La Perla” airport hotel in Agno in Otto Glaus' office .

In 1958 Schnebli opened his own studio in Agno . His first large building is the grammar school in Locarno (Ginnasio cantonale); In 1959, the new Locarno grammar school followed, which became a masterpiece of Swiss school building. Numerous other buildings followed, including many school and university buildings.

In 1965 he took on a visiting professorship in St. Louis , later in Boston and Berkeley and from 1969 at the ETH Zurich. Schnebli received in 1971 a call to the ETH Zurich as a professor of architecture and design. On his initiative, Aldo Rossi became a professor at ETH Zurich in 1972. Numerous well-known architects such as Mario Campi , Fabio Reinhart , Bruno Reichlin , Jacques Herzog , Pierre de Meuron , Marcel Meili , Silvia Gmür, Ruggero Tropeano and Arthur Rüegg were trained by him. In 1994 he retired .

During his work as a freelance architect, u. a. with Flora Ruchat-Roncati and from 1997 with Tobias Ammann and Sacha Menz as SAM Architects , works of contemporary architecture were created in Germany and abroad. Architecture and urban planning in Switzerland were significantly influenced by the work of Dolf Schnebli. He was considered an exponent of the new Ticino architecture.

Schnebli was an honorary member of the Association of German Architects .

Works

High school in Locarno (1960–1963)

buildings

  • 1958: Reconstruction of a house in Agno
  • 1959: Casa Castioli in Campione d'Italia
  • 1960–1963: Scuola Media Locarno , high school in Locarno
  • 1963: Lichtenhahn House in Carabbia
  • 1964: Ledergerber house in Seedorf
  • 1965: Case Sociali, social housing in Lugano
  • 1965: Garden pool and school in Wohlen
  • 1966: Swiss school in Naples
  • 1966: Kindergarten in Bissone
  • 1968: Casa Streiff in Minusio
  • 1971: Law School and Social Science Center, Washington University in St. Louis
  • 1977: Casa Wolk in Magliaso
  • 1983–87: Center and school in Ruopigen
  • 1984–86: Villa Meyer in Zurich
  • 1994–96: Villa Jamileh Weber in Zurich
  • 1991: Kappelerhof School in Baden
  • 1991: House Wüstholz in Uster
  • 1991: Casa Meyer in Tegna
  • 1994–96: Südstrasse residential buildings in Zurich
  • 1987–90: Residential and commercial building in Baden
  • 1998–2000: Swiss Re / Credit Suisse in Zurich-Brunau
  • 1998–2000: EPFL , Quartier Nord in Ecublens near Lausanne

Publications

  • Dolf Schnebli, architect. Design lessons at the architecture department. Chair of Architecture and Design 1971–84. GTA, Zurich 1984, ISBN 3-85676-021-0 .
  • A year on the overland route from Venice to India and back: Photo sketches of a slow journey in 1956. Niggli, Sulgen 2009, ISBN 978-3-7212-0700-2 .

literature

  • Thomas Boga (ed.): Ticino architects. Buildings and designs 1960-1985. ETH Zurich 1986
  • Thomas Freivogel: Dolf Schnebli. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . August 19, 2011 , accessed December 11, 2019 .
  • Isabelle Rucki and Dorothee Huber (eds): Architectural Lexicon of Switzerland - 19./20. Century. Birkhäuser, Basel 1998, ISBN 3-7643-5261-2 .

Web links

Commons : Dolf Schnebli  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Roman Hollenstein: “On the death of the architect Dolf Schnebli. Architectural artists and teachers ” , Neue Zürcher Zeitung , September 17, 2009
personal data
SURNAME Schnebli, Dolf
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Schnebli, Adolf Hermann Josef (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss architect
DATE OF BIRTH December 27, 1928
PLACE OF BIRTH Baden AG
DATE OF DEATH September 12, 2009
Place of death Zurich