Einar Thorsteinn

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Einar Thorsteinn , Icelandic Einar Þorsteinn Ásgeirsson (born June 17, 1942 in Reykjavík ; † April 28, 2015 ibid), was an Icelandic architect , theorist and pioneer of academic research on geometric structures. Thorsteinn was scientifically influenced by the Dymaxion world view and the biomorphic, polyhedral, spherical and spherical shapes of Richard Buckminster Fuller .

Vita

Thorsteinn studied at the Technical University of Hanover from 1963 to 1969. From 1969 to 1972 he worked for Frei Otto in the Warmbronn studio. From 1996 he worked with the artist Ólafur Elíasson. He worked with R. Buckminster Fuller, his sponsor, until 1983. He lived alternately in Iceland, Germany and Denmark.

Works

From 1969 to 1972 he worked with the Stuttgart lightweight construction avant-garde Frei Otto at the Institute for Light Surface Structures. During this time, the tent roof of the Munich Olympic Stadium was built for the 1972 Summer Olympics. He then founded the Constructions Lab in Iceland, geodetic spheres were developed and adapted to Icelandic environmental conditions. He built domes in Isafjördur, Hella, and Kópasker. Einar Thorsteinn developed a number of new polyhedral basic forms, conceived quasi-crystalline bodies with five-fold symmetrical properties. He named it Gullinfang and experimented with stretchable structures. In 1996 his long-term collaboration with the artist Ólafur Elíasson began, first in Iceland and later in Berlin. For the Harpa concert hall in Reykjavík, which was completed in 2011 , geodesic dome structures and five-fold symmetry struts were used. He also worked with Guillermo Trotti on designs for movable lunar research laboratories for NASA. As an architect and visual artist, he influenced contemporary art movements. His work focused on rotational symmetries and basic crystallographic research. One of the 3-D projects, The Natural Symmetries Unification Theory , was sponsored by the late Linus Pauling .

Exhibitions

  • 2000: The drop factory St. Louis Art Museum, Missouri
  • 2004: Our house is a house that moves, Galerija Skuc, Ljubljana
  • August 5 - September 12, 2005: Blickfang - Raumfang in the Felleshus of the Nordic Embassies, Berlin
  • June 17 - September 18, 2005: aquamedial measurement of the speed of light, Lübben
  • March 4, 2005: Space Fang Space - Einar Thorstein - Stalke Galleri / Stalke Out Of Space / Artstamp.dk, Kirke Saaby
  • 2006: (Group exhibition) Our house is a house that moves, Nýlistasafnið - The Living Art Museum , Reykjavík
  • 2007: (group exhibition) Stalke Galleri / Stalke Out Of Space / Artstamp.dk, Saab
  • 2007: The Icelandic Oasis - PROGRAM initiative for art and architectural collaborations, Berlin
  • 2008: (Group exhibitions) Experiment Marathon Reykjavik, Listasafn Reykjavíkur - Reykjavík Art Museum
  • 2008: Stalke Up North: "Hot Icelandic" Stalke Galleri / Stalke Out Of Space / Artstamp.dk, Kirke Saaby
  • 2008: Stalke Out Of Space: "Island i Borup ", Stalke Galleri / Stalke Out Of Space / Artstamp.dk, Kirke Saaby
  • 2008: (group exhibition) Transmediale 08: Conspire House of World Cultures , Berlin
  • 2011: Einar Thorsteinn - Ingenuity - Hafnarborg, Hafnarfjörður

Architecture conferences

  • 2006: March 7th: Lecture: Fragrance of Space , Prinsessegade 35, 1422 Copenhagen
  • 2011: April: Crystal growth, Langen Foundation, Neus, Germany 2015 Photo: Wolfgang Vollmer

Publications (selection)

Thorsteinn published books on architecture, urban planning, environmental design, ecological building technologies, biological influences in housing, wrote articles for international gazettes, gave interviews for German and Icelandic newspapers.

  • with Bernd Oleiko: Project study City in the Arctic. German / English Textile picture book, Institute for Light Surface Structures (IL) of the University of Stuttgart, Stuttgart 1971.
  • Playing with the shaping of nature. Foreword Richard Buckminster Fuller, 1977.
  • with Olafur Eliasson, Christine Kintisch (Ed.): To the habitants of Space in General and the Spatial Inhabitants in Particular. Bawag Foundation, Vienna 2002, ISBN 3-9501578-1-6 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Andlát: Einar Ásgeirsson Þorsteinn arkitekt. In: Morgunblaðið . May 1, 2015. Accessed November 8, 2015.
  2. ↑ Katherine Wisniewski: Architectural Mad Scientist Einar Thorsteinn Passes Away at 73. In: Curbed National. May 6, 2015, accessed November 6, 2015 .
  3. ↑ Ingenuity - Einar Thorsteinn. (No longer available online.) In: iceland-times.com. Archived from the original on May 27, 2015 ; accessed on November 6, 2015 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / iceland-times.com
  4. ↑ Facades of Harpa Reyk ... • Artwork • Studio Olafur Eliasson. In: olafureliasson.net. Retrieved November 2, 2015 .
  5. ↑ Experiment Marathon Reykjavik. artmuseum.is. Retrieved November 8, 2015.
  6. ↑ Wolfgang Vollmer - Photographers Wiki. (No longer available online.) In: www.fotografenwiki.org. Archived from the original on December 22, 2015 ; accessed on November 12, 2015 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.fotografenwiki.org
  7. ↑ http://olafureliasson.net/archive/read/MDA116983 das-spiel- mit-dem-form-der-natur # slides
personal data
SURNAME Einar Thorsteinn
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Einar Þorsteinn Ásgeirsson
BRIEF DESCRIPTION icelandic architect
DATE OF BIRTH June 17, 1942
PLACE OF BIRTH Reykjavík
DATE OF DEATH April 28, 2015
Place of death Reykjavík