Elmar Schossig
Elmar Schossig (born June 28, 1950 in Chemnitz ; † December 15, 2009 ) was a German architect , designer and photographer.
life and work
After studying architecture at the Technical University of Braunschweig and RWTH Aachen University , he and his future wife, Professor Dörte Gatermann, founded the joint architecture office Gatermann + Schossig in Cologne in 1984 , which is now run by Dörte Gatermann and her long-term project managers. The work of the office achieved around 150 architecture and competition awards. The couple have two grown children. Elmar Schossig died on December 15, 2009 after a long illness.
The encounter with the work of Richard Buckminster Fuller in Chicago in 1972 gave the impetus for Elmar Schossig's later occupation with the questions of ecology , sustainable architecture and energy efficiency . In addition to aesthetic and technical aspects, the architect's design activity was characterized by the ecological-resource-optimizing approach. In this border area between architecture and technology, he received various awards, especially for facade developments.
In addition to architecture, Elmar Schossig has been concentrating more and more on the areas of product development and product design since 1985. He passed on his experience in workshops and lectures and as the author of many publications. Since 2005, the year he began to develop incurable cancer, he devoted himself even more to product design and photography. His first photo book "On the way - a photographic novella" was published at the end of 2006. Under the title "Raumbilder - Bildzimmer" a group exhibition with his pictures took place in Munich, Stuttgart and Düsseldorf in 2009/2010. His last exhibition "Colors and Shapes in the Square", on which he worked until shortly before his death, was opened posthumously in Cologne.
Buildings (selection)
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- Capricornhaus in Düsseldorf
- Kontor 19 in the Rheinauhafen in Cologne
- Office building of the Stadtwerke Bochum in Bochum
- Magdeburg University of Applied Sciences
- Capricorn Engineering
- Revitalization of the Hoechst pension fund
- Karstadt in Gütersloh
- IGZ Narossa
- Quante Hattingen factory
- Rimowa suitcase factory
- House G + S
Awards (selection)
- bestarchitects
- BEX 2009 Innovation Award
- Architecture and technology innovation award
- Architecture and Office Innovation Prize
- Architecture and construction innovation award
- Architecture and technology innovation award
- Cologne Architecture Prize
- German architecture award
- Deubau Prize
- BDA sponsorship award for young architects
- Sponsorship award from the state of North Rhine-Westphalia for young artists
Literature (selection)
- Gatermann + Schossig. Space art technology. Space Art Technology. Birkhäuser Verlag , Basel / Boston / Berlin 2009.
- Galerie Aedes (ed.): Gatermann + Schossig. (Catalog for the exhibition in the Aedes Gallery, January / February 1998.) Berlin 1997.
- Gatermann + Schossig. Buildings and projects. Ernst & Son, Berlin 1996.
- Klaus-Dieter Weiss: Buildings for industry and technology. Gatermann + Schossig. (= architypus , volume 1.) Wiesbaden 1996.
Web links
- Website of the architecture office Gatermann + Schossig
- Baunetz architect profile GATERMANN + SCHOSSIG
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Lanky, Elmar |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German architect, designer and photographer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 28, 1950 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Chemnitz |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 15, 2009 |