Erich Kaufmann (architect)

Erich Kaufmann (born April 7, 1932 in Novi Sad ( Yugoslavia )) is a German architect and urban planner .

Life

As the leading architect of the VEB “Hochbauprojektierung Rostock”, Kaufmann was responsible for a number of urban development projects and large housing estates in Rostock . Mainly prefabricated buildings from the WBS 70 system were used here . The 18-story high-rise windmills are well known . In 1973 he received the GDR National Prize, Second Class for Art and Literature, for his urban, architectural and artistic design of the Lütten Klein project in Rostock.

From 1979 onwards, Erich Kaufmann and Peter Baumbach attempted for the first time in projects in Rostock's old town to adapt buildings from industrial building systems to the historical building fabric. Based on templates from the Vicke-Schorler roll , the five-gabled house was created among other things . By using such references, a kind of corporate identity developed in Rostock , which was only to become common practice in postmodernism much later.

According to Bruno Flierl, Kaufmann is one of the most outstanding architects of the GDR .

Buildings and designs

1967–1968: Teepot excursion restaurant in Rostock - Warnemünde (together with designer Ulrich Müther )

1967-1968: multi-purpose hall Warnowallee 25 in Rostock Luetten Klein (together with designer Ulrich Müther)

1965–1975: Rostock Lütten Klein urban development project

From 1970: Large housing estate Rostock- Schmarl

1970–1975: Large housing estate Rostock- Evershagen

1979: Postmodern corner development at Kröpeliner Strasse / Breite Strasse in Rostock

1979–1985: Large housing estate in Rostock Groß Klein

1983–1986: Residential development Schnickmannstrasse / Wokrenterstrasse in Rostock

Work show

Teepott, Warnemünde
(built 1967–1968)
Warnowallee in Rostock Lütten Klein
Rostock, Schmarl, new building area, apartment blocks
Prefabricated buildings on Schnickmannstrasse
Kröpeliner Straße / Breite Straße with relief medallions by Reinhard Dietrich

Publications

Erich Kaufmann: Multi-storey housing offer of the WBS 70, adaptation Rostock in: Architektur der DDR , 10/1974

C. Weinhold, E. Kaufmann, R. Lasch, M. Bräuer: Residential area Rostock-Groß Klein . In: Architecture of the GDR , 8/1975

Erich Kaufmann: Corner solutions for the Rostock-Lichtenhagen residential area . In: Architecture of the GDR , 2/1975

P. Baumbach, E. Kaufmann: For the further development of the product range in the Rostock housing association . In: Architecture of the GDR , 5/1976

Marvaldi, R. Korn, C. Krause, W. Rietdorf, H. Stingl, E. Kaufmann, W. Nitsch, A. Nestler, R. Lasch, U. Lammert, H. Kirsch, W. Kellermann, L. Lindner, G. Busse, A. Bach, F. Krause: 32nd plenary meeting of the GDR Building Academy. From the discussion at the 7th Federal Congress of the BdA / GDR . In: Architecture of the GDR , 3/1976

Erich Kaufmann, main green space in Rostock-Lichtenhagen in: Architecture of the GDR, 5/1978

D. Grund, E. Kaufmann, R. Lasch: Results report for the 9th Rostock workshop week . In: Architecture of the GDR , 12/1981

Erich Kaufmann: Thoughts on inner-city building in the northern old town of Rostock . In: Architecture of the GDR , 33/1984

Erich Kaufmann: Rostock district group . In: Architecture of the GDR , 2/1987

literature

Horst Prignitz, René Legrand: Rostock . Hinstorff, Rostock 2003, ISBN 3-356-01003-4 ( for book review ).

Web links

Erich Kaufmann in the ifa database
Erich Kaufmann. In: arch INFORM .

Individual evidence

↑ Frank Betker: Insight into the necessity: Municipal urban planning in the GDR and after the fall of the Wall (1945-1994) (contributions to city history and urbanization research) . Franz Steiner Verlag, 2005, ISBN 978-3-515-08734-6 , pp. 79 ff . ( limited preview in Google Book search).
↑ ^a ^b ^c Bernfried Lichtnau (editor): Architecture and urban development in the southern Baltic Sea region from 1970 to the present . Lukas Verlag for Art and Intellectual History, 2006, ISBN 978-3-936872-85-9 , p. 287 ff . ( limited preview in the Google book search - publication of the contributions to the art history conference Greifswald 2004).
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d Holger Barth: Housing and urban development in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. (PDF) HU Berlin, accessed on May 22, 2016 .
↑ Harald Engler: Wilfried Stallknecht and industrial construction . Lukas Verlag for Art and Intellectual History, 2004, ISBN 978-3-86732-174-7 , p. 89 with reference to Bruno Flierl ( limited preview in Google Book search).
^ Andreas Denk Architecture of the GDR 18 (1969) 3, p. 157f .; Part 44. The “Teepott” by Erich Kaufmann and Ulrich Muether in Rostock-Warnemuende (1968) Reprinted in the architekt booklet 10, 1999 p. 14, ISSN 0003-875X at the BDA
↑ Renovation and conversion of the multi-purpose hall. Chamber of Architects-MV, accessed on May 22, 2016 .

personal data
SURNAME	Kaufmann, Erich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Kaufmann, E.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German architect
DATE OF BIRTH	April 7, 1932
PLACE OF BIRTH	Novi Sad , Yugoslavia

[1] Frank Betker: Insight into the necessity: Municipal urban planning in the GDR and after the fall of the Wall (1945-1994) (contributions to city history and urbanization research) . Franz Steiner Verlag, 2005, ISBN 978-3-515-08734-6 , pp. 79 ff . ( limited preview in Google Book search).

[lnau-2] Bernfried Lichtnau (editor): Architecture and urban development in the southern Baltic Sea region from 1970 to the present . Lukas Verlag for Art and Intellectual History, 2006, ISBN 978-3-936872-85-9 , p. 287 ff . ( limited preview in the Google book search - publication of the contributions to the art history conference Greifswald 2004).

[hb-3] Holger Barth: Housing and urban development in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. (PDF) HU Berlin, accessed on May 22, 2016 .

[4] Harald Engler: Wilfried Stallknecht and industrial construction . Lukas Verlag for Art and Intellectual History, 2004, ISBN 978-3-86732-174-7 , p. 89 with reference to Bruno Flierl ( limited preview in Google Book search).

[5] Andreas Denk Architecture of the GDR 18 (1969) 3, p. 157f .; Part 44. The “Teepott” by Erich Kaufmann and Ulrich Muether in Rostock-Warnemuende (1968) Reprinted in the architekt booklet 10, 1999 p. 14, ISSN 0003-875X at the BDA

[6] Renovation and conversion of the multi-purpose hall. Chamber of Architects-MV, accessed on May 22, 2016 .