Erich Mattern

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Erich Mattern (* 1904 in Hofgeismar ; † 1966 in Hamm ) was a German architect . He was the younger brother of the landscape architect Hermann Mattern .

With its offices in Düsseldorf, Siegen and Hamm, Mattern created numerous large buildings and settlements with up to 50 employees - mainly in North Rhine-Westphalia. After Mattern drew attention to himself in the years 1930 to 1939 with houses in the Bauhaus style and cinema buildings in the eastern Ruhr area, under his leadership from 1946 settlements with over 12,000 apartments were built in Bonn, Düsseldorf, Siegen and the Ruhr area, which are characterized by clear and designed floor plans tailored to the needs of the residents. Other construction tasks included hospitals, schools and other public buildings as well as public spaces such as the market square in Heessen . The focus of all architectural considerations has always been on people.

Work (selection)

  • 1930: "Diana Theater" (movie theater) in Hamm, Weststrasse (destroyed by bombing in 1944)
  • 1933/1934: Residential house, office, warehouse and car shed for Gebr. Kieserling in Hamm
  • 1934: House and medical practice in Hamm, Ostenallee
  • 1935: House and studio in Hamm, Weidenstrasse (today: Ludwig-Erhard-Strasse)
  • 1950 or earlier: Duisdorf settlement in Bonn
  • 1950–1951: Ford -Werke housing estate in Cologne (in joint planning with Philipp Feger and Erwin Mahs ; client: Neue Heimat )
  • until 1951: New home settlement in Heessen (green planning: Hermann Mattern)
  • 1951: Belgian school in Siegen
  • 1955 or earlier: Apartment building in Düsseldorf
  • 1957 or earlier: Housing estate in Endenich (in joint planning with Erwin Mahs and Fritz Jaspert)
  • former Bundeswehr hospital in Hamm
  • 1960: High-rise residential building in Hamm, Ostring

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Hermann Mattern (1902–1971): Gardens of the staff of the architect Erich Mattern in Hamm (1951) , Technical University of Berlin , architecture museum in the university library
  2. ↑ http://www.nrw-architekturdatenbank.uni-dortmund.de/arch_detail.php?gid=64
  3. ↑ Deutsche Bauzeitung 67.1933, No. 52, p. 6 (mentioned as an approved building project in the building certificate)
  4. ^ Fritz Jaspert : Housing construction of the federal government in Bonn. In: Bauwelt, 5th year 1950, H. 49, p. 198.
  5. ^ Keyl: The Ford settlement in Cologne . In: Bauwelt , 43rd year 1952, H. 33, pp. 528-529.
  6. ^ Karl Brunne (ed.): Architecture photo show. Buildings in Westphalia 1945–1957. Münster 1958, Chapter IV: Schools, pp. 31–41.
  7. ↑ In: The architect BDA. Bulletin of the Association of German Architects in North Rhine-Westphalia, 4th year, 1955, no. 3, pp. 372–373.
  8. ↑ Reinhard Jaspert (ed.): Architecture. Handbook of Modern Architecture. Berlin 1957, p. 47.
personal data
SURNAME Mattern, Erich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German architect
DATE OF BIRTH 1904
PLACE OF BIRTH Hofgeismar
DATE OF DEATH 1966
Place of death Hamm