Eugenie Pippal-Kottnig

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Eugenie Pippal-Kottnig (born January 10, 1921 in Anzero-Sudschensk , Tomsk ; † July 21, 1998 in Vienna ) was an Austrian architect .

Life

Pippal-Kottnig's father, Karl Kottnig, who was born in Vienna , was a prisoner of war in Anzero-Sudschensk . With the last transport of prisoners of war to Austria, the family moved to Vienna in the summer of 1921. Eugenie Kottnig visited in 1935, the School of Applied Arts (now University of Applied Arts ) and studied with Otto Niedermoser and Schuster Franz architecture . In 1940 she completed her studies with a degree in architecture and worked from then until 1946 as an assistant to Professor Schuster at the University of Applied Arts . From 1946 she worked as a freelance architect in Vienna.

In 1943 she married the Austrian painter Hans Robert Pippal, who had just returned from the war seriously wounded . Her daughter Martina , who lives as an art historian and artist in Vienna, was born in 1957. Eugenie Pippal-Kottnig died on July 21, 1998 in Vienna.

education

Eugenie Kottnig took advantage of the opportunity available at the time of being able to enroll at the Kunstgewerbeschule (now the University of Applied Arts ) from the age of 14 to start studying architecture immediately after graduating from secondary school. Her interest in the development of occidental art and its techniques, which was to determine her entire life, was reflected in a number of general subjects such as art history and the like during her studies. Ä. awakened. In addition to design, her affinity was also for ornamental writing and structural engineering.

Work and action

Immediately after graduating, she began working as an assistant to Professor Franz Schuster in his master class. During this time she manufactured u. a. all construction drawings for the book stairs made of stone, wood and iron. Draft, construction and design of small and large staircases (Die Bauelemente III) , which appeared in 1943 under the name of Franz Schuster by Julius Hoffmann Verlag Stuttgart. This paved the way for differences which in 1946 led Eugenie Pippal-Kottnig to give up her position in favor of a freelance job. Together with her husband, she worked for over five decades in a shared studio at Josefstädter Alser Straße 35.

In the late 1940s and 1950s, Eugenie Pippal-Kottnig took part in several competitions for construction projects in Vienna and the Austrian federal states. In doing so, she combined the principles of international modern architecture with urbanist considerations in which the outside space is always understood as a living space. During the same period, illustrations were created for the Austria Book, edited by Ernst Marboe and shaped by vedute by Hans Robert Pippal . The first edition in 1948 and later in several further editions, also in the languages ​​of the Allies, was intended to emphasize Austria's identity and thus prepare the ground for statehood. During the reconstruction period, Eugenie Pippal-Kottnig and her husband u. a. the ceiling mosaics for the octagons in the foyer of the 2nd tier of the Vienna Burgtheater .

The late 1940s and 1950s were also the time of the couple's extensive travels to southern France , Spain , Sweden , North America, etc. Later it was mainly Italy, and here in particular the art of the Renaissance , that were attractions for decades.

The birth of her daughter Martina did not lead to any significant restriction in professional engagement. In 1958/59 the Pippal family's private apartment in Vienna- Döbling (Hungerbergstrasse 2) including the built-in furniture was built according to their plans and designs.

From the 1960s onwards, numerous plans for municipal housing on behalf of the municipality of Vienna followed , with Eugenie Pippal-Kottnig designing the large-scale facilities that were created in the outskirts as part of the “ economic miracle ” as part of a team (ultimately of autonomous architects). Although she is the only woman among male colleagues, she has been entrusted with the lead management several times due to her efficiency.

In many ways, Eugenie Pippal-Kottnig was ahead of her time, for example when, in the mid-1970s, she suggested to the municipality of Vienna that the residential buildings of the “ Red Vienna ” should be mapped out and art-historically processed; This project and the publication it intended to publish, Building Activity of the Municipality of Vienna, Volume I, 1918-1934 , was rejected, and the responsible municipal department at that time had just as little understanding for their pioneering architectural proposals, such as those put forward in the early 1980s, for the wet rooms on the street side relocated and provided with slit-shaped windows, while the living rooms are oriented towards the courtyard or garden.

As early as the 1970s, the strict planning requirements of the municipality of Vienna for municipal housing on the one hand, and the large orders that her husband carried out during this time, on the other, led Eugenie Pippal-Kottnig to devote more time to working with her husband. The whole family was involved in large projects, for example textile appliqué work for the Vienna City Hall (1963), mosaics for communal housing (" Art in Architecture "; 1950s to 1970s) and various enamel work for the laying out halls of Wiener Städtische funeral (1970s and 1980s). The desire to still be active in her own profession, however, kept Eugenie Pippal-Kottnig taking on her own assignments. Her plans consistently testify not only to her planning talent, but also to her graphic talent, whereby she always knew how to achieve a great effect with a minimum of technical aids (electronic ones were still completely unknown).

Participation in exhibitions

  • 1954: Architecture in Austria 1945-54 in Vienna, organized by the Central Association of Architects in the Professional Association of Fine Artists in Austria

Participation in competitions

  • 1946: Competition Vienna Danube Canal (project 1631021)
  • 1949: Competition boys and girls high school in Bregenz-Vorkloser (project 574434)
  • 1953: Competition Museum der Stadt Wien (alternative projects 721120 [80] and 721120a [80a])
  • 1957: Competition for a high-rise for the Franck and Kathreiner company in Linz

Construction planning

  • 1954/55: House commissioned by Frank and Kathreiner in Linz-Waldegg

Mosaics

  • 1955: Together with Hans Robert Pippal, ceiling mosaics for the octagons in the foyer of the 2nd tier at the Vienna Burgtheater

Book illustrations

  • Das-Österreich-Buch by Ernst Marboe (Ed.), On an order from the Federal Press Service; Book illustration: Architectural drawings, maps and plans by Eugenie Pippal-Kottnig; Landscape painting and figurines by Hans Robert Pippal; Fashion, costume and figurines by Elli Rolf; Font and general book design: Epi Schlüsselberger; Publishing house of the Austrian State Printing House, Vienna 1948.

Individual order from the City of Vienna

  • Pohlgasse 52 ( Meidling ), built 1973–1975

Joint orders from the City of Vienna

Information board at the residential complex at Raxstraße 38
  • Schrödingerhof, Gußriegelstrasse 42–50 ( Favoriten ), built 1959–1963
  • Raxstraße 38 (Favoriten), built 1961–1963
  • Anton-Schmid-Hof, Pappenheimgasse 31 ( Brigittenau ), built 1964–1966
  • Pantucekgasse 33 ( Simmering ), built 1969–1970
  • Thürnlhofstrasse 20–24 (Simmering), built 1971–1972
  • Pantucekgasse 9–11 (Simmering), built 1972–1973
  • Zirkusgasse 30 ( Leopoldstadt ), built 1981–1983
  • Weintraubengasse 6–10 (Leopoldstadt), built 1982–1983
  • Weintraubengasse 13 (Leopoldstadt), built 1982–1983

literature

  • The converted Vienna. 1800 to 2000. Projects for the metropolis (catalog published on the occasion of the 256th special exhibition of the Historical Museum of the City of Vienna, December 10, 1999 to February 20, 2000). Self-published by the Museums of the City of Vienna, Vienna 1999, pp. 418, 437 (No. 11.55 and 11.56) and 523.
  • Martina Pippal : Pippal-Kottnig, Eugenie . In: Brigitta Keintzel, Ilse Korotin (ed.): Scientists in and from Austria. Life - work - work. Böhlau, Vienna / Cologne / Weimar 2002, ISBN 3-205-99467-1 , pp. 573-575 ( online ).

Web links

Commons : Eugenie Pippal-Kottnig  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f Martina Pippal : Pippal-Kottnig, Eugenie . In: Brigitta Keintzel, Ilse Korotin (ed.): Scientists in and from Austria. Life - work - work. Böhlau, Vienna / Cologne / Weimar 2002, ISBN 3-205-99467-1 , pp. 574-575.
  2. ^ Housing complex Pohlgasse 52. Wiener Wohnen , accessed on August 14, 2014 .
  3. ↑ Schrödingerhof residential complex. Wiener Wohnen , accessed on August 14, 2014 .
  4. ^ Raxstrasse 38 residential complex, Wiener Wohnen , accessed on August 14, 2014 .
  5. ↑ Anton-Schmid-Hof residential complex . Wiener Wohnen , accessed on August 14, 2014 .
  6. ↑ Wohnhausanlage Pantucekgasse 33. Wiener Wohnen , accessed on 14 August 2014 .
  7. ↑ Residential complex at Thürnlhofstrasse 20–24. Wiener Wohnen , accessed on August 14, 2014 .
  8. ↑ Residential complex Pantucekgasse 9–11. Wiener Wohnen , accessed on August 14, 2014 .
  9. ^ Residential complex at Zirkusgasse 30. Wiener Wohnen , accessed on August 14, 2014 .
  10. ↑ Residential complex Weintraubengasse 6-10. Wiener Wohnen , accessed on August 14, 2014 .
  11. ↑ Housing complex Weintraubengasse 13. Wiener Wohnen , accessed on August 14, 2014 .
personal data
SURNAME Pippal-Kottnig, Eugenie
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian architect
DATE OF BIRTH January 10, 1921
PLACE OF BIRTH Anzhero-Sudschensk , Tomsk
DATE OF DEATH July 21, 1998
Place of death Vienna