Frédéric Gilliard

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Frédéric Gilliard (born June 18, 1884 in Sion ; † September 13, 1967 in Lausanne ) was a Swiss architect and archaeologist .

Life

Frédéric Gilliard was the son of the landowner Edmond Gilliard and his wife Marie (née Malherbe). His brothers were:

He was the cousin of Charles Gilliard (born February 16, 1879 in Fiez, † September 19, 1944 in Lausanne), President of the Société d'histoire de la Suisse romande , the General History Research Society of Switzerland and the Federal Matura Commission .

From 1904 to 1909 he studied architecture at the Polytechnic in Zurich and continued this in 1909 at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris, where he graduated in 1910.

After returning to Lausanne, he initially worked in the Bonnard & Picot office until he and his school friend Frédéric Godet (1885–1937) opened their own architecture office in 1913.

He specialized as an expert in various restorations , including the Chillon Castle and the Notre-Dame Cathedral in Lausanne. He was in charge of the maintenance of many historical buildings in Lausanne's old town, the Buttin-de-Loës house in Grandvaux , and around thirty churches in western Switzerland, especially in the canton of Vaud , including the churches of Villette , Coppet , Commugny , Bassins , Combremont- le-Petit , Bière , Assens and in particular the reformed church of Saint-Étienne in Moudon and the castles of L'Isle and Vufflens .

From 1918 to 1931 he was involved in social housing and built several workers' settlements and houses in Lausanne, including the Prélaz complex, churches in the Vennes and Bellevaux districts in Lausanne, in Le Mont-sur-Lausanne and in Bougy- Villars , schools in Sainte-Croix , Renens , Perroy and Arnex-sur-Orbe , the Ecole des métiers in Lausanne together with Charles Dubois and Jacques Favarger (1889–1967), and the psychogeriatric department of the hospital in Cery .

He led the excavations of the vicus Lousonna in Vidy in Lausanne and founded the Roman Museum Lausanne-Vidy there in 1936 .

Frédéric Gilliard was married to Marguerite Emma, ​​daughter of Gustave Edouard Climent from Cartigny .

Formations and memberships

  • In 1910, Frédéric Gilliard founded the Société d'art public and the Vaudois Section of the Swiss Homeland Security , of which he was President from 1921 to 1922.
  • From 1924 to 1926 he was Secretary General of the Swiss Werkbund , which was supposed to promote cooperation between art and industry.
  • From 1923 to 1924 he was President of the Association of Swiss Architects .

Fonts (selection)

  • Concours de types d'habitations économiques à Lausanne organized en 1920 by the Section romande de l'Union suisse pour l'amélioration du logement . Lausanne: Secrétariat de la Section romande USAL, 1921.
  • Homes pour jeunes filles . 1924.
  • Notes on l'Église de Coppet et a restoration . Lausanne: Impr. De la Société suisse de publicité, 1927.
  • René Delhorbe; Frédéric Gilliard: Architectures vaudoises . Lausanne: Editions Les Dailles (A. Morel), 1930.
  • Frédéric Gilliard; Louis Mayor: L'église de Villette et sa restauration . Lausanne: Impr. De la Soc. de la Gazette de Lausanne, 1932.
  • L'église de Lavigny et ses peintures décoratives . Lausanne, 1933.
  • The community center in Switzerland . Zurich: Orell Füssli, 1933.
  • L'église d'Orbe: étude historique et archéologique . Orbe: Librairie Jaques, 1934.
  • Edmond Virieux; Frédéric Gilliard: Notes d'urbanisme: publiées par la Tribune de Lausanne en 1935–1936 . 1936.
  • Henry Meylan; Frédéric Gilliard: Eglises vaudoises dessinées et gravées . Lausanne: Imprimerie Centrale SA, 1937.
  • Gabriel Chamorel; Frédéric Gilliard; Jules Amiguet: L'église nationale vaudoise: la pierre et l'esprit . Lausanne: Rouge, 1937.
  • Par les voies romaines . 1938.
  • Commémoration du bi-millénaire d'Auguste: Aventicum et et l'Helvetie: sommaire . Lausanne 1938.
  • 25me anniversaire de la Section romande de l'Union suisse pour l'amélioration du logement: une évolution saisissante: d'une crise à une autre 1920–1945 . Habitation: revue trimestrielle de la section romande de l'Association Suisse pour l'Habitat , No. 18 (1945).
  • La maison Buttin-de Loës à Grandvaux: propriété de l'Association du Vieux-Lausanne . Lausanne: Impr. Réunies, 1945.
  • L'art dans le temple . Lausanne: Impr. M. Girod, 1945.
  • Un quartier de Lousonna à la Maladière (Vidy): aux abords du marché, une place de débarquement . Revue historique vaudoise, No. 55 (1947).
  • Société coopérative d'habitation de Lausanne: Groupe de Fontenay . Habitation: revue trimestrielle de la section romande de l'Association Suisse pour l'Habitat , no.20 (1948).
  • Frédéric Gilliard; Robert Hausmann; Jean Secrétan: Grande et belle, l'église Saint-Etienne doit vivre! Lausanne: Impr. Centrale, 1950.
  • Un quartier de Lousonna: description sommaire du plan des fouilles: 1935–1940 . Lausanne: Ass. Du Vieux-Lausanne, 1954.

literature

  • Frédéric Gilliard . In: Revue historique vaudoise, No. 75 (1967). P. 12 f.
  • Pierre Margot: Frédéric Gilliard: 1884–1967. Lausanne 1967.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Gilliard, Edmond. Retrieved September 25, 2019 .
  2. ↑ Gilliard, Charles. Retrieved September 25, 2019 .
  3. ↑ Godet, Frédéric. In: Das Werk: Architektur und Kunst, no.24.1937, accessed on September 25, 2019 (French).
  4. ^ Maison Buttin-de-Loës | Grandvaux - Historique. Retrieved September 25, 2019 .
  5. ↑ Bureau de la communication-Web & multimedia: Cité-Jardin de Prélaz. January 31, 2018, accessed September 25, 2019 (French).
  6. ↑ Lousonna. Retrieved September 25, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Gilliard, Frédéric
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Gilliard, Frédéric Louis
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss architect and archaeologist
DATE OF BIRTH June 18, 1884
PLACE OF BIRTH Manners
DATE OF DEATH September 13, 1967
Place of death Lausanne