Franz Füeg

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Catholic Pius Church in Meggen, 1960–1966 (photo 2014)

Franz Füeg (born October 31, 1921 in Solothurn ; † November 24, 2019 ) was a Swiss architect and numismatist . He was a professor in Lausanne and is considered to be one of the most important representatives of post-war modernism in Switzerland. He is assigned to both the Solothurn School (with Alfons Barth , Hans Zaugg , Fritz Haller and Max Schlup ) and the Zurich Group (with Werner Frey , Jacques Schader , Jakob Zweifel ).

Life

The son of an art carpenter with his own company, after an apprenticeship as a structural draftsman in his hometown, worked there from 1940 with Hans Bracher , then with Robert Winkler in Zurich . After the Second World War he moved to Holland, from 1948 to 1949 he worked in Rotterdam for the brothers Evert and Herman Kraaijvanger, where he was promoted to chief architect over the course of two years within the office. The stay in the war-torn city in a large office of sixty employees, which faced completely different tasks than was the case in war-spared Switzerland, was a formative experience for Füeg. At that time he also got to know the important architects of Dutch modernism, such as Gerrit Rietveld , Cornelis van Eesteren , Jacob Berend Bakema , Johannes Hendrik van den Broek and Huig Aart Maaskant at regular meetings . After his return to Switzerland, he worked for Studer and Stäuble in Solothurn. There he was able to open his own office together with Gérard Staub in 1953, which was soon quite successful compared to other architects belonging to the Solothurn School. In 1975 he moved his office to Zurich and then ran it together with Melchior Wyss in the 1980s.

1958 to 1961 Füeg ​​was editor of the trade journal Bauen + Wohnen. After various visiting professorships in the 1960s, he was professor at EPF Lausanne from 1971 until his retirement in 1987 . In 1955 he was appointed to the Swiss Werkbund , since 1958 he was a member of the Federation of Swiss Architects and also one of around a hundred honorary members of the Federation of German Architects . As an author, Franz Füeg ​​has written some works on architecture theory and ethics. 2006 awarded him ETH Zurich , the honorary doctorate .

In addition to his professional activity, Franz Füeg ​​dealt with coins at a high level. He was a profound expert on Byzantine numismatics ; for his corpus work of the mint dies from 713 to 976 he received the Prix Duchalais of the Paris Académie des inscriptions et belles-lettres . In 2019 he handed over his numismatic working library to the Münzkabinett Winterthur .

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With the clearly structured Aerny House, completed in 1955, Füeg ​​was presented as a new member of the BSA in 1958. In 1956 the Leicht house was built for a musician and in 1962 the Portmann house in Hessigkofen. With the metal construction workshop Dreier, which appeared in numerous publications, a modular industrial building was created. In the first years of his self-employment he successfully participated in numerous school and church building competitions, of which only two were ultimately realized. The school building was the primary school in Kleinlützel from 1960, in which he used prefabricated facade elements for the classrooms.

Interior of the Pius Church in Meggen, 1960–1966 (photo 2011)

His main work is undoubtedly the Catholic Pius Church, built in 1966 on Schlösslistrasse in Meggen , on which several monographs are available. On a prominent terrace above Lake Lucerne «… there is a strict cube, the walls of which are made of a skin of translucent marble. During the day the wall shines inwards, at night it shines outwards, once a shrine, once a lantern… ”Franz Füeg ​​commented on the shape of the Pius Church:“ The architect's actions are controlled by cultural influences. So the cathedral in my hometown unconsciously influenced the church in Meggen in many typical details. " The Natural Science Institute of the University of Freiburg was established together with Jean Pythoud by 1968 .

Works

Important buildings and projects

Fonts

  • Architects: Sketches for a job description . In: Schweizerische Bauzeitung . tape 90 , no. 2 , 1972, p. 23-34 , doi : 10.5169 / seals-85089 .
  • Of elements and connections in architecture . In: Swiss engineer and architect . tape 97 , no. 39 , 1979, pp. 770-777 , doi : 10.5169 / seals-85544 .
  • Basics of architecture . In: Werk, Bauen + Wohnen . tape 68 , no. 7/8 , 1981, pp. 42-44 , doi : 10.5169 / seals-51970 .
  • Personal location . In: Werk, Bauen + Wohnen . tape 68 , no. 7/8 , 1981, pp. 44-50 , doi : 10.5169 / seals-51971 .
  • Benefit of the times and other essays on architecture and the work of architects , Niggli, Niederteufen 1982, ISBN 3-7212-0146-9 .
  • Apprendre à single owner l'architecture. EPF, Lausanne 1987.
  • Corpus of the nomismata from Anastasius II to John I in Constantinople, 713-976. Structure of the issues, corpus of the finds, contribution to the iconographic and monetary history . Classical Numismatic Group, Lancaster, Penn., 2007. ISBN 0-9709268-7-1 .
  • Corpus of the Nomismata from Basil II to Eudocia 976 to 1067 and corpus from Anastasius II to John I with addenda 713 to 976 . Classical Numismatic Group, Lancaster, Penn., 2014. ISBN 978-0-9898254-9-8 .

literature

  • Jürg Graser, Filled Void. Building the school in Solothurn: Barth, Zaugg, Schlup, Füeg, Haller . gta Verlag, Zurich 2014, ISBN 978-3-85676-281-0 .
  • Benedikt Loderer : Franz Füeg. In: Isabelle Rucki and Dorothee Huber (eds.): Architectural Lexicon of Switzerland - 19./20. Century Basel: Birkhäuser 1998. ISBN 3-7643-5261-2 .
  • Jürg Martin Graser: The School of Solothurn . Dissertation, Zurich 2008. Online
  • Walter Zschokke , Michael Hanak (ed.): Post-war modernity in Switzerland. Architecture by Werner Frey, Franz Füeg, Jacques Schader, Jakob Zweifel , Birkhäuser 2001, ISBN 3-7643-6638-9 .
  • Catalog raisonné: Alfons Barth; Hans Zaugg; Franz Füeg; Fritz Haller; Max Schlup . In Werk, Bauen + Wohnen, vol. 68 (1981) issue 7/8. Pp. 66-68 doi : 10.5169 / seals-51975
  • Elisabeth Ellenberger: Füeg, Franz. In: Historisches Lexikon der Schweiz . August 30, 2005 .
  • Christoph Allenspach: Franz Füeg. Designing, building, writing, teaching , Basel: Birkhäuser 2020, ISBN 978-3-0356-1530-2 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Jürg Martin Graser: The school of Solothurn . Dissertation, Zurich 2008. Appendix: Biography Franz Füeg. Without page number. On-line
  2. ↑ Ursula Kampmann: Franz Füeg ​​(1921–2019) . In: CoinsWeekly of January 16, 2020. Digitized
  3. ^ NN: Newly accepted members of the Association of Swiss Architects . In: Das Werk, Werk-Chronik . tape 45 , no. 1 , 1958, p. 2 ( online ).
  4. ^ NN: 60 years of the Federation of Swiss Architects . In: The work . tape 55 , no. 1 , 1968, p. 13 ( online ).
  5. ^ Benedikt Loderer: Franz Füeg. In: Rucki / Huber, architectural dictionary 19th / 20th century
  6. ^ Franz Füeg: Wohltaten der Zeit and other essays on architecture and the work of architects , Niggli, Niederteufen 1982, p. 255

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personal data
SURNAME Füeg, Franz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss architect
DATE OF BIRTH October 31, 1921
PLACE OF BIRTH Solothurn
DATE OF DEATH November 24, 2019