Fred Eicher
Fred Eicher (born August 19, 1927 in Dietlikon ; † March 23, 2010 in Staad SG ) was a landscape architect who had a lasting impact on Swiss landscape architecture.
life and work
Fred Eicher was born in Dietlikon near Zurich in 1927. After an apprenticeship as a gardener, he graduated from the cantonal horticultural school in Oeschberg. In Kassel he studied garden architecture from 1949–1951 at the Academy for Fine Arts under Hermann Mattern . After returning to Zurich, he worked for the landscape architect Ernst Graf until 1962 . In 1957, Fred Eicher, together with the architects Hubacher and Issler and the artist Robert Lienhard, won the competition for the Eichbühl cemetery in Zurich, which for political reasons was not realized until 10 years later. In 1962, Fred Eicher took over the office of the late Ernst Graf. Between 1959 and 1995, Fred Eicher worked on over a thousand projects, many of them with the architects Ernst Gisel , Hans and Annemarie Hubacher , Theo Hotz , Ernst Hiesmayr and Leo Hafner. He was a co-founder of the Swiss landscape architecture magazine Anthos and, as its editor, shaped this publication from 1965 to 1984. With his works, Fred Eicher influenced the next generation of Swiss landscape architects, u. a. Dieter Kienast and Günther Vogt . In 2004, Fred Eicher was honored with the Schulthess Garden Prize for his life's work .
Subtle interventions in the landscape using simple but clear forms characterize Fred Eicher's projects. Earlier works such as the Eichbühl cemetery in Zurich-Altstetten, with their large linear references, surfaces and asymmetrical compositions , are indebted to the avant-garde of the 1950s, while later works such as the Wettswil cemetery with their axial references and symmetries take up the postmodernism of the 1980s.
Fred Eicher's projects are characterized by a timeless modernity: simple, well thought-out interventions in the terrain blend the gardens harmoniously into the landscape and are nevertheless characterized by a clear spatial design.
Works (selection)
- 1959 St. Michael Zug teacher training college
- 1964 Dietlikon cemetery
- 1964 Garden of the Nussdorf housing estate , Vienna
- 1967 and 1990 Dübendorf outdoor pool
- 1968 Eichbühl cemetery , Zurich-Altstetten
- 1970 Hotel Atlantis, Zurich
- 1970 and 1981 Cantonal School in Zug
- 1972 Tal sports and recreation facility, Adliswil
- 1972 Lättich swimming pool, Baar ZG
- 1975 Langnau am Albis parish hall
- 1975 Loogarten School, Zurich- Altstetten
- 1977 New Botanical Garden , Zurich
- 1980 Dürrbach sports complex, Dübendorf
- 1980 Gaggenau spa gardens
- 1982 cemetery, Wettswil am Albis
- 1983 Dielsdorf cemetery, ZH
- 1984 ZSG shipyard and 1985–1987 lakeside facility, Zurich- Wollishofen
- 1985 Swiss Embassy in Brasília
- 1986 OLMA , St. Gallen
- 1988 Adliswil cemetery
- 1988 Doerndler cemetery, Regensdorf
- 1989 EPI Clinic , Zurich
- 1994 Tüfi sports complex, Adliswil
literature
- Schweizer Heimatschutz (Ed.): Fred Eicher landscape architect. Schulthess Garden Prize 2004. Zurich 2004.
- Fred Eicher receives the Schulthess Garden Prize 2004. NZZ article from September 10, 2004
- Udo Weilacher: Made in Switzerland. Swiss landscape architecture in the 20th century . Prohelvetia website. Retrieved October 8, 2015.
Individual evidence
- ^ Peter Egli: Appreciation , in: Schweizer Heimatschutz (Ed.): Fred Eicher landscape architect. P. 3.
- ↑ Schweizer Heimatschutz (Ed.): Fred Eicher landscape architect. Pp. 5-6 and 32-34.
- ^ Hansjörg Gadient: Fred Eicher - radically generous. In: Schweizer Heimatschutz (Ed.): Fred Eicher landscape architect. Pp. 6-7.
- ^ Peter Egli: Appreciation , in: Schweizer Heimatschutz (Ed.): Fred Eicher landscape architect. P. 3.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Eicher, Fred |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss landscape architect |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 19, 1927 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Dietlikon |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 23, 2010 |
| Place of death | Staad SG |