Fred Otto
Fred Otto (born December 4, 1883 in Rabenau (Saxony) ; † September 22, 1944 in Chemnitz ; full name: Martin Alfred Otto ) was a German architect and construction clerk . In the 1920s he shaped the cityscape of Chemnitz as a town planning officer.
Life
Fred Otto learned the mason trade and studied architecture at the Technical University of Dresden , where he was influenced by Heinrich Tessenow and Fritz Schumacher . Then he worked for the state building administration in Dresden before serving as an officer in World War I. He then became a building expert for the Rochlitz authorities and, on May 1, 1920 , he was chief construction commissioner and official building officer in Chemnitz. On April 1, 1925, he succeeded Richard Möbius as the town planner in Chemnitz.
plant
Fred Otto was a representative of the New Building in Chemnitz.
- 1926: Farm building of the Altchemnitz river bath
- 1927: Waterworks administration on Theresenstrasse
- 1928–1930: Sparkasse at Falkeplatz
- 1929: Chemnitz-Borna elementary school
- 1930: Extension of the mental hospital in Chemnitz-Hilbersdorf
- 1931: The palace was converted into a city history museum
- 1935: Stadtbad Mühlenstraße
- 1939: Großkampfbahn on Reichenhainer Straße
- Meat wholesale hall at the slaughterhouse
- Homeless shelter Altendorf
- Castle ponds with central fountain
Individual evidence
- ↑ Wasmuth's monthly magazine for architecture, issue 11/1930
- ↑ Wasmuth's monthly magazine for architecture, issue 4/1931
literature
- Jens Kassner: Fred Otto. City planning officer in Chemnitz. (Chemnitzer Lebensbilder, 2.) Verlag Heimatland Sachsen, Chemnitz 2000, ISBN 3-910186-31-9 .
- Jens Kassner: Chemnitz in the "Golden Twenties". Architecture and urban development. Verlag Heimatland Sachsen, Chemnitz 2000, ISBN 3-910186-28-9 .
- Jens Kassner: Fred Otto. Architect and city planner. In: Tilo Richter (ed.): Der Kaßberg. A Chemnitz reading and picture book. Passage-Verlag, Leipzig 1996, ISBN 3-9805299-0-8 , pp. 325–328.
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Otto, Fred |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Otto, Martin Alfred |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German architect and urban planning officer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 4th December 1883 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Rabenau |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 22, 1944 |
| Place of death | Chemnitz |