Friedhelm Grundmann

One of his most important works was the Simeon Church in Hamburg-Hamm

Friedhelm Grundmann (born April 24, 1925 in Bad Warmbrunn ; † October 27, 2015 in Hamburg ) was a German architect and professor at the Hamburg University of Applied Sciences . Alone or with other architects, he planned numerous churches in northern Germany and several underground stations in Hamburg . He often cooperated with the sculptor Hans Kock when furnishing churches and underground stations .

Life

The son of the art historian and monument conservator Günther Grundmann began studying architecture at the Technical University of Wroclaw in 1943 , but was called up for military service after just one semester. After the end of the war he continued his studies in 1946 at the Technical University of Munich ; his teachers there included Adolf Abel , Martin Elsaesser and Robert Vorhoelzer . After graduating in 1951, he went to Hamburg, where he worked for Werner Kallmorgen until 1956 . He then worked in alternating partnerships with the architects Horst Sandtmann , Otto Rehder , Friedhelm Zeuner and, most recently, Mathias Hein. In 1962 he was appointed to the Hamburg Monument Council, in 1975 he was appointed professor at the then Hamburg University of Applied Sciences , initially for architecture and from 1980 for design and architectural history. Between 1982 and his retirement in 1988 he was also the dean of the faculty. Since 1976 he was a member of the Free Academy of the Arts in Hamburg .

His church buildings led him to become involved in the German Evangelical Church Congress . Grundmann was editor of the magazine Kunst und Kirche from 1982 to 2002 .

Christ Church in Bad Schwartau

Access to the Barmbeker underground station in Hamburg (1959, demolished 2009)
Christ Church in Bad Schwartau (1960–1962)
Lübecker Strasse underground station in Hamburg (1961, with Horst Sandtmann )
Friedrich von Bodelschwingh Church in Lübeck
Simeonkirche , Sievekingsallee 12d, in Hamburg (1965) (together with Herbert Kuhn and Friedhelm Zeuner )
Dankeskirche Rahlstedt-Ost (entire ensemble with church, pastors, community center) (inaugurated in 1967)
Nathan-Söderblom Church in Reinbek (1966–1970)
Grundmann House, Eickhoffweg 42a in Hamburg-Wandsbek (1967)
Community Center Mümmelmannsberg in Hamburg (together with Otto Rehder and Friedhelm Zeuner ) (1976)
Reconstruction of the St. Trinity Church in Hamburg-Altona (1963–1969)
Reconstruction of Lübeck Cathedral (1963–1982)
Redesign of Greifswald Cathedral (until 1989)
Redesign of the Wandsbek Markt underground and bus station in Hamburg (2005, with Mathias Hein)

(with Hans-Jürgen Benedict , Karin Berkemann , Frank Pieter Hesse): Tomorrow's architecture! Hamburg's post-war churches. Dölling and Galitz, Munich 2007, ISBN 3-93790460-3 .
Carl Gotthard Langhans (1732–1808). Life picture and architecture guide. Bergstadt Verlag Korn, Würzburg 2007, ISBN 978-3-87057-280-8 .
(with photographs by Michael Zapf): Hamburg, city of bridges. Medien-Verlag Schubert, Hamburg 2003, ISBN 3-92922989-7 .
(with Thomas Helms): When stones preach. Medien-Verlag Schubert, Hamburg 1993, ISBN 3-929229-14-5 .
Brick Gothic on the Baltic coast. Dümmler, Bonn 1987, ISBN 3-427-91261-2 .
Hamburg (= Deutsche Lande - German Art ) Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich / Berlin 1978, ISBN 3-422-00107-7 .
(with Manfred Fischer, Manfred Sack): Architecture and preservation of monuments. New architecture in a historical setting. Moos, Graefelfing / Munich 1975, ISBN 3-7879-0084-5 .

Karin Berkemann : “Tomorrow's architecture!” Hamburg's post-war churches . Ed .: Monument Protection Office Hamburg. Dölling and Galitz Verlag , Hamburg 2007, ISBN 978-3-937904-60-3 , p. 63 .
Ralf Lange: Hamburg. Reconstruction and re-planning 1943–1963. Langewiesche publishing house, Königstein im Taunus 1994, ISBN 3-7845-4610-2 . (including a short biography)
Volkwin Marg, Reiner Schröder: Architecture in Hamburg since 1900 , Junius-Verlag, Hamburg, 1993 ISBN 3-88506-206-2

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↑ Karin Berkemann: Friedhelm Grundmann is dead . ModerneREGIONAL , accessed: November 2, 2015, here also a link to the obituary notice in the Hamburger Abendblatt.
↑ Karin Berkemann , Hamburg Monument Protection Office (ed.): “Tomorrow's architecture!” P. 63.
↑ Karin Berkemann , Hamburg Monument Protection Office (ed.): “Tomorrow's architecture!” P. 83.