Friedrich Moser (architect, 1877)

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Gymnasium Alpenstrasse, 1908-10
Gurzelen Stadium, 1952–54

Samuel Friedrich Eduard Moser (born June 20, 1877 in Winterthur ; † July 6, 1964 in Biel ) was a Swiss architect .

education

After graduating from high school, Moser first completed an apprenticeship as a bricklayer in Zurich. He then studied from 1894 to 1897 in his hometown at the technical center there . In addition to numerous internships and initial professional experience, he continued his studies until 1908 at the Technical University of Stuttgart and at the ETH Zurich . In 1908 he took up a job at the Biel City Building Authority, where he immediately caused a stir with the construction of the grammar school. During this time he also took part in competitions together with Wilhelm Schürch , for example for an old people's asylum in Langnau, which the two won in 1909. They then entered into a partnership in 1910.

Moser and Schürch

In the course of its roughly twenty years of existence, the joint office made the transition from the Heimat style to a moderate modernity. The main construction tasks were industrial construction and public sector contracts, which often resulted from competitive successes. The main work of the office, to which Walter von Gunten also belonged as a partner, was undoubtedly the Biel train station in the 1920s . In addition, the office devoted itself to numerous urban planning and development plans.

From the 1930s

After the separation, both architects built right next to each other on Ländtestr. 3 and 5, on a narrow strip of land that had become free when the main train station was relocated. It was created here - also within the framework of a special building right that z. B. prescribed flat roofs - a small settlement in the spirit of new building. Moser then devoted himself to further urban planning.

Moser was a "soldier with body and soul" who moved up to the Colonel via the General Staff and at the beginning of the Second World War acted as Biel's commander. In addition, he supported the Swiss prototype center as a member of the cooperative and was chairman of the Bernese local branch of the BSA for several terms .

literature

  • Daniel Wolf: Moser and Schürch . In: Isabelle Rucki and Dorothee Huber (eds.): Architectural Lexicon of Switzerland - 19./20. Century. Birkhäuser, Basel 1998. ISBN 3-7643-5261-2 , p. 389 f.
  • NN: Friedrich Moser (Nekrolog) . In: Schweizerische Bauzeitung . tape 82 , no. 31 , 1964, pp. 547 f . ( online ).
  • M. Sch .: Friedrich Moser (Nekrolog) . In: The work . tape 51 , no. 9 , 1964, pp. 201 f . ( online ).

Works (selection)

Moser and Schürch
  • God's grace , Seeländisches Krankenasyl, Mett , 1910/11
  • Maschinenfabrik Güdel , Bern , 1911
  • Watch factory Trösch , Biel 1913
  • Residential colony of the railway construction cooperative , Nidau , 1911–1914
  • Dairy pavilions , Swiss National Exhibition, Bern , 1914
  • Landis & Gyr factory , Zug , 1911–1918
  • Maison Blanche , Cantonal Children's Hospital , Leubringen , 1913
  • God's grace , retirement home, Langnau , 1913/14
  • United Wire Works , Extension Buildings, Biel, 1913–1916
  • Development plan Bözingen / Boujean , 1916.
  • Development plan Grenchen , 1917.
  • United Wire Works , Welfare Building, Biel, 1917/18
  • Competition Greater Zurich , 1918.
  • Zoning plan Moutier , 1918.
  • Designing the lakeshore in Lucerne , ideas competition, 1918.
  • Development plan Kriens , 1919.
  • Biel / Bienne railway station , 1919–1923
  • House Hirt-Suter Biel, 1919/20
  • Gruen-Watch Biel watch factory , 1922/23
  • Residential houses Dufourstr. Biel, 1924-26
Friedrich Moser
  • Gymnasium , Biel, 1908-10
  • Wettstein House , Biel, 1930
  • Holiday home Birkhäuser , Vinelz, 1934
  • Main building district hospital , Biel, 1934–36 (with Robert Saager )
  • Transport planning for Bern railway station , project 1950
  • Gurzelen Stadium , Biel, 1952–54

supporting documents

  1. ^ NN: New building for the "Gottesgnad" asylum in Langnau (Bern) . In: Schweizerische Bauzeitung . tape 54 , no. 10 , 1909, pp. 144 ( online ).
  2. ↑ Christa Zeller: Swiss architecture guide; Volume 2: Northwestern Switzerland, Jura, Central Plateau. Werk Verlag, Zurich 1996. ISBN 3-909145-12-4 . P. 222
  3. ^ NN: Friedrich Moser (Nekrolog) . In: Schweizerische Bauzeitung . tape 82 , no. 31 , 1964, pp. 547 f . ( online ).
  4. ^ M. Sch .: Friedrich Moser (Nekrolog) . In: The work . tape 51 , no. 9 , 1964, pp. 201 f . ( online ).
  5. ^ Georg Germann, Werner Stutz: Inventory of the newer Swiss architecture , 1850–1920 . Biel. In: Society for Swiss Art History (Ed.): INSA . tape 3 . Orell Füssli, Zurich 1982, ISBN 3-280-01397-6 , p. 75 , col. 3 , doi : 10.5169 / seals-4534 ( e-periodica.ch [accessed on March 14, 2016]).
  6. ↑ According to the architects' lexicon , the trade journal Werk only names Saager: NN: District Hospital Biel, Robert Saager, Arch. BSA Biel . In: The work . tape 21 , no. 6 , 1934, pp. 196 , doi : 10.5169 / seals-86520 .
personal data
SURNAME Moser, Friedrich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Moser, Samuel Friedrich Eduard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss architect
DATE OF BIRTH June 20, 1877
PLACE OF BIRTH Winterthur
DATE OF DEATH July 6, 1964
Place of death Biel