Günter Pfeifer
Günter Pfeifer (born July 18, 1943 in Schopfheim ) is a German architect and emeritus professor of architecture.
Life
From 1963 to 1967 Günter Pfeifer studied architecture at the Staatliche Werkkunstschule in Kassel . In 1975 he founded his own architectural office based in Freiburg im Breisgau and Lörrach , where he worked as an architect until 2000. From 1979 to 1986 he had an office partnership with Thomas Heiss, 1989-1993 with Roland Mayer. Between 1987 and 1993 he worked with the internationally renowned architects Frank O. Gehry , Zaha M. Hadid , Tadao Ando and Alvaro Siza .
From 1992 to 2012 he was a full professor at the TU Darmstadt , initially for design and building construction, from 2001 for design and housing construction.
From 2001 to 2005, alongside Harald Roser and Christoph Kuhn, he was a partner in the Pfeifer Roser Kuhn office based in Freiburg im Breisgau . From 2005 to 2012 he ran the pfeifer office there. bold. architects in partnership with Christoph Kuhn. The "Pfeifer Architects" office in Freiburg im Breisgau has been under his management since 2013 and the "BaruccoPfeifer Architecture" office in partnership with Lisa Barucco in Darmstadt since 2014 .
The main focus of the office is on housing and building in the church sector. Günter Pfeifer's projects in 2000 included the church with the community center Jesus Christ, the Good Shepherd in Frankfurt-Nieder-Erlenbach and, in 2006, the redesign of St. Antonius Church in Stuttgart-Kaltental, which was built in 1932 by Hans Herkommer . For the redesign of the interior of the Augustinus Church in Heilbronn , which was implemented in 2008 , he was awarded the Hugo Häring State Prize of the Association of German Architects in 2012.
Günter Pfeifer is also concerned with alternative design strategies for solar construction . His approach here is to achieve a “ cybernetic ”, i.e. holistically considered concept for the energetic optimization of the buildings , if possible with structural and architectural means . Günter Pfeifer is the author of numerous specialist publications.
In 2009 Pfeifer was awarded the Gottfried Semper Architecture Prize of the Saxon Academy of the Arts .
Buildings (selection)
- 2012: Central Art Depot Freiburg
- 2012: Weegerhof Solingen senior citizens' residence *
- 2009: Rheinfelden City Library (Baden)
- 2008: Interior renovation of the Augustinus Church (Heilbronn) *
- 2006: Institute for Environmental Medicine and Hospital Hygiene at the University of Freiburg *
- 2006: Reconstruction of St. Antonius Church in Stuttgart-Kaltental *
- 2005: Annunciation Center - renovation of the Markuskirche in Frankfurt-Bockenheim *
- 2005: Patchwork house in Müllheim *
- 2003: Faller PharmaServiceCenter in Binzen *
- 2003: Service center for senior citizens in Lich *
- 1999: Housing complex of the Ecumenical Housing Aid in Darmstadt
- 1998: Administration and warehouse of the Sinotex company in Binzen
- 1998: Schmidt joinery in Ehrenkirchen
- 1996: Catholic Church of the Good Shepherd (Frankfurt am Main) and community center in Frankfurt-Niedererlenbach
- 1995: Conversion of the old town hall in Lörrach into an adult education center and senior citizens' meeting place
- 1993: Dreispitz residential complex on the Salzert
- 1992: Lörrach City Library (renovation)
- 1991: Vitra AG conference pavilion in Weil am Rhein (contact architect of Tadao Ando )
- 1990: Vitra AG fire station in Weil am Rhein (contact architect of Zaha Hadid )
- 1989: Kirchhölzle residential complex in Schopfheim
- 1989: Schildackerweg residential complex in Freiburg im Breisgau
- 1988: funeral hall in Maulburg
- 1986: Vitra Design Museum in Weil am Rhein (contact architect of Frank O. Gehry )
- 1984: Edward H. Tarr and Irmtraud Tarr's house in Rheinfelden (Baden) , Eichsel district
* With Pfeifer- Roser- Kuhn architects
Publications
- with Holger Reiners and Antje M. Liebers: Der neue Holzbau , Munich 1998, ISBN 3766712810
- with Rolf Ramcke , Joachim Achtziger, Konrad Zilch : Masonry Atlas. Basel 2001, ISBN 3764364785 .
- with Antje M. Liebers and Per Brauneck: exposed concrete. Technology and design , Düsseldorf 2005, ISBN 3764003715
- Apartment typologies , Stuttgart 2005, ISBN 3782811429
- with Per Brauneck: Hofhäuser. A prospective housing typology in four volumes. Volume 1 , Basel 2007, ISBN 3764378395
- with Per Brauneck: terraced houses. A prospective housing typology in four volumes. Volume 2 , Basel 2007, ISBN 3764378379
- with Biljana Stefanovska: Invention of living. 10 basic lectures , Tübingen 2007, ISBN 3-8030-0673-2
- with Per Brauneck: town houses. A prospective housing typology in four volumes. Volume 3 , Basel 2008, ISBN 3764386096
- (Editor) The Typology of the Hofhaus , Freiburg 2008, ISBN 978-3-940548-01-6
- Ernst Leicht - On building and thinking , Freiburg 2008, ISBN 978-3-940548-06-1
literature
- Reinhard Hübsch: Reduction and distance. On psychology in architecture. The architect Günter Pfeifer , Darmstadt 1995, ISBN 3923974442
Web links
- Literature by and about Günter Pfeifer in the catalog of the German National Library
- Günter Pfeifer. In: arch INFORM .
- Günter Pfeifer's website
- Pfeifer Kuhn Architects' website
- Internet presence of the chair of Günter Pfeifer at the TU Darmstadt
Individual evidence
- ^ "Curriculum vitae on Günter Pfeifer's website"
- ↑ http://www.augustinus-hn.de/component/content/article/105?b1d838a2f001703ef31d062461307d71=20197cc004d86eb2a61af0c01dede670
- ↑ BauNetz : pioneer of ecological building. Semper Architecture Prize for Günter Pfeifer , article from June 17, 2009, last accessed on May 28, 2019
- ↑ http://www.badische-zeitung.de/fotos-das-neue-zentrale-kunstdepot-in-freiburg
- ↑ Archive link ( Memento from January 7, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ http://www.badische-zeitung.de/die-stadtbibliothek-rheinfelden-ist-eroeffnet
- ^ Reconstruction of the old town hall in Lörrach . last accessed on May 28, 2019
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Pfeifer, Günter |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German architect |
DATE OF BIRTH | July 18, 1943 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Schopfheim |