Gerhard Guder

Gerhard Guder (born June 6, 1924 in Spremberg ; † December 30, 2013 in Dresden ) was a German architect and urban planner .

Life

education

After attending school, Guder studied at the Higher Technical State College in Dresden from 1938 and completed an apprenticeship as a bricklayer in 1939/1940. From 1942 to 1944 he worked as a site manager and construction technician at the Brüx hydrogenation plant (now Most (Czech Republic) ). In 1944 he returned to Dresden and graduated from the State Building Schools in Dresden and Frankfurt am Main as an engineer for structural engineering. From 1946 to 1950 he worked as a freelance architect in Dresden.

Working as an architect

Reconstruction of the west side of the old market (1954)

Pedestrian bridge in Cottbus (1974)

One of Guder's first major tasks after being taken over by VEB Bauplanung Sachsen in 1950 was to take part in the reconstruction of the Dresden Altmarkt , where he worked as a project engineer and deputy chief architect. He was primarily responsible for the interior design of the shops in the new buildings on the west side. He also worked in 1956/1957 in the reconstruction of the Italian village, which was destroyed in the war, and in the construction of the GDR's first self -service restaurant, "HO-Gastronom" on Postplatz . Further construction tasks were the culture house in Neustadt in Saxony , the renovation of the culture house "Tannensäle" in Pirna and various smaller construction projects in and around Dresden.

In 1959, Guder moved to the VEB Cottbus project and housing association Cottbus as chief architect and took over the overall management of the planning for the reconstruction of Cottbus city ​​center. A pedestrian bridge designed by him with a public clock and a square cube house, with which he tried to break through the monotony of the prefabricated construction, attracted national attention . In 1973 he was awarded the National Prize for Art and Literature for his achievements . In addition to his professional activity, from 1964 he was a member of the Presidium and the Federal Board of the Association of Architects of the GDR and from 1966 to 1978 also city ​​councilor in Cottbus.

From 1973 Guder was involved as an artistic consultant in the construction management of the special project in Berlin for the interior construction of the Palace of the Republic . In 1976 he took on tasks relating to the urban planning of the supplementary buildings of the Berlin Charité , at the time the most modern new clinic in Europe.

Activity as a university lecturer

In 1978 Gerhard Guder went back to his hometown Dresden and was employed as a research assistant for residential and public buildings at the architecture section of the Technical University of Dresden . In 1980 he was appointed associate professor for housing construction as successor to Leopold Wiel . Guder's last public project was to take over construction management in the new Prager Straße Nord district in Dresden.

Work after 1989

After his retirement in 1989, he worked as a freelance architect from 1991 until his death, mainly building private single-family houses. From 1991 to 2008 he was also chairman of the regional group in the VDA Saxony. On the occasion of his 85th birthday, he was honored for his services with an exhibition of his life's work.

Work (selection)

• Reconstruction of the Royal Marstall (Reithalle am Zwingerteich ), Dresden (1952)
• Reconstruction of the old market (west side), Dresden (1953–1956)
• District Culture House, Neustadt in Saxony (1954/1955)
• Reconstruction of the Italian village , Dresden (1956/1957)
• Conversion of the Villa Stockhausen into the "Club of Intelligence" (interior design), Dresden (1956/1957)
• Renovation of the residential building and new construction of two research buildings for the Ardenne Institute (1958)
• Overall planning for the Cottbus city center, u. a. City promenade Cottbus with pedestrian bridge and fountain, residential high-rise Leipziger Strasse, cube houses Rudolf-Rothkegel-Strasse (from 1966)
• Home closing of the housing combine Cottbus, Geising (1972/1974)
• Overall project Prager Strasse Nord, Dresden (1989–1991)

literature

• Holger Barth: Gerhard Guder. In: From building artist to complex designer. Architects in the GDR. Institute for Regional Development and Structural Planning, Erkner 2000, ISBN 3-934669-00-X .
• Dorit Petschel : 175 years of TU Dresden. Volume 3: The professors of the TU Dresden 1828–2003. Edited on behalf of the Society of Friends and Supporters of the TU Dresden e. V. von Reiner Pommerin , Böhlau, Cologne a. a. 2003, ISBN 3-412-02503-8 .
• Detlef Streitenberger: Gerhard Guder. Architect and university professor. In: Elbhang courier . No. 6/2014.