Gerhard Müller-Menckens

Gerhard Georg Müller-Menckens (born March 14, 1917 in Bremen ; † August 13, 2007 in Bremen) was a Bremen architect and university professor . Müller-Menckens helped shape the cityscape of Bremen during its reconstruction, in the areas of urban expansion and through the modernization of historical buildings. He is considered a representative of traditionalist-modernist architecture.

biography

Müller-Menckens, born as the son of a senior building officer, studied at the Technical University of Hanover and from 1939 at the Technical University of Stuttgart under Paul Schmitthenner architecture. Through Schmitthenner (whose assistant Müller-Menckens became after completing his diploma in Stuttgart) and his "Moralische Anstalt", later known as the " Stuttgart School " (in addition to Schmitthenner, Paul Bonatz and Heinz Wentzel were their representatives), arose a great influence in the work of the Bremen architect: simple, well-designed buildings that are based on the local building tradition.

From 1950, Mueller Mencken made as an independent architect in Bremen independently after he had spent ten years in Swabia and his mentor Schmitthenner - because of its work for the Nazis retired from university teaching -.

1974 Müller-Menckens became a professor at the University of Technology (today University of Bremen ). A few years later he wrote the book New Life for Old Buildings - About the Continuo in Architecture . In it he developed a critical position against certain undesirable developments in late modern architecture, especially against its neglect of the historical heritage. From the mid-1970s onwards, the theoretical underlining of the importance of historical buildings increasingly determined the work of Gerhard Müller-Menckens.

The architect became aware of the general public through his award-winning design for the House of the Bremen Citizenship . The question of how to build on the market, whether traditional and reserved, as Müller-Menckens suggested, or self-confidently modern, as recommended by the award-winning design by Berlin architect Wassili Luckhardt , sparked one of the fiercest architectural debates in the Hanseatic city .

Müller-Menckens was married to Maria Müller-Menckens. This marriage resulted in two sons and two daughters. The former home and office is located in Bremen- Schwachhausen .

Works (selection)

1950: Residential and commercial building of the consumer cooperative "Vorwärts", Greifswalder Strasse 1, Bremen-Gröpelingen
1951: Residential and commercial building, Schwachhauser Heerstraße / Schwachhauser Ring 1
1952: Handelskrankenkasse Am Wall , Bremen
1952: Row houses, Oderstrasse, Bremen-Neustadt
1953: Apartment buildings, Elisabethstrasse, Bremen-Walle
1955: Müller-Menckens residential and studio house, Lortzingstrasse 30, Bremen-Schwachhausen
1955: Sparkasse Bremen competition, Am Markt branch (1st prize), Am Markt 13, Bremen-Mitte
1955: Überlandwerke Nord-Hannover AG (today city office), Bremen
1955: House K., Bremen-Findorff
1956: School on Halmerweg, Bremen- Gröpelingen
1957: Competition in the city hall (with Friedrich Schumacher), Bremen-Findorff
1958: Expansion of Bremer Landesbank with Heinz-Georg Rehberg , Bremen-Mitte
1958–1967: Sparer Dank housing estate , Kulenkampffallee , Bremen-Schwachhausen
1959: Extension of residential house D., Worpswede
1959: Gustav F. Gerdts administration building, Hemmstrasse 130, Bremen-Findorff
1959–1961: Bremen Citizenship Competition (with Hans Joachim Böhmert), Am Markt, Bremen-Mitte
1960: T. House, Worpswede
1960: Single-family row houses, Kulenkampffallee, Bremen-Schwachhausen
1961: Landhaus Müller-Menckens, Hellwege ( Wümme )
1962: Banking house Carl F. Plump & Co. , Bremen
1962: R.
1962: Reconstruction of the sun pharmacy, Schüsselkorb 19, Bremen-Mitte
1962: S. residential building, Bremen-Schwachhausen
1963: Neustadtbrückenkopf residential complex (with Herbert Anker ), Friedrich-Ebert-Strasse / Osterstrasse / Neustadtswall, Bremen-Neustadt
1963: House I., Heinrich-Heine-Straße
1963: Hamburg office building, Steindamm / Brennerstrasse
1964: Norddeutsche Kreditanstalt and Kunsthalle Bremerhaven
1964: Residential and commercial building, Theaterplatz (today Theodor-Heuss-Platz), Bremerhaven
1964: House with pharmacy, Heiligenrode
1964: House G., Freiherr-vom Stein-Strasse, Bremen-Schwachhausen
1964: Landhaus S., Hellwege (Wümme)
1964: Atrium houses Luisenthal, Luisenthal, Bremen-Horn-Lehe
1964: House M., Eversen
1964: Holy Spirit Church, Bremen-Neue Vahr
1964: Landhaus J., Rottier-La-Motte, France
1965: House G., Worpswede
1966: Design of the Theaterberg-Am Wall entrance, Bremen-Mitte
1966: Roof extension, Vogelweide 37, Bremen-Findorff
1966: Church of Reconciliation, Bremen- Sebaldsbrück
1966: Pastor's House of Reconciliation Church, Johann-Focke-Strasse 7, Bremen-Hemelingen
1966: Urban planning design Stadtwaldring, Bremen
1966: Conversion of the Henseler company, Sögestraße 56, Bremen-Mitte
1966: Sewage treatment plant, Bremen- Seehausen
1967: Lörchner nursery, Unter den Linden, Bremen-Burglesum
1967: Kattenturm residential complex, Bremen-Obervieland
1967: Residential and commercial buildings with a bank branch, Unter den Linden / Tannenhof, Bremen-Burglesum
1967: Heinrich Oesterreich medical supply store, Wulwesstrasse 5, Bremen-Mitte
1967: Office and commercial building, Martinistraße 57, Bremen-Mitte
1968: House W., Eekenhöge, Bremen-Oberneuland
1968: House P., Am Rüten 47, Bremen-Oberneuland
1968: Change to the facade of the fashion house von Gösseln, Am Wall, Bremen-Mitte
1968: House Z., Schirwindter Strasse, Bremen-Schwachhausen
1969: House P., Steinmetzenweg, Bremen-Hemelingen
1969: Office building for Lexzau, Scharbau , Bremen (on the ceiling of the former submarine bunker Hornisse )
1969: Huckelriede cemetery , Bremen- habenhausen
1969: Expansion of the trade association retail trade, Westerstraße (Bremen) 10, Bremen-Neustadt
1970: Reconstruction of Steipe , Trier
1970: P.
1970: T. residential and commercial building, Steinmetzenweg, Bremen-Hemelingen
1970: House B., Eekenhöge, Bremen-Oberneuland
1970: T.
1970: Competition Osterholzer Friedhof, Osterholzer Heerstraße 32–34, Bremen-Osterholz
1971: Design of the entrance gate to Roseliushaus, Böttcherstraße 6–10, Bremen-Mitte
1970: House A., Steinmetzenweg, Bremen-Hemelingen
1971: Installation of a gallery floor in Harms Am Wall, Am Wall, Bremen-Mitte
1971: Ludwig Roselius Museum for Early History, Worpswede
1972: New building Bremer Landesbank (with Heinz-Georg-Rehberg), Domshof 26, Bremen-Mitte
1972: Überlandwerke Nord- Hannover warehouse building, Lötzener Strasse / Steubenstrasse
1972: House and hotel complex of Jürgens Holz, Oberneulander Landstrasse , Bremen- Oberneuland
1972: House W.
1973: Residential house, Parkstrasse 43, Bremen-Schwachhausen
1973: Sewage treatment plant, Bremen- Farge
1973: Rhenus House, Bremen
1973: Zoning plan for Klattenhof, Worpswede
1973: Urban design for the car-free city of Vegesack
1973: Commercial building, Tiefer 2, Bremen-Mitte
1974: House F., Lindenweg 7b, Bremen-Oberneuland
1974: Small group arbor competition
1974: S. House, Fischerhude
1974: Otto Modersohn Museum, In der Brendenau 95, Fischerhude (extensions: 1985, 1996)
1975: Geestemünder Bank, Borriesstrasse branch, remodeling of the cash desk
1975: Design of the paving at Böttcherstraße , Bremen-Mitte
1975: House K., Worpswede
1975: Nienburg cemetery, Am Kräher Weg
1976: In den Sandwehen school center, Neuenkirchener Weg 119–121, Bremen-Blumenthal
1976: Bank branch office building, Bgm.-Schmidt-Straße, Bremerhaven
1976: House G., Rosental, Bremen-Horn-Lehe
1976: Geestemünder Bank, Wulsdorf branch, Bremerhaven
1976: Swimming pool house B., Eekenhöge 12, Bremen-Oberneuland
1976: Packhaus Theater Bremen
1976: Reconstruction of the Geestemünder Bank credit department, Bremerhaven
1976: Landhaus R., Cuxhaven
1976: Egestorff Foundation , renovation of the manor house, Stiftungsweg 2, Bremen-Osterholz
1978: Sch. Residential building, Otterstedt
1978: Bathing center at the Palaisgarten, Rastede
1978: House L., Unter den Eichen 38, Oldenburg
1979: Competition Community Center Wahnbeck, Oldenburg
1979: Geestemünder Bank, Speckenbüttel branch, conversion of a residential building, Bremerhaven
1979: Housing complex F., Fischerhude
1979: Sparkasse in Bremen, Gerhardt-Rohlfs-Straße branch, Bremen-Vegesack
1980: Expansion of the Sparkasse Am Brill , Bremen
1980: House B., Deliusweg 12, Bremen-Horn-Lehe
1980: Local museum Fischerhude
1980: Design Hotel Ibis, Martinistraße, Bremen-Mitte
1981: Reconstruction of the Sch. Residential building, Quelkhorn
1981: Conversion of Gut Sandbeck , Sandbeckstrasse 13, Osterholz-Scharmbeck
1981: Sulingen community center, Lange Strasse 67
1981: Landhaus B. (Hof Adiek), Wiersdorf / Zeven
1982: “Kleiner Markt” residential development in the ferry district, Bremen- Vegesack
1982: Reconstruction of Bederkesa Castle

1982: Reconstruction of the Sch. Residential building, Rotenburg

1982: Conversion of the Huckelriede nursery

1982: Reconstruction of the gate house at Bischofstor , Am Wall 211, Bremen-Mitte

1983: Reconstruction of Etelsen Castle , Bremer Straße 2, Langwedel-Etelsen

1983: Reconstruction of the Parkhotel Bremen , in the Bürgerpark

1984: Überlandwerke North Hanover, Jesteburg plant

1984: Reconstruction of residential building A., Helgoland

1984: Garden courtyard residential building G., Max-Reger-Strasse 25, Bremen-Schwachhausen

1984: Emden University of Applied Sciences

1984: Redesign of the cash desk at Sparkasse Am Brill, Bremen

1984: House L., Marcusallee 8, Bremen-Horn-Lehe

1984: C. residential and commercial building, Bremen- Blumenthal

1985: First expansion of the Otto Modersohn Museum, In der Bredenau 95, Fischerhude

1985: Mehde-Park residential and commercial building, Zeven

1986: Extension of the art show Fischerhude, Zum Dieker Ort 25

1986: Draft facade of the social welfare office, Martinistraße, Bremen-Mitte

1986: Überlandwerke Nord- Hannover interior design, network control center, Hannover

1986: Preliminary draft street space design bowl basket, Bremen-Mitte

1986: Reconstruction of residential building, Stader Strasse 22, Bremen-Eastern suburb

1986: Restoration of the Queen Christinen House , Zeven

1987: Gut Sandbeck , redesign of a small barn, Sandbeckstrasse 13, Osterholz-Scharmbeck

1987: Geestbankhaus, Am Alten Hafen 118, Bremerhaven

1988: Reconstruction of the church "Unser Lieben Frauen", Kirchstrasse 11A, Fischerhude

1988: Renovation of the Zeven Monastery Museum

1988: Preliminary design for a 140-bed hotel, Lemgo

1988: Conversion of office building H., Bremen

1989: Reconstruction and redesign of the Carl F. Plump & Co. bank , Am Markt 18, Bremen-Mitte

1989: Renovation of the home building in Soltau, Poststrasse 11, Soltau

1989: House R., Bremerhaven

1989: Renovation of house T., Schorf 13A, Bremen-Horn-Lehe

1989: House M., Bremen

1990: Remodeling of the Müller-Menckens residential and studio house, Lortzingstrasse 28, Bremen-Schwachhausen

1990: H. Modersohn studio house, Hellweg (Wümme)

1990: House P., Worphausen

1990: Busestraße residential complex, Bremen-Schwachhausen

1990: Draft of the reconstruction of the LVA Oldenburg-Bremen, Huntestraße 5–7, Oldenburg

1990: Renovation of the Golden Hall in Schütting, Am Markt, Bremen-Mitte

1990: Reconstruction of a monument in Osterholz-Scharmbeck, behind the church 13

1991: Conversion of Vorwerk Höge, Lilienthal

1991: Reconstruction of residential house R., Bremerhaven

1991: Draft for the reconstruction of the Palais Lichtenau , Behlertstrasse 31, Potsdam

1991: House M., Deliusweg 18, Bremen-Horn-Lehe

1991: Draft conversion of residential house R., Lortzingstrasse 12, Bremen-Schwachhausen

1992: Salztorhaus Stade, Beim Salztor 2

1992: Conversion with an extension at Murkens Hof , Klosterstraße 25, Lilienthal

1992: Reconstruction of the Havelberg Cathedral

1993: Reconstruction of the Lilienthal open-air stage, Klosterstrasse 21

1993: Teerhof bridgehead building (after competition), Teerhof 8, Bremen-Neustadt

1993: Conversion of the prayer room in the deaconess mother house, Rotenburg

1993: Reconstruction of the Kreissparkasse Soltau, Poststrasse 3/5

1993: Worphausen handicraft barn

1994: Renovation and new construction of the Kantor-Helmke-Haus, Am Kirchhof 10, Rotenburg

1994: Second expansion of the Otto Modersohn Museum, In der Bredenau 95, Fischerhude

1994: Meeting place Gut Kreisau

1994: House K., Bad Oeynhausen

1994: Lilienthal market square

1996: Renovation of the S. residential building, Parkallee 255, Bremen-Schwachhausen

1997: Renovation of the concert hall Die Glocke , Domsheide 4–5, Bremen-Mitte

1997: Teerhof- Mitte competition , Bremen-Neustadt

1997: Draft redesign of the Rotenburg city church

1993–1998: Weserwehr , Bremen (1993, lock: 1998)

1998: Renovation of the residential and commercial building, Domsheide 3, Bremen-Mitte

1998: Design of the Moorland holiday complex, Fischerhude

1998: Reconstruction of the Bremen Chamber of Crafts , Ansgaritorstrasse 24, Bremen-Mitte

1998: Reconstruction of residential house K., Eekenhöge, Bremen-Oberneuland

1999: Draft redesign of Vegesack harbor

2001: Design and redesign of the Grambker Dorfstraße primary school, Bremen-Burglesum

Bremer Landesbank
Packhaus Theater Bremen

Awards

Heinrich Tessenow Medal in gold, awarded by the University of Hanover "for the rich, exemplary life's work in architectural quality", 1978
Ring of Honor of the Regional Association of the Former Duchies of Bremen and Verden , 1990
BDA Lower Saxony Prize for the Ludwig Roselius Museum , 1981

Publications

New life for old buildings. About the continuo in architecture. With a foreword by Jürgen Rausch . Stuttgart 1979.
As editor: Beauty rests in order. Paul Schmitthenner on his 100th birthday . Wolfdruck Verlag, Bremen 1984.
Bremen's great contribution to urban development. On the creation and further development of the Bremen house . In: Classicism in Bremen. Forms of bourgeois culture . Yearbook of Wittheit zu Bremen 1993/1994, Bremen 1993.
Tradition and innovation. About building in the historical stock. A little college on a big topic . Publication of the Institute for Urban Development, Housing and Regional Planning, University of Hanover, Hanover 1997.
Sketchbooks . 1998

Exhibitions

From April 27 to June 1, 2009, the Bremen Center for Building Culture showed a works exhibition about the architect Gerhard Müller-Menckens, which was created in collaboration with the family. There is also a film documentary about the architect's work.

literature

Volker Plagemann, Eberhard Syring: Continuo - The Architect Gerhard Müller-Menckens 1917–2007 . Aschenbeck Verlag, Bremen, ISBN 978-3941624160
Nils Aschenbeck : Timely assignment of the architect Müller-Menckens. Drawings and architecture . Aschenbeck & Holstein Verlag, Delmenhorst, ISBN 3932292138

Individual evidence

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↑ Baumeister 48 (1951) 4, p. 216

personal data
SURNAME	Müller-Menckens, Gerhard
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	MM; Müller-Menckens, Gerhard Georg
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German architect and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH	March 14, 1917
PLACE OF BIRTH	Bremen
DATE OF DEATH	August 13, 2007
Place of death	Bremen

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[2] Baumeister 48 (1951) 4, p. 216