Gerhard Wilcken

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Gerhard Wilcken (born November 23, 1917 in Lübeck ; † January 9, 2011 in Schopfheim ; full name: Gerhard Friedrich Wilhelm Wilcken ) was a German architect and civil engineer .

Life

Wilcken was born as the youngest of seven children of drugstore wholesaler Johannes Wilcken (Wilcken & Ahlers, Mengstraße 17) and, like his father and siblings before, attended the Johanneum in Lübeck . After an apprenticeship as a carpenter , he first studied architecture at the Lübeck State Building School and later civil engineering at the Technical University of Munich . He had been a Rotarian since 1965 , a founding member of the Steinen tennis club and played golf in Basel and Valbonne until he was 90 .

Act

Gerhard Wilcken specialized in industrial buildings . With his office for industrial construction (BfI), which at times had 25 employees, he planned shed roof buildings for the textile, chemical and mechanical engineering industries in the border triangle between Germany , Switzerland and France . In these projects, Wilcken attached particular importance to the ergonomic workplace lighting developed together with Heinrich Dame and Fritz Reuter, the later founders of Durlum GmbH in Schopfheim , using fluorescent tubes .

In his later buildings, the focus was on the integration of automation and conveyor technology, a highlight was the logistics center for the Schöpflin mail order company, whose conveyor technology was controlled by computers using barcode readers as early as the early 1970s .

Wilcken's rational industrial buildings are characterized by the high variability of the usable space and unlimited functionality, which was achieved through the consistent use of modern steel support structures.

For 30 years he planned and managed pro bono construction work for accommodation and school buildings as well as the workshops for the disabled at the Pestalozzi Children's and Youth Village in Wahlwies , which was run by one of his war comrades, Hermann Scheer.

Honors

Gerhard Wilcken was named a Paul Harris Fellow by Rotary International in 2007 for his decades of commitment to the benefit of disadvantaged children.

plant

Industrial buildings

Other construction jobs

  • Accommodation and school building for the Pestalozzi Children's and Youth Village in Wahlwies
  • 1982–1983: “Seeboden” sports hall in Wehr
  • 1986: School building extension in Öflingen, Wehr
  • 1986–1987: Fire station and tower in Schopfheim
  • Apartment buildings on Karlsbader Strasse in Schopfheim
  • Residential houses in Schopfheim, Zell, Lörrach, Wahlwies and Wehr
  • Renovation of the Protestant church in Zell
  • Evangelical Church in Wehr

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l Specialist for industrial buildings: Gerhard Wilcken has died. in Badische Zeitung on January 13, 2011
  2. ↑ a b c Exemplary industrial building style  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. in Markgräfler Tagblatt dated January 13, 2011 "Last Saturday" (i.e. January 8) is erroneously named in this source as the anniversary of Wilcken's death .@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.verlagshaus-jaumann.de  
  3. ↑ a b With an optimistic view of the future. In: Badische Zeitung of March 27, 1975, p. 11.
  4. ↑ Rotary Magazine 12/2007
  5. ↑ a b c d Architectural signs in : Badische Zeitung of November 22, 1997
  6. ↑ a b c d e Numerous industrial buildings planned In: Badische Zeitung of November 23, 2002
  7. ↑ Tower over an open plan office. In: Zentralblatt für Industriebau , 1978, No. 4, p. 232.
personal data
SURNAME Wilcken, Gerhard
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Wilcken, Gerhard Friedrich Wilhelm (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German architect and civil engineer
DATE OF BIRTH November 23, 1917
PLACE OF BIRTH Lübeck
DATE OF DEATH January 9, 2011
Place of death Schopfheim