Gerhart Laage

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Gerhart Laage (born April 19, 1925 in Hamburg ; † April 21, 2012 ) was a German architect and professor at the University of Hanover , from 1974 to 1975 he was also the rector of the university.

Life

Laage studied from 1948 to 1953 at the Technical University of Braunschweig with Friedrich Wilhelm Kraemer . He then ran an architecture office together with his father Richard Laage .

From 1963 until his retirement in 1992, Laage was professor at the Institute for the History and Theory of Architecture at the University of Hanover. In 1963 he was awarded a scholarship at the Deutsche Akademie Villa Massimo .

Laage had a childhood friendship with Helmut Schmidt , whom he advised on issues of architecture and urban planning during his time as Federal Chancellor (1974–1982). This also called him to the Friday Society .

From 1960 Gerhart Laage was a member of the board of the Hamburg regional group of the Association of German Architects (BDA) for thirteen years and from 1990 to 1992 President of the Federal Chamber of Architects .

In 2008 he was awarded a Dr.-Ing. PhD .

plant

Dietrich Bonhoeffer Church in Hamburg-Dulsberg

Fonts

  • (Together with Max-Walter Herr) Today's apartment for tomorrow's demands. Definition and development of a German housing standard (= GEWOS series of publications. New series. Volume 5). Christians Verlag, Hamburg 1971.
  • Environment and participation. Goals, participants, methods, organization and planning. Callwey Verlag, Munich 1973, ISBN 3-7667-0286-6 .
  • Planning to learn a fairy tale from one who set out to be afraid. Nine horror stories from a working day of the architect Bähnelz (= TAP texts. Volume 4). Chair for Theory of Architectural Planning, Technical University of Hanover, Hanover 1975.
  • (Together with Holger Michaelis , Heiner Renk) Planning theory for architects. Development, methods, application. Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt, Stuttgart 1976. ISBN 3-421-02474-X .
  • Living begins on the street. Improvement of residential value through measures in the residential area. Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt, Stuttgart 1977. ISBN 3-421-02513-4 .
  • Architectural Planning Manual. Verlag Kohlhammer, Stuttgart / Berlin / Cologne / Mainz 1978, ISBN 3-17-004667-5 .
  • Neither dream nor trauma. Contributions to a people-friendly architecture. Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt, Stuttgart 1978, ISBN 3-421-02528-2 .
  • The town house, more than just a design. Opportunities, demands, concepts in housing and urban development. Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt, Stuttgart 1979, ISBN 3-421-02536-3 .
  • In the town house. Live free - live independently. Bausparkasse Schwäbisch Hall, Schwäbisch Hall 1979.
  • The caliph gave him plenty of presents. A German-oriental story about urban planning. (= TAP texts. Volume 15). Chair for Theory of Architectural Planning, Technical University of Hanover, Hanover [1981].
  • The house in the Spessart. Weird, non-profit, alternative to housing. (= TAP texts. Volume 21). Institute for Architecture and Planning Theory, Hanover [1983?].
  • (Together with Michael Bergholter) Why is it not always built like this? Experience in saving costs and space in housing and urban development. Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt, Stuttgart 1985, ISBN 3-421-02837-0 .
  • DIY primer. Experience and advice on converting terraced houses. (= Foundations of alternative architecture. Volume 22). 2nd Edition. CF Müller Verlag, Karlsruhe 1987, ISBN 3-7880-7307-1 .
  • From architects, bosses and construction workers. Four satirical stories. Beton-Verlag, Düsseldorf 1989, ISBN 3-7640-0260-3 .
  • Architecture is a matter of luck. Five satirical stories. Beton-Verlag, Düsseldorf 1997, ISBN 3-7640-0372-3 .
  • The emotional city. About planning, building and the feelings of the residents. Dölling and Galitz Verlag, Munich 2005, ISBN 3-937-90408-5 .
  • Architecture only makes sense through people. Approaches to a user-oriented theory of architectural planning in the second half of the 20th century. A contribution to city marketing at the beginning of the 21st century? Self-published, Hamburg 2009 (dissertation).
  • Greetings from the Minotaur. Association of German Architects, Hamburg eV, Hamburg 2011.
  • Letters to townspeople. About the social effects of architecture. Langewiesche-Brandt, Ebenhausen near Munich 2014, ISBN 978-3-7846-1229-4 .

literature

Web links

Commons : Gerhart Laage  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Obituary in: Hannoversche Allgemeine Zeitung of May 12, 2012
  2. ↑ Villa Massimo | Scholarships. Retrieved August 22, 2019 .
  3. ↑ a b c d Ralf Lange: Hamburg. Reconstruction and re-planning 1943-1963. Langewiesche publishing house, Königstein im Taunus 1994, ISBN 3-7845-4610-2 . P. 322
  4. ↑ Karin Berkemann : "Tomorrow's architecture!" Hamburg's post-war churches . Ed .: Monument Protection Office Hamburg. Dölling and Galitz Verlag , Hamburg 2007, ISBN 978-3-937904-60-3 , p. 73 .
personal data
SURNAME Laage, Gerhart
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German architect, professor and rector of the University of Hanover
DATE OF BIRTH April 19, 1925
PLACE OF BIRTH Hamburg
DATE OF DEATH April 21, 2012