Gottfried Schindler (architect, 1904)

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Schindler bunker in Au SG
Schindler bunker in Schwaderloch

Gottfried Schindler (born June 28, 1904 ; † after 1968) was a Swiss architect .

From 1923 to 1928 he completed a degree in architecture at the ETH Zurich . In 1935 he founded an architecture office on Bärengasse in Zurich, which mainly dealt with building shelters and also planned the shelters for the Federal Palace. He held Swiss and German patents for small bunkers that were absolutely safe to hit.

After the Second World War, together with the building contractor Ernst Göhner , he developed the element construction system known as "Göhner-Schindler", in which components were prefabricated and put together on the construction site.

In the Swiss Army , Gottfried Schindler achieved the rank of colonel .

Web links

Commons : Schindlerbunker  - collection of images, videos and audio files

literature

  • G. Risch: Architect Gottfried Schindler at the age of 65 . Schweizerische Bauzeitung, 1969 (87), page 520 f.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Swiss Patent 191 040 and DRP 656 577
personal data
SURNAME Schindler, Gottfried
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss architect
DATE OF BIRTH June 28, 1904
DATE OF DEATH 20th century or 21st century