Högna Sigurðardóttir

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Högna Sigurðardóttir (also: Sigurðardóttir-Anspach; born July 6, 1929 in Birtingaholti, Vestmannaeyjar , Iceland ; † February 10, 2017 in Reykjavík ) was a leading Icelandic architect . Her 1960s residential buildings in Iceland combine local traditions with brutalist modernity . In France, where she mainly worked as an architect, her work focused on educational institutions and other public buildings.

Life

Högna Sigurðardóttir grew up in a small fishing village on the Westman Islands on the south coast of Iceland. With her career aspiration to be an architect, she applied to various European universities and was finally accepted - without any knowledge of French - at the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris in 1949 , which she graduated in 1960. In 1948 she married Gerhardt (also: Gérald) Anspach, a Berlin-born emigrant who had participated with the US Army in the Allied landings in Normandy and then studied art in Paris. They had two daughters and after a stopover in New York settled in Paris.

Although Sigurðardóttir had had her own office in Paris since 1961, after the birth of her first daughter she temporarily worked again in Iceland, where she designed some residential buildings in the 1960s, which were praised for the skilful combination of Icelandic building traditions with brutalist modern architecture. Her Bakkaflöt house in Garðabær from 1965 was listed in World Architecture: a Critical Mosaic as one of the 100 most important buildings of the 20th century in Europe.

From 1963 to 1966 she was employed as an urban planner at the Institut d'aménagement et d'urbanisme de la Région parisienne , where she met her colleague Adrien Fainsilber . With a joint design, they took part in the ideas competition for the development of the University of Paris Nord in Villetaneuse in 1967 and won first place. The two architects then oversaw the implementation of the project. The next joint project was the University of Compiègne in collaboration with Fainsilber and another architect.

In the 1970s Högna worked with various partners in the joint architecture office: Jean-Pierre Humbaire became her first partner in 1972, André Crespel in 1974 and Bernard Ropa in 1988. At times the office operated under the name ACHR. Her architectural focus in France was on the construction of educational buildings (schools, kindergartens) and other public buildings.

After separating from her husband in 1992, Högna Sigurðardóttir returned to Iceland. One daughter, filmmaker Sólveig Anspach (* 1960), died of cancer in 2015.

On the occasion of her eightieth birthday and a donation of her work to the Reykjavík Art Museum, the latter organized the architect's first retrospective in collaboration with the Icelandic Architects' Association at the end of 2009 .

Buildings and projects

Iceland

  • House on Vestmannaeyjar Islands (while studying), destroyed by volcanic eruption in 1973
  • Nursery in Hveragerði (final thesis, 1960)
  • Brynjólfshús house , Sunnubraut, Kópavogur , 1963
  • Hafsteinshus house , Bakkaflöt 1, Garðabæ / Gardahreppur; 1965–1968, listed since 2011/2012
  • House Hrauntunga, Kópavogur , ("in the same era")
  • Thorvardarhús house , Brekkugerði 19, Reykjavík, 1965
  • Swimming pool in Kópavogur , 1962–1967 (1st phase), renovation 1985, extension 1992
  • Ofanleitiskapella, chapel for Heimaey , Vestmannaeyjar Islands (project, 1981)

France (ACHR)

  • Université de technologie de Compiègne - residence complex (with Jean-Pierre Humbaire), 1970-1972 (?)
  • Center de loisirs des Quatre-Arbres, Élancourt , 1975-1980
  • Lycée technique René Cassin, Noisiel , Marne-le-Vallée , 1978 (1st prize competition), 1981 (completion)
  • Lycée François Truffaut, Bondoufle , 1987 (1st prize competition), 1988-1990
  • École élémentaire publique Pierre Villette, rue des Sablons, school complex in Saint Thibault des Vignes , 1991
  • Ecole Maternelle Alfred Chartier, Croissy-Beaubourg , 1982-1983
  • Crèche (Kindergarten / Daycare) Jules Ferry, Massy
  • Lycée technique René Cassin (supplementary building) , Noisiel , Marne-le-Vallée , 1990
  • School complex Pyramides, Évry , 1991 (project / competition entry)
  • Caserne des pompiers ( fire station ), Pantin , 1991 (1st prize competition), implemented by Bernard Ropa in 1996
  • Archives of the Ministry of Finance in Savigny-le-Temple , 1998
  • University of the new town Marne-la-Vallee (competition 1992, with G. Hitter; implementation?)

Awards

Fonts

literature

  • Marja-Riitta Norri, Maija Kärkkäinen: Högna Sigurdardóttir-Anspach: Revealing the Social Content. Museum of Finnish Architecture, 1992. ISBN 951-9229-76-0 (English / Icelandic)
  • Listasafn Reykjavíkur and Arkitektafélag Íslands: Högna Sigurðardóttir arkitekt - efni andi í byggingarlist; Kjarvalsstöðum 2009-2010 (catalog for the exhibition at Reykjavík Art Museum )

Exhibitions

  • Högna Sigurðardóttir - Matter and Spirit in Architecture - Retrospective at the Reykjavík Art Museum , November 7th 2009 - February 28th 2010

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Högna Sigurðardóttir. In: secure.mbl.is. February 6, 2017. Retrieved August 11, 2017 (Icelandic).
  2. ↑ a b Högna Sigurðardóttir: Brekkugerði 19 House, 1961 D –1964. In: #SOSBrutalism. German Architecture Museum / Wüstenrot Foundation, accessed on July 24, 2017 (English).
  3. ^ A b Laurent Carpentier: Sólveig Anspach filme le bonheur en urgence. In: lemonde.fr. January 21, 2014, accessed July 25, 2017 (French).
  4. ↑ Brynjólfur Þór Guðmundsson: Högna Sigurðardóttir Latin. Ríkisútvarpið (State Broadcasting Company), February 14, 2017, accessed July 25, 2017 (Icelandic).
  5. ^ A b c Marja-Riitta Norri, Maija Kärkkäinen: Högna Sigurdardóttir-Anspach: Revealing the Social Content . 1992, ISBN 951-9229-76-0 , pp. 10-14, 41 .
  6. ↑ a b c Högna Sigurðardóttir - Matter and Spirit in Architecture. In: http://artmuseum.is/ . Retrieved July 24, 2017 .
  7. ↑ Guja Dögg Hauksdóttir: Högna Sigurðardóttir Anspach (1929–2017). In: artforum.com. Artforum International Magazine, July 10, 2017, accessed July 24, 2017 .
  8. ^ Wilfried Wang: Hafsteinhus - House at Bakkaflot, Gardahreppur, Iceland, 1963-1967, arch. Hogna Sigurdardottir-Anspach . In: Kenneth Frampton (Ed.): World Architecture 1900-2000: A Critical Mosaic. tape 3 . Springer, Vienna / New York, p. 178 .
  9. ^ A b c d e Marja-Riitta Norri, Maija Kärkkäinen: An architectural autobiography. Questions to Högna Sigurdardóttir . In: Högna Sigurdardóttir-Anspach: Revealing the Social Content . 1992, ISBN 951-9229-76-0 , pp. 45-51 .
  10. ^ Ropa & Associés Architecture - Agence. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on March 27, 2017 ; Retrieved July 25, 2017 (French).
  11. ↑ Monique Marcy: Cajarc. Gérald Anspach, une vie dans l'histoire. In: La Dépêche du Midi. January 23, 2013, accessed July 25, 2017 (French).
  12. ^ Jean-Luc Bonnay: Le Cancer a encore fait une victime… Adieu Solveig !!! August 8, 2015, accessed July 25, 2017 (French).
  13. ↑ Guja Dögg Hauksdóttir: Náttúran, veðráttan og sagan. In: Morgunblaðið. November 8, 2009. Retrieved August 10, 2017 (Icelandic).
  14. ^ Marja-Riitta Norri, Maija Kärkkäinen: Högna Sigurdardóttir-Anspach: Revealing the Social Content . 1992, ISBN 951-9229-76-0 , pp. 4-6 .
  15. ↑ a b c Hogna Sigurdardottir-Anspach: Trois maisons à Reykjavik . In: André Schimmerling, Dominique Beaux (ed.): Le carre bleu . tape 3/84 , itinéraire nordique / 2, 1984, ISSN  0008-6878 , p. 25–29 ( digitized at http://portaildocumentaire.citedelarchitecture.fr/ [PDF]).
  16. ^ Marja-Riitta Norri, Maija Kärkkäinen: Högna Sigurdardóttir-Anspach: Revealing the Social Content . 1992, ISBN 951-9229-76-0 , pp. 7-9 .
  17. ↑ Bakkaflöt 1 - Högna Sigurðardóttir. In: europeana.eu. The National Architectural Heritage Board, accessed July 25, 2017 .
  18. ^ Marja-Riitta Norri, Maija Kärkkäinen: Högna Sigurdardóttir-Anspach: Revealing the Social Content . 1992, ISBN 951-9229-76-0 , pp. 46 .
  19. ↑ Málþing: Ofanleitiskapella Högnu Sigurðardóttur. Retrieved July 26, 2017 (Icelandic).
  20. ^ A b Marja-Riitta Norri, Maija Kärkkäinen: Högna Sigurdardóttir-Anspach: Revealing the Social Content . 1992, ISBN 951-9229-76-0 , pp. 18-23 .
  21. ↑ Université de technologie de Compiègne - Les résidences . In: L'Architecture D'Aujourd 'Hui - L'Universite . No. 183 . Paris January 1976, p. 14–15 ( digitized at [http://www.baupal.com.br/baupal.com.br (Docpro)]).
  22. ↑ center de loisirs des Quatre-Arbres. In: culture.gouv.fr. Ministère de la culture - Bases du Patrimoine, accessed on July 28, 2017 (French, contains further references).
  23. ^ Marja-Riitta Norri, Maija Kärkkäinen: Högna Sigurdardóttir-Anspach: Revealing the Social Content . 1992, ISBN 951-9229-76-0 , pp. 31-33 .
  24. ^ Lycée technique in Marne la Valée, France. (Hogna Sigurdardottir-Anspach, André Crespel, Jean Pierre Humbaire, Yves Poinsot, Paris) . In: Bauwelt . tape 25 . Bertelsmann, Berlin 1983 (not viewed, checked).
  25. ^ Finnish Society of Crafts and Design (ed.): Form Function Finland . No. 1-3 , 1992.
  26. ^ Marja-Riitta Norri, Maija Kärkkäinen: Högna Sigurdardóttir-Anspach: Revealing the Social Content . 1992, ISBN 951-9229-76-0 , pp. 24-27 .
  27. ^ Marja-Riitta Norri, Maija Kärkkäinen: Högna Sigurdardóttir-Anspach: Revealing the Social Content . 1992, ISBN 951-9229-76-0 , pp. 28 .
  28. ^ Marja-Riitta Norri, Maija Kärkkäinen: Högna Sigurdardóttir-Anspach: Revealing the Social Content . 1992, ISBN 951-9229-76-0 , pp. 29-30 .
  29. ^ Marja-Riitta Norri, Maija Kärkkäinen: Högna Sigurdardóttir-Anspach: Revealing the Social Content . 1992, ISBN 951-9229-76-0 , pp. 34-35 .
  30. ^ Marja-Riitta Norri, Maija Kärkkäinen: Högna Sigurdardóttir-Anspach: Revealing the Social Content . 1992, ISBN 951-9229-76-0 , pp. 36 .
  31. ^ Marja-Riitta Norri, Maija Kärkkäinen: Högna Sigurdardóttir-Anspach: Revealing the Social Content . 1992, ISBN 951-9229-76-0 , pp. 38-39 .
  32. ↑ Barracks des Pompiers de Pantin - Logement. In: pss-archi.eu. Retrieved August 10, 2017 (French).
  33. ^ Savigny-le-Temple / Archives du ministère des Finances Dignité d'une institution. In: lemoniteur.fr. March 20, 1998, accessed July 27, 2017 (French).
  34. ↑ Savigny-Le-Temple Center D'Archives Économiques Et Financières. (No longer available online.) In: ropa.fr. Archived from the original on August 16, 2017 ; accessed on July 27, 2017 (French).
  35. ^ Marja-Riitta Norri, Maija Kärkkäinen: Högna Sigurdardóttir-Anspach: Revealing the Social Content . 1992, ISBN 951-9229-76-0 , pp. 37 .
  36. ^ Marja-Riitta Norri, Maija Kärkkäinen: Högna Sigurdardóttir-Anspach: Revealing the Social Content . 1992, ISBN 951-9229-76-0 , pp. 40 .
  37. ↑ a b Högna Sigurðardóttir - Efni og andi í byggingarlist. In: listasafnreykjavikur.is. Retrieved July 24, 2017 (Icelandic).
  38. ^ Adrien Fainsilber et Hogna Sigurdardottir-Anspach. 1st Prix au concours organisé par l'Education Nationale et la Préfecture de Région pour la création de la ville universitaire du Nord de l'agglomération parisienne . In: Le Carré Bleu . Feuille international d'architecture. tape 5-8 . Paris 1968, p. 1–7 ( digitized version [PDF]).
  39. ↑ Académiciens - Membres honoraires. In: aa.archi.fr. Académie d'architecture, accessed on July 24, 2017 (French).
  40. ↑ Orðuhafaskrá (database of medals). In: forseti.is. President of Iceland, accessed July 25, 2017 .
  41. ↑ Ten Icelanders Receive Order of the Falcon. In: icelandreview.com. January 30, 2014, accessed July 25, 2017 .
personal data
SURNAME Högna Sigurðardóttir
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Högna Sigurðardóttir-Anspach; Högna Sigurdardottir; Hogna Sigurdardottir; Hogna Ansbach; Hogna Sigurdardottir-Anspach
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Icelandic architect
DATE OF BIRTH July 6, 1929
PLACE OF BIRTH Birtingaholti, Vestmannaeyjar
DATE OF DEATH February 10, 2017
Place of death Reykjavík