Hanns Adrian

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Hanns Adrian (born September 17, 1931 in Darmstadt ; † September 28, 2003 in Hanover ) was a German architect and urban planner .

Life

After graduating from high school in Darmstadt, Hanns Adrian studied architecture at the Technical University of Darmstadt from 1952 and graduated in 1957 with a diploma. From 1958 to 1960 he worked in Konstanty Gutschow 's office in Hamburg , and from 1960 to 1962 in Erich Kühn's office in Aachen . From 1958 to 1965 the urban development training followed at the same time at the Technical University of Aachen at the chair for urban development and regional planning with Erich Kühn. Adrian was married to the architect Marianne Adrian, b. Valder (1931-1999).

From 1962 Adrian worked in the city planning office of the Lower Saxony state capital Hanover, since 1963 as head of the special planning work group. The main areas of responsibility were the development of the Roderbruch district (medical college) and the urban development support for the subway with the Lister Meile and the Passarelle in Bahnhofstrasse.

In 1972 Hanns Adrian was elected to succeed Hans Kampffmeyer as city ​​councilor for planning and construction in the city of Frankfurt am Main . Against the background of the urban redevelopment in Bockenheim , Adrian developed the concept of lawyer planning through working groups of the adult education center and urban development through structural plans through external agents.

From March 1, 1975 to 1993, Adrian was the successor of Rudolf Hillebrecht City Planning Officer in Hanover . In addition, Adrian was Vice President from 1985 to 1991 and then President of the German Academy for Urban Development and Regional Planning until 1997 . Since 1980 Adrian has also been an honorary professor at the University of Hanover . Adrian was a member of the advisory board of the International Building Exhibition Berlin 1984 . He received the big BDA award in 1999 .

Grave of Hanns Adrian in the Engesohde cemetery

In the obituary notice by the state capital Hanover it said:

“With Hanns Adrian, the state capital Hanover has lost a well-deserved citizen and one of the most important city designers. Even during his time as head of special planning, the deceased set urban development accents with the planning of Roderbruch and the medical university as well as urban development and the Lister Meile . As a city planning officer, he has brought about and significantly influenced the redesign of the city center, the linking of residential areas close to the city, the expansion of the urban railway network and the development of new residential areas, as well as the design of new landscaped areas in the city.

In a press release on the symposium in honor of Hanns Adrian on November 28, 2003, the Lower Saxony State Association of the Association of German Architects (BDA) also pointed out the problematic aspects of Hanns Adrian's work in Hanover:

“After the rebuilding phase of the Hillebrecht era , which was still characterized by the paradigms of modern urban development, the relaxed, green and car-friendly city, his term of office led to forms of densification that were previously unknown and from today's perspective not unproblematic shaped many cities at the beginning of the 1970s, but also the transport infrastructure and urban renewal. The redevelopment of the Nordstadt and Linden, the safeguarding of open space resources and the creation of urban qualities such as the Lister Meile, which are now taken for granted, are associated with his name. "

Hanns and Marianne Adrian are buried in the Engesohde city cemetery in Hanover.

Fonts (selection)

  • Hanns Adrian: Support for the city through the planning. Where does the inner city have competitive advantages? Berlin, June 14-16, 1999 . Institute for Urban Development Berlin of the German Academy for Urban Development and Regional Planning. Berlin, Institute for Urban Development, 1999.
  • Hanns Adrian: Planning in Frankfurt [Lecture given on February 24, 1975 for the Kuratorium Kulturelles Frankfurt (Polytechnische Gesellschaft)]. Frankfurt (Main), KKF, 1975.
  • Hanns Adrian, Gerhard Bünemann: Lister mile . A street changes its face (= contributions to the land use plan . Issue 5, published by the state capital Hanover, city planning office, 1972).
  • Hanns Adrian: For discussion, city center (= contributions to the land use plan , volume 3, published by the state capital Hanover, city planning office, 1972).

literature

  • Hans Reiner Müller-Raemisch: Models and Myths in Urban Planning 1945–1985. (Four lectures with corrections by Hanns Adrian (among others) and a foreword by Gerd Albers.) Kramer, Frankfurt am Main 1990, ISBN 3-7829-0397-8 . (In it p. 127–135: Hanns Adrian: My 70s in Frankfurt and Hanover. )
  • Wolfgang Steinweg: "I haven't built a single high-rise building". (Interview with Hanns Adrian) In: Hannoversche Allgemeine Zeitung of December 2, 1999
  • Nikolaus Bernau: Culture Hanns Adrian receives the most important honor for German architects , in Der Tagesspiegel on December 3, 1999; online , last accessed January 22, 2013
  • Hanns Adrian Symposium , 2004
  • Helmut Knocke : Adrian, Hanns. In: Klaus Mlynek, Waldemar R. Röhrbein (eds.) U. a .: City Lexicon Hanover . From the beginning to the present. Schlütersche, Hannover 2009, ISBN 978-3-89993-662-9 , p. 12 f.

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personal data
SURNAME Adrian, Hanns
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German architect and urban planner
DATE OF BIRTH September 17, 1931
PLACE OF BIRTH Darmstadt
DATE OF DEATH September 28, 2003
Place of death Hanover