Hans-Peter Bärtschi

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Hans-Peter Bärtschi: Self-Portrait 1982
One of his photos: Centovalli Railway , FART No. 7 in Cavigliano , 1992

Hans-Peter Bärtschi ( February 23, 1950 in Winterthur – February 2, 2022 ) was a Swiss architect , author and photographer as well as a historian of technology and economics .

Life

Hans-Peter Bärtschi studied architecture at ETH Zurich , among others with Aldo Rossi , with whom he also wrote his diploma thesis. With his dissertation on "Industrialisation, railway battles and urban planning" he received his PhD from Jean - François Bergier and Paul Hofer . sc. PhD. In Winterthur he founded the office Arias - Architektur Industriearchäologie Stadtentwicklung .

Already during his studies he was committed to the preservation of cultural assets in the structure of architecture. In 1979 he founded "ARIAS-Industriekultur" to enable the documentation and restoration of industrial monuments. At the same time, he curated exhibitions on industrial history in numerous museums, such as a commitment to the former Mühlerama beer brewery since 1981 .

In addition, Bärtschi was the author of numerous publications in the fields of technology, architecture and the history of construction technology, also for radio and television broadcasts. In addition, he took around 350,000 photos of the industrial working world during his working life, which he transferred to the Foundation for Industrial Culture together with Sylvia Bärtschi-Baumann and bequeathed to it. These photos are currently being digitized by the ETH and put online under a free CC license .

The pioneer of "Swiss industrial archeology" grew up, as he himself wrote, "between the Rieter foundry , the locomotive factory and the railway signal box". He fought for the "rescue of witnesses to the great industrial era of Switzerland" and against the one-sided myth of the rural rural idyll.

reception

Numerous publishers for whom Bärtschi published paid tribute to him: “Bärtschi is an industrial erotica. He knows every machine, every process, every material" and "Hans-Peter Bärtschi is obsessed. Coming to terms with the industrial age in Switzerland is his life's work. (...) And he is a walking encyclopedia; a good one that not only names concepts, but also knows connections».

writings

  • Zurich as an industrial city in: «Switzerland», Zurich, Schweizerische Verkehrszentrale Vol. 53, H. 11 1980, pp. 1-32.
  • Industrialization, railway battles and town planning , Basel, Birkhäuser 1983 ISBN 3-7643-1312-9 .
  • The Settlement City of Winterthur , Berne, Society for Swiss Art History 1989.
  • Winterthur. Industrial city in transition , Wetzikon, book publishing house of the Wetzikon printing company 1990.
  • Zürcher Oberland industrial educational trail , Wetzikon, Wetzikon printing house publishing house 1991.
  • Housing and Housing Development , Chronos 1999 ISBN 978-3-905313-33-8 .
  • The East Was Red , Chronos 2008 ISBN 978-3-0340-0916-4 .

web links

Commons : Hans-Peter Bärtschi  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

itemizations

  1. ↑ Obituary notice. In: Daily Gazette. Retrieved February 4, 2022 .
  2. ↑ Short biography Bärtschis in Chronos Verlag
  3. ↑ Karl-Eugen Kurrer : Report on the State of Construction History in Austria, Germany and Switzerland . In: Construction History. Research Perspectives in Europe, ed. by Antonio Becchi, Massimo Corradi, Federico Foce and Orietta Pedemonte, pp. 61–112 (here pp. 107f.), Florence: Kim Williams Books 2004, ISBN 88-88479-11-2 .
  4. ↑ a b Armando Mombelli: Industry ensured prosperity in Switzerland , Swissinfo , August 31, 2012
  5. ↑ Criticism of his book Industrial Switzerland - from the 18th to the 21st century in Work from April 15, 2011 at Hier-und-Now-Verlag
  6. ↑ Criticism of his book Industrial Switzerland - from the 18th to the 21st century in Der Landbote from April 30, 2011 at Hier-und-Now-Verlag
personal data
SURNAME Bärtschi, Hans-Peter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss architect, author and historian of technology and economics
BIRTH DATE February 23, 1950
PLACE OF BIRTH Winterthur
DATE OF DEATH February 2, 2022