Hans Auras
Hans Gustav Auras (born April 28, 1929 in Freiburg im Breisgau ; † August 27, 2016 in Munich ) was a German architect .
Auras grew up in Freiburg, Gelsenkirchen, Berlin, Breslau and Salem. After graduating from high school in Salem in 1948, he completed an apprenticeship as a bricklayer in the Ruhr area. From 1951 to 1955 he studied architecture at the University of Stuttgart , where after his diploma he was assistant to Curt Siegel (statics) and Rolf Gutbrod (interior design). In 1958, after initial competition successes, he founded his own architectural office in Stuttgart, which existed until the 1990s. From 1989 Hegne on Lake Constance became a second office location when the family moved. In 2006 the company moved to Munich.
From 1972 to 1991, Hans Auras was professor for building construction and design at the Stuttgart University of Technology .
In addition, from around 1960 he was regularly active as a judge in the implementation of architecture competitions.
He was a member of the Association of German Architects BDA .
Design idea
During his work as an architect, Auras was particularly concerned with the design of individual development opportunities within community structures, with the individual spaces within social groups. His personal experiences with an equal community, responsible self-determination and self-control of the individual had a strong impact on him during his school days at the Salem boarding school in the 1940s. Sense of responsibility, willingness to act and the ability to cooperate - the goals of the education of the school's founder, Kurt Hahn - are continuous themes in Aura’s work.
In all of the construction tasks he was faced with, be it school, university, commercial buildings and - particularly varied - his numerous residential buildings, he was always concerned with the interplay between the individual and the community. In the conception phase of the projects, this found its expression in the deliberately placed interrelationships between the different, clearly located areas of use and the differentiated design of the rooms:
- Openings for spatial links between the individual zones and visual references
- Centers as meeting points for residents or users
- Retreat areas with free spaces for the individual
When designing, Hans Auras introduced this world of thought into the design through polarization and counterpoint and created a large number of buildings with very different architectural languages. Each individual planning task was designed by him based on your special, very own formal framework.
Realized projects
- Kollegiengebäude K1 of the University of Stuttgart (1955–58, as assistant in the planning group of Professors Gutbier, Gutbrod, Siegel and Wilhelm)
- Elementary school Höfingen (1955-1960)
- Fellbach-Schmiden School Center (1960–1970)
- State advanced high school with boarding school, Schwäbisch Gmünd (1963/64)
- Cafeteria (1970–84) and student house at the University of Mainz (1985–87)
- Swabian Bank in Königsbau, Stuttgart (1980–1990)
- Administration building, Esslingen (1989–1991)
- Administration building, Echterdingen (1991–1993)
- Commercial quarter City-Prag, Stuttgart (1990–1994) urban planning
- University of Applied Sciences for Technology, Stuttgart (1990–2000)
- Seegartenrestaurant in Allensbach (1996–1997)
- Münster in Salem (1997–2002) Advice on restoration measures
- Administration building OASIS III, Stuttgart (2000–2003)
- numerous residential buildings
Individual evidence
- ^ Hans Auras obituary , FAZ , September 3, 2016
- ↑ a b Biography of Hans Auras , on auras-arch.de , accessed on September 4, 2016
Web links
[1] www.auras-arch.de, website of the architect
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Auras, Hans |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Auras, Hans Gustav (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German architect and university professor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 28, 1929 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Freiburg in Breisgau |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 27, 2016 |
| Place of death | Munich |