Hans Konwiarz

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Hans Konwiarz (born December 15, 1919 in Breslau ; † November 18, 2018 in Kutenholz ) was a German architect .

Life

Hans Konwiarz was born as the son of the Wroclaw master builder Richard Konwiarz . From 1938 until his conscription for military service in 1940, studied Konwiarz at the State Academy of Fine and Applied Arts Wroclaw . After the war, he initially worked in various architectural offices before he went into business for himself as a freelance architect in Hamburg in 1952 .

In 1954 he began working as an architect for the Neue Heimat housing company . In the following decades he was involved in the planning of numerous construction projects for the Neue Heimat in northern Germany. In addition, he made plans for a cultural center for the Brazilian city ​​of Pindorama and was involved in the design of a hotel in al-Chubar , Saudi Arabia .

In 1966 Hans Konwiarz became known to the public with his basic design for the major Alster Center project . The realization envisaged the demolition of the entire Hamburg district of St. Georg . Massive public protests prevented the planned Alster Center from being realized.

After finishing his work for Neue Heimat in 1980, Konwiarz worked again as a freelance architect in Hamburg.

Awards

  • 1977: Gold plaque for urban development, the environment, the world of work for the Bremerhaven waste-to-energy plant

Buildings and designs

  • 1953: Competition design for an elementary school in Mölln (1st prize)
  • 1956: various interior fittings, standard seating furniture from DEWE and Steinhard
  • 1957: St. Hubertus residential complex in Lübeck
  • 1957–1959: Housing development with a social center in Kiel-Pries
  • 1958: Competition design for an administration building for the DGB in Berlin (2nd prize)
  • 1958: Building on a slope in Geißlingen-Zillerstall
  • 1960: Single-family houses in Dahme
  • 1961: Housing estate with own homes in Neumünster
  • 1961–1966: Mettenhof housing estate in Kiel
  • 1962: Hillside houses in Rensefeld
  • 1962: "Bunte Kuh" housing estate in Lübeck
  • 1965–1966: Design for the St. Georg Alster Center in Hamburg
  • 1969: "Traumhaus" in Berlin-Zehlendorf
  • 1971: Nursing school in Berlin-Wannsee
  • 1971: Meeting and education center (focus on east-west contacts) of the ÖTV in Berlin-Wannsee
  • 1973: Nurses' home in Berlin-Wannsee
  • 1975: Competition design from the Sparkasse School in Vockenhausen (1st prize)
  • 1976: Recreation center in Berlin-Kladow
  • 1977: waste-to-energy plant in Bremerhaven

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Bernfried Lichtnau (Ed.): Architecture and Urban Development in the Southern Baltic Sea Region from 1970 to the Present: Lines of Development - Breaks - Continuities , publication of the contributions to the art historical conference organized by the Caspar David Friedrich Institute, Art History Department, the Ernst Moritz Arndt University Greifswald 15. – 17. April 2004, Lukas, 2007, ISBN 9783936872859 , p. 64
personal data
SURNAME Konwiarz, Hans
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German architect
DATE OF BIRTH December 15, 1919
PLACE OF BIRTH Wroclaw
DATE OF DEATH 18th November 2018
Place of death Kutenholz