Harald Deilmann

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Harald Deilmann - portrait 2005
Theater Munster

Harald Deilmann (born August 30, 1920 in Gladbeck ; † January 1, 2008 in Münster ) was a German architect , university professor and author .

life and work

Born in Gladbeck, Deilmann moved to Münster in his youth and received his school-leaving certificate at the Johann Konrad-Schlaun secondary school in Münster in 1938. After subsequent labor service he took part in the Second World War as a tank grenadier in the campaign in Poland, the Western campaign and the war in Russia, then he was transferred to Africa as an officer, where he was taken prisoner in 1943 and finally in various camps ( Camp Concordia / Kansas and Camp Trinidad / Colorado ) was stationed in the USA. In 1943 he was able to begin studying architecture in a camp academy. After his release and return to Germany in February 1946, he continued his architecture studies at the Technical University of Stuttgart in the summer of 1946 and graduated in 1948 with a diploma from Rolf Gutbrod . In the years 1949–1951, Harald Deilmann was Günter Wilhelm's research assistant at the Technical University of Stuttgart.

The first buildings and projects were created together with Günter Wilhelm and Rolf Gutbrod in the Stuttgart region. In partnership with Heinrich Bartmann , he realized early buildings between 1951 and 1953 in his native Münster. In a team with fellow architects Max von Hausen , Ortwin Rave and Werner Ruhnau, he designed and realized the theater in Münster from 1952 to 1956, which received international attention.

In 1955 he founded his own office in Münster, which in 2005 existed for over 50 years.

Numerous clinics, churches and chapels, schools and institutes, town halls and office buildings as well as residential buildings followed. From Münster, his office had an increasing national and international impact. There were offices at times in Stuttgart , Düsseldorf , Dortmund and Potsdam . The catalog raisonné includes around 1,700 projects, and his office took part in over 700 competitions. He has received over 150 awards, including 70 first prizes.

In addition to his office work, Deilmann also worked as a university lecturer. In 1963 he was appointed to the chair for building theory and design at the Technical University of Stuttgart. From 1964 to 1969 he was the founding director of the Institute for Building Science and in 1966 head of the architecture department. In 1968 he moved to the University of Dortmund , where he co-founded the spatial planning and construction departments . In 1974 he took over the chair for building planning and urban development in the construction department at the University of Dortmund and was its dean in 1975 . With the engineer Stefan Polónyi , he founded the Dortmund Model Building , a joint training concept for architecture and civil engineering at TU Dortmund University that is unique in Germany.

After his retirement in 1985, Deilmann intensified his freelance activities. Deilmann was also active as a judge, art sponsor and author. His two sons, Andreas Deilmann in Münster and Thomas Deilmann in Düsseldorf, also work as architects.

Harald Deilmann's estate is looked after by the Baukunstarchiv NRW in Dortmund. A retrospective "Harald Deilmann - Lebendige Architektur" is planned for spring 2021 at the Baukunstarchiv NRW in Dortmund. Harald Deilmann is one of the most important architects of post-war modernism in Germany.

honors and awards

  • 1962 Grand Prize for Architecture of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia
  • 1967 to 1993 member of the Akademie der Künste , Berlin (West), architecture section; from 1993 member of the Academy of Arts, Berlin, architecture section.
  • 1968 Admission to the Academy for Urban Development and Regional Planning NRW, Hanover
    WestLB headquarters in Düsseldorf
  • 1970 Federal Cross of Merit, 1st class
  • 1976 Grand Cross of Merit of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
  • 1992 Paulus plaque , City of Münster
  • 1998 Knight's Cross of the White Rose , Helsinki
  • Multiple awards with BDA prizes

Buildings and projects (selection)

Town hall Nordwalde
Steimann Ahlen residence
St. Anna Muenster
WestLB Dortmund
Clemens Sels Museum Neuss
City Hall Gronau

Urban planning

  • 1962: Theater forecourt in Gelsenkirchen , competition 2nd prize (project)
  • 1965: Renovation of the inner city in Moers , report
  • 1967: Renovation of the inner city in Lemgo , report
  • 1981–1986: Bertha-von-Suttner-Platz in Düsseldorf
  • 2000: San Lorenzo in Rome , competition 1st prize (project)

Residential buildings

  • 1956: Deilmann house in Münster (monument)
  • 1960–1962: Naumann house in Münster
  • 1960–1965: Collegium Heerde in Münster
  • 1964–1969: SOS Children's Village in Materborn
  • 1965–1967: Steimann house in Ahlen (monument)
  • 1973: Flexible living in Dortmund
  • 1985: IBA Block 234 in Berlin

Educational buildings

Health buildings

Cultural buildings

Public buildings

  • 1957/58: Town hall in Nordwalde (demolition 2020)
  • 1960–1963: District House (today: Town House 2) in Münster
  • 1964: City Hall in Leverkusen , competition for 1st prize (project)
  • 1965: German Embassy at the Holy See in Rome (project)
  • 1969–1974: Town hall in Rheda-Wiedenbrück
  • 1969–1976: Town hall in Gronau (monument)
  • 1974–1978: City hall extension in Minden (monument)
  • 1975–1980: Town hall in Montabaur
  • 1978–1982: Rheinturm in Düsseldorf

Office buildings

  • 1958–1960: Administration of NordwestLotto (today: WestLotto ) in Münster
  • 1960–1963: District building (today: town house 2) on Ludgeriplatz in Münster
  • 1962–1965: Deutsche Bank in Münster (demolished 2010)
  • 1966: Administration building of the housing development agency in Düsseldorf (project)
  • 1967/68: Volkswohlbund on Roggenmarkt (facade) in Münster
  • 1968–1973: Administration of the Volkswohlbund in Dortmund (demolished in 2008)
  • 1967–1975: Westdeutsche Landesbank (today: Westdeutsche Landesbausparkasse, LBS West) in Münster
  • 1971–1978: Headquarters LVA Rheinprovinz in Düsseldorf
  • 1974–1978: Westdeutsche Landesbank (today: DOC) in Dortmund (monument)
  • 1976–1978: Westdeutsche Landesbank in Luxembourg
  • 1974–1982: Westdeutsche Landesbank (today: Herzogterrassen) in Düsseldorf

Leisure buildings

Collaboration with artists

From 1955, Deilmann often worked with contemporary artists on his public buildings. Space-related projects were often the result of joint work. The artists include u. a. Yaacov Agam , Max Bill , Victor Bonato , Hede Bühl , James Collins , Karl Ehlers , Karl Gerstner , Friedrich Gräsel , Bernhard Heiliger , Ernst Hermanns , Hans Kleyer, Fritz Koenig , Norbert Kricke , Ferdinand Kriwet , Karolus Lodenkemper, Bernhard Lüthi , Adolf Luther , Heinz Mack , Henry Moore , Peter Paul, Georg Karl Pfahler , George Rickey , Rodney Ripps, Nicolas Schöffer, Kenneth Snelson , Kurt Sohns , Jesús Rafael Soto , Douglas Swan , Günter Tollmann , Günther Uecker , Bernd Völkle, Otto Wesendonck . In 1985 the exhibition "Harald Deilmann - Architecture and Art. Art and Architecture" in the Düsseldorf gallery Denise René / Hans Mayer gave an initial overview.

Fonts

literature

  • Architects, Harald Deilmann. IRB publishing house.
  • Harald Deilmann - architect. FZL De Malave, Vance Bibliographies.
  • Wolfgang Schemann: Harald Deilmann: the man who changed Münster. In: Westfälische Nachrichten , January 3, 2008 (“Local” section).
  • Sylvaine Hänsel, Stefan Rethfeld: Münster architecture guide. Dietrich Reimer Verlag, Berlin 2008, ISBN 978-3-496-01276-4 .
  • Oliver Elser: In memoriam: Harald Deilmann (1920–2008). In: German Architecture Yearbook 2008/09 - DAM German Architecture Museum Frankfurt am Main. Prestel-Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-7913-4047-0 .

Web links

Commons : Harald Deilmann  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Harald Deilmann - architect and urban planner. Academy of Arts .
personal data
SURNAME Deilmann, Harald
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German architect, urban planner and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH August 30, 1920
PLACE OF BIRTH Gladbeck
DATE OF DEATH January 1, 2008
Place of death Muenster