Hartwig Schmidt

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Hartwig Schmidt (born April 19, 1942 in Höxter ; † April 29, 2016 in Karlsruhe ) was a German building researcher and monument conservator .

Life

After an apprenticeship as a roofer, Schmidt attended the State Engineering School for Construction in Höxter and then the Höxter Building School . He then studied architecture at the TU Berlin and was awarded a Dr.-Ing. Doctorate (Doctorate) PhD. He then worked for the Berlin State Monuments Office, where he was temporarily in charge of the inventory, and received a position financed by the Volkswagen Foundation in the architecture department at the headquarters of the German Archaeological Institute in Berlin . The result of this work was published in two volumes, Schutzbauten (1988) and Reconstruction (1989).

In 1985 he went to the Technical University of Karlsruhe as head of the Collaborative Research Center SFB 315 “Preserving Historically Significant Buildings”. In this position, he was commissioned in 1990 to develop a comprehensive planning concept for the future of the archaeological site in Olympia in terms of monument preservation .

In 1993 he became professor for monument preservation and historical building research at the Faculty of Architecture at the Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Universität Aachen . There he taught and researched until his retirement in 2006.

Since 1976 he was a member of the Archaeological Society of Berlin and a member of the Society for the History of Building Technology.

Schmidt was married to the architectural theorist Uta Hassler .

Fonts (selection)

  • with Uta Hassler (ed.): Houses made of concrete. From stamped concrete to large panel construction . Wasmuth, Tübingen 2004, ISBN 3-8030-0638-4 .
  • Archaeological monuments in Germany reconstructed and rebuilt . Theiss, Stuttgart 2000, ISBN 3-8062-1395-X .
  • On the development of guidelines for monument conservation since the 19th century. The “Charter of Venice”. In: Preservation of historically significant buildings. Yearbook 1989, Collaborative Research Center 315, University of Karlsruhe, Ernst and Son, Berlin 1990, pp. 1–24.
  • Reconstruction (= preservation of monuments at archaeological sites. 2). Architecture lecture of the German Archaeological Institute, Theiss, Stuttgart 1989, ISBN 3-8062-0588-4 .
  • Protective structures (= preservation of monuments at archaeological sites. 1). Architecture lecture of the German Archaeological Institute, Theiss, Stuttgart 1988, ISBN 3-8062-0547-7 .
  • with Eva-Maria Eilhardt: The structures of the Berlin S-Bahn. The Stadtbahn (= workbooks of the Berlin Monument Preservation. 1). Spiess, Berlin 1984, ISBN 3-88435-098-6 .
  • with Jürgen Tomisch: The structures of the Berlin S-Bahn. The suburban route to Zossen (= workbooks of the Berlin Monument Preservation. 2). Spiess, Berlin 1985, ISBN 3-89166-004-9 .
  • The Tiergarten district. Building history of a Berlin villa district. (= The buildings and art monuments of Berlin ). Part 1: 1790-1870. Mann, Berlin 1981, ISBN 3-7861-1277-0 .

literature

  • Fritz Wenzel: On the death of the building researcher Hartwig Schmidt. In: Steel construction. 85, 6, 2016, pp. 439-440.

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Remarks

  1. ↑ Helmut Kyrieleis , Klaus Herrmann : Report on the work in Olympia in the years 1982 to 1999. Excavations, restorations and documentation. In: Helmut Kyrieleis (ed.): Report on the excavations in Olympia. Volume 12: 1982 to 1999. de Gruyter, Berlin / New York 2003, ISBN 3-11-017568-1 , p. 
  2. ↑ Review: Joachim Gruber In: Plekos 3, 2001, pp. 11-13 .
personal data
SURNAME Schmidt, Hartwig
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German building researcher and preservationist
DATE OF BIRTH April 19, 1942
PLACE OF BIRTH Höxter
DATE OF DEATH April 29, 2016
Place of death Karlsruhe