House Gugel

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House Gugel

Haus Gugel is a historic residential building in Stuttgart.

The generously dimensioned house is located in the north of Stuttgart, at half height not far from the Kräherwald . The Reichsbahn- Oberrat Christian Gugel had it built in 1927. The architect Hans Zimmermann constructed it using the then new type of prefabricated wood construction . It was produced by the Saxon company Christoph & Unmack. According to the state monument curator Edeltrut Geiger-Schmidt, the house was influenced by ideas of new building . Inside, textile wall coverings adorn the living room and dining room. Other rooms are completely clad in wood and have fine parquet floors. Ceilings are decorated with expressionist decor. The furnishings are "exceptionally good and complete", according to the state monument curator.

In the 1980s, the monument authorities recorded the houses of the 1920s in Stuttgart. The Gugel house was overlooked. In 2013 an inheritance sold the house to the Stuttgart company Planquadrat . Only then did neighbors point out the building to the preservationists. The house was then designated a cultural monument. However, Planquadrat has a written decision from the city administration that the preservation of the building is economically unreasonable. In February 2015, the building authorities approved an application from the company to build a new apartment building in place of the Gugel house. The house is expected to be demolished within a few weeks once the historical documentation is complete. (As of April 2015)

Meanwhile, the monument authority is looking for an investor who is willing to provide a place to dismantle the house and then rebuild it. The house itself would be given to this investor; however, it would be expensive to maintain.

literature

  • Edeltrud Geiger-Schmidt to give away the house! Prefabricated wooden house from 1927 , in: Denkmalpflege in Baden-Württemberg 1, 2015, pp. 14-17

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  1. ↑ Unless other sources are given, the article follows the presentation by Thomas Faltin: Nobody wants a free wooden house , Stuttgarter Zeitung , April 1, 2015, accessed on April 5, 2015
  2. ↑ See also Kathrin Wesely: A cultural monument disappears , Stuttgarter Nachrichten , January 8, 2015, accessed on April 5, 2015. The dates for Faltin and Wesely sometimes differ slightly.

Coordinates: 48 ° 46 ′ 46.5 ″  N , 9 ° 8 ′ 25.5 ″  E