Heiko Folkerts

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Heiko Folkerts (born February 13, 1930 in Norderney ; † November 7, 2007 in Bernried am Starnberger See ; full name: Heiko Ulrich Folkerts ) was a German architect , professor at the Technical University of Munich and a painter . He was the creator of one of the first consistently ecological or building biology houses and an important pioneer of ecological building in Europe. In 2004 he founded Folkerts Architects with his son Heiko Poppe Folkerts .

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Folkerts was born on February 13, 1930 in Norderney as the son of the East Frisian lake and landscape painter Poppe Folkerts . After attending the Hermann Lietz School in Spiekeroog , Folkerts studied painting and graphics in Karlsruhe , then architecture in Cologne , Darmstadt and Munich . From 1953 to 1954 Folkerts built the Gärtnerhof in Cologne-Rodenkirchen for the landscape architect and Alwin Seifert employee Friedrich Schaub . With the construction of his debut and the commendation of the Stuttgart architecture professor Paul Schmitthenner , a main representative of the Stuttgart School , Folkert became an employee of Professor Willem Bäumer in Hamburg and Edmund Zens in Cologne.

From 1962 to 1971, Folkerts worked for many years as an assistant to Johannes Ludwig and Josef Wiedemann at the Technical University of Munich . Through the development and publication of roof structures and details in the roof Atlas for Sloped roofs of detailed publisher in Munich, one of the first comprehensive standard works for roof structures, he was by Franz Hart 1972-1995 to lecturer in structural engineering and space art at the Technical University of Munich appointed . In 1974 he founded his own architecture office with nationwide projects for ecological building, residential and municipal construction, furniture, interior design, renovation projects in accordance with listed buildings and industrial consulting. The office has been run since 2004 by his son, the architect Heiko Poppe Folkerts and his wife Carola Folkerts under the name Folkerts Architects in Weilheim in Upper Bavaria .

With the construction of one of the first consistently ecological or building biological houses in Bernried am Starnberger See 1975–1976 and many other pioneering projects in healthy building, Folkerts is one of the pioneers, nestors and pioneers of ecological building and sustainable building in Germany. His residential and commercial building, built in 1983 for the natural mail order company Köppel in Rüthi, is also considered to be one of the first consistently ecological construction projects in Switzerland. Folkerts became known through several honored house examples in the series Topography on Bavarian television by the documentary filmmaker and author Dieter Wieland , as well as through numerous lectures, visits, lectures and publications.

Riehl House First product by Ludwig Mies, repaired by Folkerts Architects from 1998–2000

Thanks to his initiatives and petitions in the Bavarian state parliament , Folkerts also succeeded in placing Carl von Effner's Wilhelmina-Busch-Woods Foundation Park in Bernried under a preservation order and in ensuring the renovation and preservation of Bernried Park in the long term through an extensive park maintenance concept.

The repair, reconstruction and interior construction of Haus Riehl in Potsdam- Neubabelsberg , the first work of Ludwig Mies van der Rohe , an important German architect of international modernism, achieved international importance. The completely desolate building was extensively repaired by Folkerts Architects from 1998 to 2000, reconstructed from photos and redesigned inside to a residential building. A new staircase, basic ovens, a temperature control system, furniture, bathrooms, a new kitchen on the ground floor and lounges in the basement were added. Outside, the wooden balcony and the garden wall with gates were reconstructed, and the reform garden designed by the garden architect Karl Foerster was newly laid out.

Buildings and designs (selection)

1983 one of the first consistently ecological or building biology projects in Switzerland, residential and commercial building for the Köppel family in Rüthi CH by Folkerts Architects
  • Repair, reconstruction and new interior fittings of Haus Riehl in Potsdam-Neubabelsberg, 1998 to 2000.
  • House for the filmmaker of Bavarian TV and author Dieter Wieland , 2002
  • Villa in Munich- Biederstein for the publisher CH Beck , 1996
  • Perlach recycling center for the city of Munich, Bayerwaldstrasse 33 in Munich, 1990.
  • Residential and commercial building for Köppel Naturversand in Rüthi (Switzerland), 1983
  • New construction of the Westerhof, an emigrant farm near Bernbeuren , 1986
  • New construction of a single-family house for Günther Schiwy, the writer and editor at CH Beck Verlag, in Steinebach am Wörthsee, 1988
  • Gärtnerhof Schaub in (Cologne) - Rodenkirchen for the landscape architect Friedrich Schaub, 1955
  • Evangelical St. Mark's Church with parish and community center in Coburg (as an employee of Johannes Ludwig ), 1966
  • Evangelical Reconciliation Church with parish hall in Garching an der Alz (as an employee of Johannes Ludwig), 1967

Writings, exhibitions etc.

literature

  • Ingrid Zimmermann: Heiko Folkerts. The architect was a nestor in ecological building. In: Süddeutsche Zeitung . No. 263 of November 15, 2007.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Karl Welbers: Norderney is the home of Poppe Folkerts (PDF; 248 kB). In: Norderneyer Kurier. January 6, 2012. Accessed September 17, 2012.
  2. ^ Obituaries in Münchner Merkur and tz , viewed on September 17, 2012.
  3. ↑ Herman Lohausen: Poppe Folkerts (PDF; 98 kB). In: Biographical Lexicon for East Frisia. Volume IV, Aurich 2007, pp. 151–155, viewed online on September 17, 2012.
  4. ↑ Birgitt Hugle: Obituary for Heiko Folkerts on Trauer.de. Accessed on September 17, 2012.
  5. ^ Johannes Cramer, Dorothée Sack : Mies van der Rohe. Early buildings. Conservation problems. Evaluation problems. In: Johannes Cramer, Dorothée Sack: Berlin contributions to building research and monument preservation 1. Petersberg 2004, ISBN 3-935590-96-2 , p. 43 f.
personal data
SURNAME Folkerts, Heiko
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Folkerts, Heiko Ulrich (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German architect, professor at the Technical University of Munich and painter
DATE OF BIRTH February 13, 1930
PLACE OF BIRTH on Norderney
DATE OF DEATH November 7, 2007
Place of death Bernried on Lake Starnberg