Heinz Graffunder
Heinz Graffunder (born December 23, 1926 in Berlin ; † December 9, 1994 there ) was a German architect .
Life
Graffunder graduated from school with a secondary school diploma in view of the Second World War , then he had to serve in the Wehrmacht for two and a half years . He became a prisoner of war and was only able to start an apprenticeship as a bricklayer afterwards . From 1949 to 1952 Graffunder studied architecture in the United Building Schools of Greater Berlin . He then worked from 1952 to 1967 as an architect, urban planner and department manager in VEB Bauprojektbetreuung Groß-Berlin and its successor companies VEB Projektierung Berlin, VEB Hochbau II and VEB Berlin-Projekt.
During this time, the following work was carried out by him:
- Residential buildings in Berlin-Friedrichshain and Berlin-Lichtenberg
- Since 1954 buildings of the Berlin-Friedrichsfelde zoo like the Alfred-Brehm-Haus or the Pachyderm House
- 1957–1960 outdoor swimming pool in Berlin-Pankow
- 1967–1973 Rathauspassagen
- 1963–1965 Embassy of the GDR in Budapest (with Eckart Schmidt ), has housed the embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany since German reunification
- Buildings for the zoos in Rostock , Cottbus , Neustrelitz , Magdeburg and Erfurt
- 1964–1966 Project planning for the apartment buildings on Berlin's Friedrichsgracht (with Eckart Schmidt ).
- Central Station in Sofia (1st prize in the architectural competition).
From 1967 to 1972, Heinz Graffunder worked as a department head in the VEB Projektierung of the state-owned housing combination in Berlin . Here, together with Dietmar Kuntzsch, he was significantly involved in the planning of the Berlin Liebknechtstrasse and Rathausstrasse (Rathauspassagen) and from 1970 as a complex architect for the Fennpfuhl residential area .
From 1972 to 1973 he was chief architect at the Institute for Residential and Social Buildings of the Building Academy of the GDR and then head of the design collective and chief architect of the Palace of the Republic . The Graffunder collective had designed a double-use building for the huge area of the demolished city palace, choosing a separate light color for each floor, which should radiate cheerfulness and elegance. After the Palace of the Republic was completed, Graffunder worked from 1976 to 1988 as chief architect and head of urban planning for the new Berlin districts of Marzahn and Hellersdorf . After that, he was a professor for design theory at the Bauhochschule Cottbus , 1989, he was due to disability emeritus .
After the turn
From 1990 until his death in 1994 Graffunder had his own architecture office in Berlin, in which he developed two garden centers, several hotel plans and urban development projects. During this time he was particularly committed to the preservation of the Palace of the Republic, also by developing several proposals for its modification and expansion, which were shown to the public in an exhibition. The designs to place a four-storey building in front of the structure as a copy of the facade of the demolished castle, which should be connected to the palace with glass and steel girders, and thus have formed a new, uniform structure, were considered particularly spectacular. Despite the help of some politicians, the architect was unable to reverse the demolition decision.
He found his final resting place in a Pankow cemetery .
Honors, awards and prizes
- 1969 National Prize of the GDR 1st class for science and technology, for the Berlin Zoo
- 1976 National Prize of the GDR 1st class for the Palace of the Republic
In 2004, on the occasion of the tenth anniversary of his death, a park was named after Heinz Graffunder in Marchwitzastraße 1–3 (Marzahner Südspitze) on the site of a demolished high-rise building. A skyscraper previously stood at this point, which was demolished in December 2002 because it was vacant.
literature
- The Palace of the Republic. Seemann Verlag, Leipzig 1979 (with Martin Beerbaum)
- Anke Kuhrmann: Heinz Graffunder . In: Holger Barth u. a. (Ed.): From building artist to complex designer. Architects in the GDR . Erkner 2000, pp. 89-91.
- Short biography for: Graffunder, Heinz . In: Who was who in the GDR? 5th edition. Volume 1. Ch. Links, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-86153-561-4 .
Web links
- Heinz Graffunder. In: arch INFORM .
- Heinz Graffunder Archive in the Archive of the Academy of Arts, Berlin
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d Outline would be displacement. Conversation with the architect Heinz Graffunder . Interview in the Märkische Allgemeine Zeitung on August 21, 1992
- ↑ Süddeutsche Zeitung: Sun made of velor. Retrieved November 4, 2019 .
- ↑ Uta Richter: The first Marzahn prefabricated building is demolished. In: welt.de . December 4, 2002, accessed October 7, 2018 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Graffunder, Heinz |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German architect |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 23, 1926 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 9, 1994 |
| Place of death | Berlin |