Heinz Schwarzbach

Heinz Schwarzbach 2000

Heinz W. Schwarzbach (born August 15, 1936 in Stuttgart ) is a German architect , town planner and university professor .

Life

Schwarzbach was born in Stuttgart in 1936, grew up in Görlitz , learned the carpentry trade, passed the Abitur and studied architecture at the Weimar University of Architecture and Construction (HAB). Initially a scientific assistant at the Urban Development Institute of HAB Weimar, he soon became head of the Erfurt urban planning group and, in 1965, chief architect of the Weimar Urban Development Office .

1966/67 he worked at the ČVUT Prague on his thesis and received his doctorate in 1968 with the theme "Development and perspectives of small towns." . In 1969 he became deputy director and in 1971 lecturer for general development planning at the newly founded advanced training institute for urban development and architecture at HAB Weimar. In 1977 he qualified as a professor on the subject of "Simulation game simulation in general development planning." In 1978, the UN Secretary General appointed him to the Habitat Committee . In 1978/79 the Nigerian government commissioned him as director for planning and architecture with the planning for the new federal capital Abuja .

After completing his master's planning and returning, he was appointed to the chair of urban planning and design at the TU Dresden . Here he worked with his employees and students with urban redevelopment plans to save historic old towns, especially in Saxony and southern Brandenburg. The contributions to the reconstruction of the Neumarkt Dresden in the 1980s and 1990s deserve special mention . First prizes in competitions and the international design seminar 1981, preliminary projects, the West-East workshop 1990 on the "Gesamtkunstwerk Dresden" and above all the Neumarkt design statute, which was drawn up together with eight Dresden architects, are important contributions to his chair. Visiting professorships have taken him to Syria, Ethiopia, Finland, Denmark and Italy. His list of scientific contributions to urban planning is extensive.

Since 1984 he has participated in the permanent conference of urban development professors in German-speaking countries and moderated here with Prof. Spengelin (TU Hannover) in 1989/90 the elaboration of “Recommendations for the recovery of East German cities” for the minister-presidents of the new federal states. From 1990 to 2001, Schwarzbach ran an architecture and urban planning office in Dresden with Barbara Braun and Michael Barth. His work focused on the rehabilitation of historic old towns ( Mühlberg / Elbe , Wittichenau, etc.) and large housing estates, development and renovation planning, recreation and village planning as well as regional planning (including the development concept for the Saxon Switzerland National Park ). With his international experience and collaborations, Schwarzbach tried in many ways to secure the connection of students and employees to international developments in the field of urban planning, urban sociology and architecture. His particular merits lie in the joint training of architects and landscape architects in the field of urban planning. In 1974 he received the Karl Friedrich Schinkel Medal of the BdA / GDR for his achievements .

Today he is an honorary local curator of the German Foundation for Monument Protection in Weimar.

literature

• Chamber of Architects Saxony: Architect, town planner, university lecturer, Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil Heinz Schwarzbach turns 65 , in: Deutsches Architektenblatt 8/2001, p. OST 31
• Holger Barth, Thomas Topfstedt a . a .: From building artist to complex designer. Architects in the GDR. Series of publications REGIO-doc of the IRS, Volume 3, p. 206, Erkner 2000.
• Hüter, Schulrabe, Dallmann and Zießler: Architectural Guide of the GDR, Erfurt District , pp. 44, 73, 123, Berlin 1979
• Verlag für Prominenten-Enzyklopädie: Who's who in the Federal Republic of Germany , 3rd edition, p. 2151, Zug, 1994
• Architecture of the GDR 12/1985., VEB Verlag für Bauwesen Berlin 1985

Projects (selection)

• 1965/70 Erfurt: Urban development draft of the Johannesplatz residential complex, with W. Nitsch, E. Henn
• 1969/74 Eisenach: Urban development draft of the residential complex Stedtfelder Strasse with W. Hüter
• 1972/74 Apolda: Urban design for the residential area Buttstädter Strasse, with R. Götze, K. Sieber
• 1978/79 Abuja, Nigeria: master plan, center and residential area planning
• 1981 Meißen: Görnsche Gasse competition, with the TU Dresden chair collective
• 1983 Dresden: Neumarkt competition, 1st prize, with the chair collective TU Dresden H. Burggraf, Dietrich-Koch
• 1989 Dresden: Neumarkt competition, 1st prize, with the TU Dresden chair group H. Burggraf, H. Behnisch, R. Burggraf, R. Müßig
• 1991 Chemnitz: Urban planning ideas competition downtown, 3rd prize, with H. Burggraf, M. Barth u. a.
• 1994/95 Dresden: Neumarkt design statutes, participation in the planning group of the Saxony Chamber of Architects

Web links

• Literature by and about Heinz Schwarzbach in the Saxon Bibliography
• Heinz Schwarzbach. In: arch INFORM .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ http://www.tectum.de/de/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=67&Itemid=36
2. ↑ http://www.baunetz.de/mektiven/Mommunikations_Gespraech_in_Weimar_28530.html  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.