Horst Krantz

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Horst Krantz (born September 2, 1927 in Görlitz ) is a German civil engineer and architect .

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Krantz was born the son of a master craftsman. He completed an apprenticeship as a road builder and then attended the State Building School in Görlitz. Then he graduated from the engineering school for structural engineering in Zittau . From 1949 he worked as a civil engineer in an architecture office in Bautzen . In 1951 he moved to VEB Bauplanung Sachsen and then to its branch in Leipzig . There he worked from 1953 to 1954 in the design office for building construction in Leipzig and from 1955 to 1957 as brigade leader . He was particularly concerned with the planning and typing of residential buildings. Krantz developed the large block construction from 1957 to 1962.

Catalog raisonné

Arthur-Hoffmann-Strasse and Gohlis (1956)

Residential development Arthur-Hoffmann-Straße.

In 1956 Krantz built the residential development of the AWG Polygraph in Leipzig's Arthur-Hoffmann- Strasse. It was a four-story block building with a hipped roof and loggias with two-sided access to the house. The complex was built as part of the rebuilding of a war-torn area. The large block construction in Leipzig was used for the first time in the building. In addition, Krantz built the residential building on Landsberger Allee in Leipzig- Gohlis .

Karl-Liebknecht-Strasse 27 to 33 (1961/1963)

Karl-Liebknecht-Strasse shopping area

From 1961 to 1963, together with Rudolf Rohrer, he built the “Modern” building complex in Leipzig's Karl-Liebknecht-Strasse 27 to 33. A building complex with six floors and 96 units was built over a shop area in a monolithic reinforced concrete frame construction. A two-storey, fully glazed sales pavilion was located on the north gable. The facades in the first floor zone in the retail area were fully glazed. The facade of the house had a plate structure with ceramic mosaic.

Möckern (1960/1964)

H.Krantz residential buildings in Möckern

In the 1960s Möckern was expanded to the north. From 1960 to 1964 Krantz built 7-storey residential buildings in Möckern.

Georgiring (1960/1962)

Residential buildings on Georgiring.

From 1960 to 1962, Krantz, together with Günter Gerhardt and Wolfgang Schreiner, planned the residential buildings on Georgiring , the northeastern part of Leipzig's inner city ring from Augustusplatz to Willy-Brandt-Platz. Three six-story buildings were built. The first floor zone for retail and catering combines the three buildings. There was the Falstaff restaurant at Georgiring No. 9 by Heinz Lenck , plus the mural costume rehearsal by Hans Engels , adorned with exterior wall inlays by Max Gerhard Uhlig .

South side of Windmühlenstrasse / Bayrischer Platz (1961/1965)

Residential development Bayerischer Platz.

From 1961 to 1965 Krantz planned the residential buildings on the south side of Windmühlenstraße / Bayrischer Platz together with Günter Gerhardt and Wolfgang Schreiner. It was seven story lines. At Bayerischer Platz there was a post office on the ground floor and the “Windmühle” café in the front building. Two-storey residential wings were built parallel to Windmühlenstrasse.

Student residence hall "Jenny Marx" Goethestrasse No. 7–9 (1963/1965)

"Jenny Marx" student residence.

From 1963 to 1965 Krantz built the student dormitory "Jenny Marx" with 433 places on Goethestrasse 7–9 in Leipzig.

Brühl 3–13 / Richard-Wagner-Strasse - Tröndlin-Ring (1966/1968)

Residential and commercial buildings Richard-Wagner-Straße / Tröndlin-Ring

From 1966 to 1968 the residential rows Brühl 3–13 / direction Wagner-Straße were built by Krantz together with Günter Gerhardt, Hubertus Berger and Heinz Baldauf . There were three ten-storey central aisle buildings at a ridge facing Tröndlin-Ring .

Info Center, Sachsenplatz (1968/1969)

Information center at Sachsenplatz.

From 1968 to 1969 Horst Krantz, together with Hans Großmann and Klaus Burtzik, built the information center of the city of Leipzig (Leipzig-Information) on Sachsenplatz with tourist offers, an exhibition and a conference area. The structure was a two-story building, the roof shape of which was characterized by “fan-like staggered steel girders”. The facade was almost entirely glazed. On the ground floor there was a mocha bar and a counter hall with a decorative copper wall design by Bruno Kubas . On the upper floor there was a movie room, exhibition and conference rooms. In front of the building there was a large open space, framed by three pavilions for exhibition purposes on the east side and smaller green spaces and water features on the west side. The information center was demolished in 1999 in favor of the new building for the Museum of Fine Arts . The ceramic-coated column created by the Leipzig sculptor Herbert Viecenz, on which the history of Leipzig was depicted, was destroyed during the demolition work.

Publications

  • Horst Krantz: New ways and ideas in the planning and typing of residential buildings. In: Deutsche Architektur 1956, No. 4, pp. 176–181.
  • Horst Krantz together with Wolfgang Schreiner: Ceramic surface design in the 2000-kp large block method . In: Deutsche Architektur 1961, No. 6-7, pp. 346-349.

literature

  • Christoph Glorius and Holger Barth: Horst Krantz . In: Dietrich Fürst: From building artist to complex project developer: Architects in the GDR: Documentation of an IRS collection of biographical data . Institute for Regional Development and Structural Planning (IRS), Berlin 2000, OCLC 237432293 , p. 131 f .
  • Joachim Schulz, Wolfgang Müller and Erwin Schrödl: Architectural Guide GDR, Leipzig District . VEB Verlag für Bauwesen, Berlin 1976, OCLC 874871110 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Schulz / Müller / Schrödl, p. 62, No. 98 "AWG Polygraph", Arthur-Hoffmann-Str.
  2. ↑ Schulz / Müller / Schrödl, p. 63, no. 101 "Housing and furniture store" Modern ".
  3. ↑ Schulz / Müller / Schrödl, p. 39 No. 47 "Georgiring, residential buildings" Restaurant "Falstaff", Georgiring 9 (H. Lenck), mural "Costume rehearsal" (H. Engels); Outer wall inlays (M.-G. Uhlig) (German architecture 8/65).
  4. ↑ Schulz / Müller / Schrödl, p. 47 No. 63 "Windmühlenstrasse / Bayrischer Platz".
  5. ↑ Schulz / Müller / Schrödl, p. 44 No. 58 "Wohnzeilen, Brühl 3–13 / Rich.-Wagner-Straße".
  6. ↑ Schulz / Müller / Schrödl, pp. 10, 11, 44, 47, 58, 63, 98, 101, 129, 131.
  7. ↑ Schulz / Müller / Schrödl, p. 10.
  8. ↑ Schulz / Müller / Schrödl, p. 23.
  9. ↑ Wolfgang Hocquél (Ed.): Leipzig . Art history city books. 3rd edition. Seemann, Leipzig 1990, pp. 199-200.
personal data
SURNAME Krantz, Horst
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German architect and construction officer
DATE OF BIRTH September 2, 1927
PLACE OF BIRTH Goerlitz