Horst Lechner

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Horst Lechner 2011
Horst Lechner & Heinz Fischer (Appreciation Award 1984 )
Residential house in Kitzbühel, Austria
Lechner residential and studio building in Salzburg, Austria

Horst Lechner (born June 19, 1959 in Villach ; † December 29, 2014 in Salzburg ) was an Austrian architect , interior designer , set designer and civil engineer .

Life

Horst Lechner attended the college for carpentry and interior design in Villach. In his youth he was a member of the Villach rowing club , where he was Carinthian national champion and Austrian national champion in a number of rowing disciplines between 1972 and 1977 . After graduating from college, he studied interior architecture and interior design from 1977 to 1982 , in Linz at the University of Design under Friedrich Goffitzer and Laurids Ortner . For his diploma thesis he received the appreciation award for “special artistic achievements” from the Federal Minister for Science and Research Heinz Fischer in 1983 . This was followed by architecture studies at the University of Applied Arts Vienna in the master class of Hans Hollein . After converting the interior design class to the architecture class at the Art University Linz, he returned there and completed his architecture diploma in 1990. From 1990 to 1992 Lechner worked together with his fellow student Maximilian Luger as a lecturer at the Rosenheim University of Applied Sciences . In 1982 Lechner attended the International Summer Academy for Fine Arts in Salzburg with the architects Gustav Peichl and Wilhelm Holzbauer .

After studying interior design, he worked, among other things, at the “Research Institute for Disabled-friendly Environmental Design” in Linz. In 1987 Horst Lechner and his fellow student Christine Lechner won the design competition for the redesign of the saloon cars of the Austrian Federal Railways , whereupon the two, spurred on by the positive media coverage, opened the Lechner & Lechner atelier in Salzburg . In the course of the collaboration between the “Initiative Architektur Salzburg” with the Chair of Urban Development at ETH Zurich by Franz Oswald and the architects Daniel Libeskind & Kurt W. Forster on the project “No one in its shape - urban development on the border”, the two learned the lecturer and Editor of the book that was published at the same time, Johannes Schallhammer. Since 2000 they have been working together on a project basis in a consortium.

“We, the residents of our city, have to create our own cultural environment.
We need projection surfaces that make permanent changes and the creation of identity possible.
The aim is to discuss comprehensive content, far beyond the aesthetics. "

- Quote from Christine & Horst Lechner's contribution in “Keinem seine Gestalt”, Zurich 1997

The implementation of this thesis put forward by Lechner in 1997 can be seen in later works, for example in the step-by-step development of the “Lechner living and studio house” from a car workshop to the work and living quarters of the family of architects or the controversial “Sculpture in the Landscape” (Salzburg 2013) comprehend.

In addition to buildings in Austria, Lechner & Lechner planned and implemented projects in Germany and, from 1996 to 1997, projects in South Korea . From 2006 to 2009 the Lechner - Lechner - Schallhammer team, expanded by Johannes Schallhammer, developed hotel projects and an ecological urban development concept for the city of Mirfa in Dubai and Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates .

Horst Lechner was involved in the student council of the Art University Linz, the professional council of architects and the Architecture Initiative and was involved in the architectural appraisal of the city of Salzburg as a member of the planning visit. Most recently, he was a member of the Architectural Advisory Board - State of Salzburg , since 2012 Lechner was a member of the board of the Salzburg regional group of the Central Association of Architects in Austria and, since 2011, a member of the Landluft association - Association for the promotion of building culture in rural areas . There he is considered the spiritual father of the LandLuft Baukulturgemeinde-Akademie.

Lechner had been married to his fellow student, the architect Christine Lechner, since 1987 and had two sons with her. He died of a heart attack on December 29, 2014 at the age of 55 . Shortly before his unexpected death, he made his last public appearance at the wärmepol | lightning talks from the Art University Linz , moderated by his son Horst Michael Lechner.

Gudrun Fleischmann, Lukas Ployer and Horst Lechner at the opening of the "River Salzach" exhibition in May 2018

He studied architecture at the Art University Linz as well as at the Vilnius Academy of Arts and the Politecnico di Milano and has been a member of the Landluft Advisory Board since 2015 and has also been an architect in Salzburg since 2017. His master's thesis "River Salzach - Transformation to a Lifeline", developed together with Lukas Ployer , in which a long-term development strategy for the Salzach as an urban development area was drawn up, attracted a great deal of media and political echo. In doing so, they not only work on the historical center, but also on the periphery of the city. They present strategies and concepts for the transformation of the Salzach into a cross-district lifeline with the aim of regaining the river basin as a recreational area for all Salzburg residents. The associated exhibition in the Künstlerhaus Salzburg developed into a crowd puller and was extended twice due to the large number of visitors. For this and for the further commitment to the sensual potential of the river, Horst Lechner and Lukas Ployer were awarded the scholarship of the architecture prize “Land Salzburg” in 2018 .

The second son, Paul Lechner, studies architecture at the University of Innsbruck and economics at the Johannes Kepler University Linz .

In 2016, the theater director Ches Themann Horst Lechner dedicated his Villingen production of the play "The Ambassador" by Slawomir Mrozek. Lechner was employed as a set designer, but died during the preparatory work. Ches Themann then completed the set himself in Lechner's sense. Also in 2016 a chapter in the book "People from Salzburg" was dedicated to Lechner.

Projects (selection)

After the office was founded, the “Change” shopfitting system achieved initial success. It was awarded the design award “Selected” in 1987 by the Austrian Design Institute and implemented in two Salzburg shops ( Fortress Hohensalzburg and Kiesel building ).

The atrium house in Kuchl , built in 1993, was exhibited in 1996 in the course of the publication "M1: 33, innovative austrian architecture" by Ramesh Kumar Biswas in the premises of the Austrian Parliament . For its role as a pioneering project of stringent timber construction, the building was published in numerous specialist publications.

Also worth mentioning are the numerous exhibition stands and designs of the young drink company Red Bull in the 1990s . The trendy bar “Carpe Diem” in Salzburg's Getreidegasse was also designed by the Lechners.

An important project was the Lechner residential and studio building in the UNESCO World Heritage ensemble in Salzburg's old town , which was planned, built and inhabited jointly with Christine Lechner . Although not submitted for it, the building won the Salzburg State Architecture Prize in 2010 , as the expert jury made use of its option set out in the Architecture Prize statutes of awarding a prize to a project that was not submitted for assessment.

The amoprh- shaped living sculpture in the Salzburg district of Leopoldskron , now completed, generated particularly strong media interest and controversial discussions in front of the construction site . The experimental building in an exposed location, called "Sculpture in the Landscape" by Lechner - "UFO House" by critics - was accused of breaking the conventional image of houses. According to a survey carried out by the opinion research institute IMAS after the unveiling of the building, the unusual shape divided passers-by, and for the most part a great perplexity was noticeable in the answers.

In June 2013, on the occasion of the 175th company anniversary of the building material manufacturer “Leube”, the “ Leube Sculpture Path”, designed by Christine and Horst Lechner, was opened in St. Leonhard near Salzburg. The sculpture path was built as a memorial to the company founder Gustav Ernst Leube .

Awards

  • 1984 Prize of the Ministry of Science for special artistic achievements
  • 1987 Design award "Selected" from the Austrian Institute for Design
  • 1995 Korea Institute of Industrial Design Certificate of Appreciation of the international cooperation project for development of industrial design and packaging technique.
  • 1998 Architecture Prize of the Reiners Foundation, "The best single-family houses" - Germany Austria Switzerland
  • 2000 Architecture Prize of the Reiners Foundation, “Building with Wood” - Germany Austria Switzerland
  • 2000 Award in the architecture competition "Architecture & Solar Energy" of the German Society for Solar Energy;
  • 2000 “House of the Future” award from the Federal Ministry for Transport, Innovation and Technology
  • 2000 Recognition for residential building in Hallein-Rif at the Salzburg State Architecture Prize (together with his wife Christine Lechner)
  • 2001 Architecture Prize of the Reiners Foundation, "The best single-family houses" - Germany Austria Switzerland
  • 2004 State Energy Prize Salzburg House Achleitner & Fuchs
  • 2004 State Energy Prize Salzburg Haus Schörghofer
  • 2008 Architecture Prize 2008 from the Reiners Foundation “Spectacular Houses” - Germany Austria Switzerland
  • 2010 Architecture Prize of the State of Salzburg for residential building and office, Priesterhausgasse 18, Salzburg (together with Christine Lechner)
  • 2012 Chamber of Commerce award for the Eugendorf meeting table created by the Elsenwegenger joinery (2012 craft award)
  • 2019 Timber Construction Prize Salzburg

Lectures (selection)

gallery

literature

  • Ramesh Kumar Biswas: M1: 33, innovative Austrian Architecture. Springer, Vienna / New York 1996, ISBN 3-211-82728-5 , pp. 126–127.
  • Professorship for Architecture and Urban Development ETH Zurich & Architecture Initiative Salzburg: No one in its own right - urban development on the border. Pustet, Salzburg 1997, ISBN 3-7025-0368-4 , p. 35.
  • Gunda Dworschak, Alfred Wenke: New energy-saving houses in detail. WEKA Baufachverlag - publishing house for architects and engineers, Augsburg 1997, ISBN 3-8277-1696-9 , pp. 135-142.
  • Holger Reiners: Individual single-family houses under 500,000 DM. Callway, Munich 1996, ISBN 3-7667-1210-1 , pp. 170–173.
  • Holger Reiners: Spectacular houses: 33 excellent buildings; Reiners Foundation Architecture Prize. DVA, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-421-03650-6 , pp. 172-179.
  • Stephan Isphording, Holger Reiners: The ideal floor plan. Callway, Munich 1999, ISBN 3-7667-1280-2 , pp. 146-147.
  • Gunda Dworschak, Alfred Wenke: Architecture crazy International project examples , constructions, details. Bauwerk, Berlin 2002, ISBN 3-934369-10-3 , pp. 136–141.
  • Jung Jochen, Kleiber, Arno: "People from Salzburg" Otto Müller Verlag Salzburg, ISBN 978-3-7013-1237-5

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Obituary Initiative Architecture
  2. ↑ DIE BRÜCKE - Article ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.lechner-lechner-schallhammer.com
  3. ↑ Architecture initiative
  4. ↑ Article: Die Brücke (pdf) ( Memento of the original from November 4, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.lechner-lechner-schallhammer.com
  5. ↑ Article: Bauforum (pdf) ( Memento of the original from January 2, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.lechner-lechner-schallhammer.com
  6. ↑ Article: Domus (Italian - PDF) ( Memento of the original from January 12, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.lechner-lechner-schallhammer.com
  7. ↑ Architecture initiative
  8. ↑ Initiative Architektur Datasheet ( Memento of the original from October 20, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.initiativearchitektur.at
  9. ↑ Central Association of Architects Austria ( Memento of the original from January 20, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.zv-architekten.at
  10. ↑ landluft.at ; dip.mak.at ( Memento of the original dated November 3, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / dip.mak.at
  11. ↑ Landluft.at
  12. ^ Obituary for Horst Lechner In: www.landluft.at on January 11, 2015.
  13. ↑ hangtime.com ( Memento of the original from January 16, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.hangtime.com
  14. ^ Obituary Country Air
  15. ^ Letter to the editor in the Salzburger Nachrichten
  16. ↑ Article in the Salzburger Nachrichten
  17. ^ Article in the Salzburg window
  18. ↑ ORF contribution over the river Salzach space on Youtube
  19. ↑ Article on ORF.at
  20. ↑ ORF contribution over the river Salzach space on Youtube
  21. ↑ ServusTV article about the Salzach river basin on Youtube
  22. ↑ Facebook event
  23. ↑ Architecture initiative
  24. ^ Press information from the Architecture Initiative
  25. ↑ Article in the Salzburger Nachrichten
  26. ↑ Südkurier.de
  27. ↑ omvs.at
  28. ↑ The hub of culture - passion for urban life
  29. ↑ Statutes of the Salzburg State Architecture Prize ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.salzburg.gv.at
  30. ↑ Initiative Architektur - Jury statement Salzburg Architecture Prize 2010
  31. ↑ Salzburg News
  32. ↑ Kronen Zeitung
  33. ↑ Salzburg News
  34. Jump up culture
  35. ↑ Salzburglive
  36. ↑ Leube
  37. ↑ a b Architecture Prize Land Salzburg: Architecture Prize Winner . ( Memento from June 30, 2013 in the Internet Archive ).
  38. ↑ Eugendorf meeting table ( Memento of the original from January 2, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.holzcluster.at
  39. ^ Austrian Chamber of Commerce. (No longer available online.) In: portal.wko.at. Formerly in the original ; accessed on February 14, 2016 .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / portal.wko.at
  40. ↑ Salzburg Crafts Prize 2012 at www.handwerkspreis.at
  41. ↑ Salzburg News
  42. ↑ hslu.ch
  43. ↑ Town centers ( Memento of the original from January 4, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF file; 928 kB) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.gemeindeentwicklung.at
  44. ↑ initiativearchitektur.at
personal data
SURNAME Lechner, Horst
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian architect
DATE OF BIRTH June 19, 1959
PLACE OF BIRTH Villach
DATE OF DEATH December 29, 2014
Place of death Salzburg