Hugo Koch (architect, 1843)

Hugo Koch

Hugo Friedrich Koch (born December 15, 1843 in Opole , Silesia, † February 14, 1921 in Berlin ) was a German architect , Prussian construction officer and university professor .

Hugo Koch completed his studies at the Berlin Academy of Architecture with the " foreman exam" (first state examination ), and was then in Opole and Berlin practically operate. Around 1869 or 1870 he passed the “master builder examination” (2nd state examination) and then initially worked as an employee of the renowned Berlin architecture firm Kyllmann & Heyden . In 1875 he entered the civil service with the Prussian ministerial building commission and in 1885 worked briefly in the Prussian ministry of public works . From April 16, 1885 until his retirement on September 30, 1916, he was the successor of Carl Schwatlo as a full professor for building construction theory in Department I for architecture at the Technical University (Berlin-) Charlottenburg . In the academic years 1886/1887, 1895/1896, 1902/1903 and 1910/1911 he was head ( dean ) of this department.

Hugo Koch was awarded the honorary title of a secret building officer , an honorary doctorate (as Dr.-Ing. E. h. ) And the star for the Prussian Order of the Red Eagle, 2nd class with oak leaves.

Buildings in Berlin

• 1869–1873: worked for Kyllmann & Heyden at the Kaisergalerie
• 1873–1874: Employment at Kyllmann & Heyden at the Admiralsgartenbad
• 1878–1884: involved in the construction management for the new building of the Technical University of Charlottenburg (design by Richard Lucae )
• 1884–1885: Behrens house, Pankstrasse 15

literature

• Uwe Kieling: Berlin building officials and state architects in the 19th century . Kulturbund der DDR, Berlin 1986, p. 52 .

Individual evidence

1. ^ Hugo Friedrich Koch. In: Catalogus Professorum. TU Berlin, accessed on June 7, 2020 .