Institute for Hygiene and Environmental Medicine
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| place | Berlin-Lichterfelde |
| architect | Fehling + Gogel Hermann Fehling , Daniel Gogel, Jürgen Kümmel, Manfred Walz, Günter Ssymmank |
| Client | Free University of Berlin |
| Architectural style | brutalism |
| Construction year | 1974 |
| construction time | 1966-1974 |
| Coordinates | 52 ° 26 '17.2 " N , 13 ° 19' 1.3" E |
The Institute for Hygiene and Environmental Medicine at the Charité , formerly the Institute for Hygiene and Microbiology at the Free University of Berlin , is a scientific research and teaching building. In contrast to the specialist literature, the building is usually referred to as a hygiene institute in the press .
location
Together with Klinikum Steglitz ( University Hospital Benjamin Franklin ) and the research facility for experimental medicine , it forms the central area of the Benjamin Franklin campus of the Charité in Berlin-Lichterfelde . The hygiene institute is located north of Krahmerstrasse, between Hindenburgdamm and Teltow Canal . The institute's property borders the nature reserve Schlosspark Lichterfelde .
Building description
The building is multi-parted and does not have a uniform basic shape. The building dimensions are staggered and rise in several steps from Hindenburgdamm to the highest part of the building, a five-story line parallel to Krahmerstrasse. The floor plan is based on a double Y or an elongated X. The auditorium and course hall were designed as separate parts of the building and are located in front of the middle row to the west. The eastern part is formed by the broad component of the nutrient-based kitchen. A special feature is the access via a ramp that leads from Krahmerstrasse to an external distribution level. All surfaces are made of board-formed exposed concrete . The structure of the narrow formwork boards is shown on the concrete surfaces. Another feature of the building are the supply shafts that are easily recognizable from the outside and protrude like towers over the roof edges of the building.
use
The building was used for research and teaching. The classroom and auditorium were used exclusively for teaching. The central, relatively linear component houses offices and laboratories. The laboratories are designed as a security area , as unexplored pathogens were examined here, among other things. The auditorium is used by the Charité and Free University for public events, among other things.
Planning and construction
Urban planning began in 1961 with the decision to build buildings for the Free University outside of the Dahlem campus. The architects Hermann Fehling and Daniel Gogel began planning the building in 1966. The construction was completed in 1974. Jürgen Kümmel and Manfred Walz were employed on this project as employees of the Fehling + Gogel office. The seating in the auditorium was designed by Günter Ssymmank .
reception
The Hygiene Institute is a successful example of post-war modern architecture. It occupies a special place in Fehling + Gogel's work because it was the architects' most complex project. In the context of the increased appreciation of brutalism on the part of architectural history , monument preservation and pop culture in recent years , attention for the hygiene institute has also grown. Numerous publications name the hygiene institute as an outstanding example of brutalist architecture in Berlin. The hygiene institute is also important as a location for photography, film and theater. In the theater adaptation of David Foster Wallace's novel Infinite Fun , the hygiene institute played a prominent role; it was re -declared as the David Foster Wallace Center for the play by director Philippe Quesne .
Demolition debate
The Steglitz-Zehlendorf building authority has received a notice of removal. The Charité plans to build a new research campus and demolish the neighboring research facility for experimental medicine . In a press release, the Charité announced plans to refrain from demolishing the hygiene institute and to include the building in the new planning of the research campus. However, a major renovation would be necessary for this . Both the Berlin State Monuments Office and the city's monument council have stated that the building meets the criteria of a monument. An entry in the list of monuments of the state of Berlin has not yet been made. A petition calling for the building and the neighboring research facility for experimental medicine to be protected as a historical monument found more than 4,000 supporters within four weeks.
Web links
literature
- Architects and Engineers Association of Berlin (ed.): Berlin and its buildings. Part V, Volume B: Universities . Michael Imhof, Petersberg 2004, ISBN 3-937251-48-0 .
- Adrian von Buttlar, Kerstin Wittmann-Englert, Gabi Dolff-Bonekämper (eds.): Baukunst der Nachkriegsmodern - Architekturführer Berlin 1949–1979 . Reimer, Berlin 2013, ISBN 978-3-496-01486-7 .
- Peter Gruss, Gunnar Klack, Matthias Seidel (eds.): Fehling + Gogel. The Max Planck Society as client of the architects Hermann Fehling and Daniel Gogel . Jovis, Berlin 2009, ISBN 978-3-86859-050-0 .
- Falk Jaeger: Building in Germany. A guide to 20th century architecture in West Germany and West Berlin . Hatje, Stuttgart 1985, ISBN 3-7757-0182-6 .
- Gunnar Klack: Built Landscapes. Fehling + Gogel and organic architecture: landscape and movement as nature narratives . Transcript, Bielefeld 2015, ISBN 978-3-8376-3290-3 .
- Rolf Rave, Hans-Joachim Knöfel, Jan Rave: Building in the 1970s in Berlin . G + H, Berlin 1994, ISBN 3-920597-40-0 .
- Martina Schilling (Ed.): Free University of Berlin - An architectural guide to university buildings . Braun, Berlin 2011, ISBN 978-3-03768-017-9 .
Individual evidence
- ^ Nikolaus Bernau: Over 3000 signatures for the preservation of the "mouse bunker". In: www.berliner-zeitung.de. April 23, 2020, accessed May 3, 2020 .
- ↑ Sign the petition. In: change.org. Retrieved May 3, 2020 .