Jörn Düwel

Jörn Düwel (* 1965 in Rostock ) is a German architectural historian .

Life

After studying art history and German at the University of Greifswald , Jörn Düwel initially worked as a freelance in Berlin in the preservation of monuments and in architecture offices. His dissertation in 1994 was awarded the doctoral prize of the University of Greifswald.

Until 1996 he was a research assistant at the Institute for Fundamentals of Modern Architecture and Design at the University of Stuttgart , then at the TU Darmstadt Academic Council in the field of history and theory of architecture.

Since 2002 he has been professor for the history and theory of architecture at the HafenCity University Hamburg . He is involved in several projects dealing with the history of architecture in the Soviet occupation zone and the GDR .

Publications

On the emergence of architecture and urban planning in the first post-war decade in the Soviet Zone / GDR. Requirements, framework conditions and models in the reconstruction of selected north-east German cities. Dissertation . 1994.
Architecture ahead! Architecture and urban planning in the Soviet Zone / GDR. 1995.
with Hans Stimmann : Berlin Old Town. From the GDR state center to the city center. 2011
with Michael Mönninger: City between dream and trauma. 2011.
with Hans Stimmann: Home on ruins. Urban development in Lübeck 1942–1960. 2013.
with Niels Gutschow : The catastrophe - a strangely happy moment. Destruction and urban development in Hamburg in 1842 and 1943. 2013
with Niels Gutschow: A Blessing in Disguise. 2013.
New cities for Stalin. A German architect in the Soviet Union 1932–1933. DOM Verlag 2015, ISBN 978-3-86922-380-3 .
with Niels Gutschow: Architecture and National Socialism. Demonstration of power in Europe 1940–1943. The exhibition New German Architecture by Rudolf Wolters . DOM Verlag, 2015, ISBN 978-3-86922-026-0 .

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personal data
SURNAME	Düwel, Jörn
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German architectural historian
DATE OF BIRTH	1965
PLACE OF BIRTH	Rostock