Jos Weber
Jos Weber (born October 6, 1938 as Joseph Pierre Weber in Luxembourg ; † November 16, 2003 in Hamburg ) was a German architect and university professor.
Life
Weber attended elementary school in Luxembourg from 1945 to 1964 and obtained secondary school there . He then completed an apprenticeship in drawing . He studied architecture in Aachen , first at the technical college and then at the RWTH Aachen . From 1961 Weber worked for Jacob Bakema , partly in his architectural office and partly as a university assistant. In 1968 Weber was appointed professor for urban planning at the Hamburg University of Fine Arts (HFBK), succeeding Bakema. He held this professorship until his death. He also ran his own architecture office in Hamburg. He worked as a visiting professor at the TU Delft (1971) and the UCLA , as well as at the TU Dresden and the University of Architecture and Building Weimar during GDR times .
Selection of works
- 1961: Marl town hall , participation as assistant to Bakema
- 1964: Town hall in Terneuzen , participation as Bakema's assistant
- 1969–1973: Steilshoop Comprehensive School on Gropiusring in Hamburg-Steilshoop (today Schule am See ), as a member of a working group with Bakema and Graaf & Schweger . According to a resolution in 2014, the school buildings are to be largely demolished and replaced by a new building.
- 1968: Mümmelmannsberg comprehensive school on Mümmelmannsberg in Hamburg-Billstedt (today Mümmelmannsberg district school and Mümmelmannsberg education center )
- 1968: Lurup double school at Böttcherkamp in Hamburg-Lurup , on the edge of the large Osdorfer Born housing estate (today the Geschwister-Scholl-district school ). In 2014 the decision was made to demolish the building and replace it with a new one.
literature
- Literature by and about Jos Weber in the catalog of the German National Library
- In memoriam Jos Weber . In: Bauwelt , No. 7.2004, p. 4.
- Karl H. Hoffmann: Jos Weber in the Hamburg Architecture Archive
- Obituary of Jos Weber . In: HFBK-Newsletter, ZDB -ID 2132828-6 , edition 9, December 2003, pp. 4–5.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Architectural design selected for the new Steilshoop campus , press release School Building Authority Hamburg from 2014
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Weber, Jos |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Weber, Jos P .; Weber, Joseph Pierre (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German architect |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 6, 1938 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Luxembourg |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 16, 2003 |
| Place of death | Hamburg |