Josef Paul Kleihues

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Marienkapelle (1657) by Peter Pictorius and Nativity Museum (1994) by Josef Paul Kleihues in Telgte
Kant triangle, Berlin
Museum in the Kleihues building in Kornwestheim

Josef Paul Kleihues (born June 11, 1933 in Rheine ; † August 13, 2004 in Berlin ) was a German architect and university professor .

life and work

Kleihues graduated from high school Dionysianum in Rheine in 1956 . He then studied architecture at the University of Stuttgart (up to the preliminary diploma in 1957) and the Technical University of Berlin (1957–1959, main course). From 1973 to 1994 he held various chairs at the University of Dortmund .

After completing his studies, he first worked in Peter Poelzig's office . From 1962 to 1967 he formed an office community with Heiner Moldenschardt . Together they realized in Berlin a. a. a residential development in Gropiusstadt and an old people's club in Berlin-Reinickendorf . Her urban planning report for Berlin-Ruhwald from 1967 became well-known. In August 1968 he and Moldenschardt were presented in an edition of the Deutsche Bauzeitung as one of the representatives of the younger generation of Berliners. In September 1968 he took part in the “Diagnosis for Building in West Berlin” exhibition by the “ Aktion 507 ” group, which dealt critically with urban planning in Berlin at the time.

In the early 1970s, Kleihues became known in other specialist circles with his building for the Berlin city cleaning service. He became known to the interested layperson primarily as the planning director of the International Building Exhibition 1984/87 in Berlin. Through his work he coined the term “critical reconstruction”, which has far-reaching effects on Berlin's urban design to this day: It means a concept of urban repairs in and on the destroyed and damaged urban structures of the Berlin “ tenement city ”. His plans in the sense of “critical reconstruction” aimed to recreate the historical city plan and important features of the historical development using modern building technologies and modern design in order to preserve or promote urbanity and to take into account the history and cultural heritage of a quarter. As a result, Kleihues formulated a doctrine that was clearly demarcated from the urban planning concepts of the 1950s to 1970s. With his buildings, but above all with his writings, he had a major impact on the structural appearance of Berlin in the 1980s and 1990s. With his son Jan Kleihues , he founded the architects Kleihues + Kleihues in 1996 .

Kleihues died at the age of 71 on August 13, 2004 in Berlin. He was buried in the Dahlem forest cemetery in the Berlin district of Steglitz-Zehlendorf . It is dedicated to the city of Berlin as an honorary grave .

honors and awards

Buildings (selection)

Stairwell in the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, designed by Josef Paul Kleihues
The Regent on Gendarmenmarkt, Berlin

literature

  • Paul Kahlfeldt, Andres Lepik, Andreas Schätzke (eds.): Josef Paul Kleihues. City construction art. Berlin 2003.
  • Andrea Mesecke, Thorsten Scheer (eds.): Josef Paul Kleihues. Themes and Projects. Basel / Berlin / Boston 1996.

Web links

Commons : Josef Paul Kleihues  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Editing : Kleihues and Moldenschardt in: Deutsche Bauzeitung , Leinfelden-Echterdingen, No. 8, 1968, pp. 593-595
personal data
SURNAME Kleihues, Josef Paul
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German architect and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH June 11, 1933
PLACE OF BIRTH Rheine
DATE OF DEATH August 13, 2004
Place of death Berlin