Joseph Laurent

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Joseph Laurent (born June 26, 1853 in Aachen ; † January 22, 1923 ibid) was a German architect and Aachen city ​​architect .

Live and act

The son of the archivist and librarian Josef Laurent and Therese, b. Raitz von Frentz , as well as the nephew of the apostolic vicar Johannes Theodor Laurent studied at the Polytechnic Aachen and joined the building department of the city of Aachen as an assistant in 1876. In 1884 he was assigned to the building construction department, which he then headed from 1886 until his retirement in 1921 as a town architect. In the meantime, in 1892, he was appointed city ​​building officer . In 1906 he was given the character of Royal Building Council by the highest authority.

During his 35-year service as a city architect, Laurent had a significant impact on the Aachen cityscape at the turn of the century with his designs for numerous urban buildings. 29 school buildings alone, as well as hospitals, factories, and cultural and administrative buildings were built according to his plans. Together with renowned architects, he was involved in the renovation or expansion of many other building projects and the repair plans for the Ponttor and Marschiertor , the Long Tower and the Marienturm in Aachen were also drawn up by him. In addition, he wrote several writings on the significance of individual objects in terms of building history.

Joseph Laurent was married to Therese, b. Longard (1860–1943), with whom he had thirteen children, but only a few of them reached adulthood. The Laurents found their final resting place in Aachen's Ostfriedhof .

Buildings and writings (selection)

buildings

Salvator Church
former secondary school on Kármánstraße
Campo Santo
Elisabeth Hall

Fonts

  • with Richard Pick : The City Hall of Aachen. History and building history . Graphic Art Institute F. Bruckmann, Aachen-Munich 1914
  • The urban and structural development of the bathing and industrial state of Aachen from 1815–1915 . Kaatzer, Aachen 1920 ( PDF; 5.60 MB )

literature

Web links

Commons : Joseph Laurent  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files
Wikisource: Joseph Laurent  - Sources and full texts

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Salvatorkirche Aachen
  2. ^ Aachen grass house
  3. Mariensaeule Rehmplatz
  4. ^ Campo Santo Aachen
  5. ^ Old Kurhaus Aachen
  6. former Waldschlösschen Aachen
  7. ^ Building data for the Kaiser-Karls-Gymnasium
  8. Service building at the Ostfriedhof, In: 17th circular October 2009, p. 2 (PDF; 987 kB)
  9. Story of Maria im Tann
  10. Elisabethhalle Aachen in west.art -Meisterwerke from January 17th, 2012