Justus Dahinden

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Justus Alois Dahinden (born May 18, 1925 in Zurich ; † April 11, 2020 there ) was a Swiss architect . He was a professor at the Technical University of Vienna and one of the most important representatives of post-war architecture in Switzerland.

Life

Tent house on the Rigi (1955)
St. Paulus Church, Dielsdorf (1960–1962)
Trigondorf Zurich (1969)
Ferrohaus in Zurich (1970)
Tantris in Munich (1974)
Basilica of the Martyrs of Uganda, Namugongo pilgrimage site (1975)
University Library of the Technical University of Vienna (1984)
Migros OM supermarket in Bern-Ostermundigen (1987)
Residential Park Binzmühle Zurich (2005)

Justus Dahinden, son of the Swiss ski pioneer, writer and filmmaker Josef Dahinden , studied architecture from 1945 to 1949 at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich , as did Max Frisch , Alberto Camenzind and Hans Hofmann at the time . From 1949 to 1952 he was an assistant at William Dunkel's chair , where he also found a job after graduation. From 1955 Dahinden had his own studio in Zurich. In 1956 he received his doctorate from the ETH with his thesis Positioning on Contemporary Architecture. In 1974 he received a reputation as a professor of interior design and design at the Technical University of Vienna . At the same time he became the head of the Institute for Interior Design and Design at the Technical University of Vienna.

He was a member and honorary member of various international organizations and associations, such as the " Groupe International d'Architecture Prospective " (GIAP) in Paris, the SIAC "Société Internationale d'Artistes Chrétiens" and the "Colegio De Arquitectos Del Estado De Jalisco AC" in Mexico, and became acquainted with these bodies. The “International Architecture Symposium 'Man and Space'” held at the Vienna University of Technology in 1984, attended, for example, by Bruno Zevi , Dennis Sharp , Pierre Vago , Jorge Glusberg , Otto Kapfinger , Frei Otto , Paolo Soleri , Ernst Gisel and Ionel Schein , attracted international attention and others participated.

Justus Dahinden retired in 1995, but was still head of the Human and Space research unit at the Vienna University of Technology. In addition to his work at the Vienna University of Technology, Justus Dahinden was in demand as a teacher at various colleges and universities around the world, such as professor at the Universidad de Buenos Aires and the International Academy of Architecture (IAA) in Sofia / Bulgaria. In 2009 his office was initiated as the new "IAA Center Zurich" to support the International Academy of Architecture worldwide.

Dahinden was married from 1950; there are three children from the marriage. He has worked with his son Ivo Dahinden, also an architect, over the past few years. Justus Dahinden built a villa in Zurich- Witikon for his family and himself in 1971 . He lived there until 2017. In April 2020, he died at the age of 94 in a nursing home in Witikon.

Act

Dahinden provided a comprehensive work of churches, recreational buildings, and office and residential complexes as well as rational, at the same time provocative architectural and urban planning experiments and urban planning utopias. As a member of the Association of Mission Architects BMA, which was founded in 1957, he built over 30 churches worldwide. As early as the late 1960s, he was concerned with system buildings, such as the Trigon system developed from triangular prefabricated residential buildings in the Trigon village in Zurich. This was followed by others such as the Quadrivium System and the Cubo System as well as the Bubble System, which he developed for Iran together with the shell maker Heinz Isler . He also became known for buildings such as the Tantris restaurant in Munich and the Schwabylon , which was also built in Münchein and demolished after six years , a "step-pyramid-shaped leisure city, painted with a rising sun on the outside and a disco in a shark tank inside". The Ferrohaus (today Pyramid am See) in Zurich is considered one of the milestones of its architecture. With urban city structures for tomorrow, he developed the leisure worlds “Akro-Polis”, “Radio City” and “Kiryat Ono” in hill towns and modern pyramids.

In addition to socially relevant projects, Justus Dahinden researched theoretical foundations, based on gestalt psychological and philosophical considerations, various basic terms such as the "law of three" (synthesis of structure, shape and spirit), the idea of ​​"contextualism in architecture" (unity between building world, nature and human) or the "philosophy of the incline". The integration of ecological (biogenetic) aspects into architectural "archetypes" was the basis of his architectural designs, for example in his town hill projects . Dahinden also dealt intensively with Archigram and the Metabolists .

He has published numerous books, research papers, and essays on architectural theory and technology; In his book “Mensch und Raum”, published in 2005, he summarized the encounter between humans and space. He has received numerous international recognitions and prizes in national and international competitions for his buildings and designs. In 1981 he was awarded the Grand prix d'architecture du Cercle d'études architecturales .

Parts of his estate are in the archive of the Institute for the History and Theory of Architecture (gta) at ETH Zurich.

Important buildings and projects (selection)

  • 1955 Tent house on the Rigi for Josef Dahinden
  • before 1959: Mövenpick Dreikönig restaurant in Zurich
  • 1959–1960 Taitung Crafts School, Taiwan with a chapel
  • 1960–1963 Weggis school building , Switzerland
  • 1960–1962 St. Paulus Church (Dielsdorf) , Switzerland
  • 1963–1965 Maria Krönung Church (Zurich-Witikon) , Switzerland
  • 1964 Pro Juventute holiday village, Fornasette, Monteggio (TI) municipality
  • 1964–1965 Church Herz Jesu Buchs SG , Switzerland
  • 1966 Catholic Church of St. Franziskus (Hüttwilen)
  • 1969 Trigon-Dorf in Doldertal Zurich, Switzerland
  • 1969 Restaurants in the Swiss Center, London
  • 1970–2005 over 30 church buildings in Africa, Taiwan, Germany, Italy, Switzerland
  • 1970 St. Antonius parish church in Wildegg, Switzerland
  • 1972 Hotel Aarauerhof, Aarau, Switzerland
  • 1972 Mityana Pilgrims' Shrine Cathedral in Mityana , Uganda
  • 1973 Basilica of the Martyrs of Uganda in Namugongo, Uganda
  • 1970 Ferrohaus Zurich (today: Pyramid Clinic am See, Zurich)
  • 1971 Restaurant Tantris in Munich, Germany
  • 1973 Schwabylon in Munich, Germany
  • 1974 Parish Brother Klaus / multi-purpose church in Spiez, Switzerland (under monument protection since 1994)
  • 1976 La chiesa di San Giuseppe in Monza, Italy
  • 1979 Parish church St. Jakobus with parish center, rectory and municipal community center, Limburg-Lindenholzhausen, Germany.
  • 1980 Holiday village Twannberg , Switzerland (Grand Prix d'Architecture 1981)
  • 1981 St. Pauluskirche Ingelheim am Rhein , Germany
  • 1982 Bull house in Witikon , Switzerland (the sculptures are by the Swiss artist Bruno Weber )
  • 1983 Parkhotel Bad Mergentheim, Germany
  • 1984 Tel Aviv Leisure Center, Israel
  • 1984 University library of the Technical University of Vienna (together with Gieselmann, Marchart , Moebius & Partner)
  • 1985 "Gass" chain house settlement in Gaggenau, Germany (together with Guido Krucker)
  • 1987 Migros OM Center Ostermundigen, Switzerland (together with Ivo Dahinden, Christoph Wagener)
  • 1987 Derksen High School in Munich, Germany (together with Guido Krucker, Christoph Wagener)
  • 1989 Pier Pile Project New York, USA (with Christoph Wagener)
  • 1992 La chiesa San Maximilian Kolbe in Varese, Italy (with Ihab Morgan)
  • 2002 Basilica in St. Petersburg, Russia (together with Rudolf Plech)
  • 2003 Saint Francis Church and Minorite Monastery, Bratislava (in cooperation with STUDIO FOR); Nomination for the Mies van der Rohe Award for European Architecture 2003
  • 2005 Binzmühle in Zurich, Switzerland (together with Ivo Dahinden)
  • 2005 "aquabasilea" (Adventure World Raurica Nova), Switzerland (together with Ivo Dahinden)
  • 2007 Conversion of the Grand Hotel Kronenhof in Pontresina (together with Ivo Dahinden)

honors and awards

Important exhibitions

Group exhibitions

Paris (1967), Salzburg / Munich (1968), Moscow / London / St. Louis (1969), New York / Lyon (1973), Zurich (1974), Warsaw (1975), Lausanne (1976), Moscow / ETH Zurich (1978), Museum of Modern Art New York MOMA (1979), Paris / USA (1981), Milan / Sofia / Tokyo (1985), Buenos Aires (1986/1989), São Paulo / Belo Horizonte (1987), Rome / Moscow / Tiflis (1988), Bratislava, Prague (1991)

"The Fifty World's Leading Architects"

Architecture Triennial Belgrade (1985)

Traveling exhibition of own works

1981 to 1987 Paris, USA, Milan, Sofia, Tokyo, Buenos Aires, São Paulo, Belo Horizonte, Rome

Publications (selection)

  • 1956 Determination of the position of contemporary architecture . Girsberger publishing house, Zurich
  • 1966 Building for the Church in the World . Echter-Verlag, Zurich
  • 1971 Urban structures for tomorrow . Verlag Gerd Hatje, Stuttgart, ISBN 3-7757-0011-0
  • 1971 Construire pour l'Eglise dans le monde . Publishing house St. Paul, Friborg
  • 1972 Urban Structures for the Future . Pall Mall Press, New York
  • 1973 Think-Feel-Act . Verlag Karl Krämer, Stuttgart and A. Kraft, Lausanne, ISBN 3-7828-1423-1 ; monograph
  • 1973 New restaurants . with Günther Kühne. Callwey publishing house, Munich, ISBN 3-7667-0292-0
  • 1974 acro-polis. Free time city / Leisure City . Verlag Karl Krämer, Bern / Stuttgart, ISBN 3-7828-1018-X
  • 1974 art and church . Art publishing house Linz
  • 1987 Architecture in Germany '87 / German Architecture Prize 1987 . with Christian Norberg-Schulz and Jürgen Joedicke . Verlag Karl Krämer, Stuttgart, ISBN 3-7828-1496-7
  • 1988 Justus Dahinden - Architektur - Architecture . Verlag Karl Krämer, Stuttgart, ISBN 3-7828-1601-3 ; monograph
  • 1991 M ... anders / autrement / different. Migros Center Ostermundigen . Verlag Karl Krämer, Stuttgart, ISBN 3-7828-1608-0
  • 1996: Bruno Weber's fantastic world: on the harmony between fantasy and nature; the vine park as a total work of art . Weitbrecht, Stuttgart / Vienna / Bern 1996, ISBN 3-522-72185-3 / ISBN 3-522-72155-1 .
  • 2005 Mensch und Raum - Man and Space . ETH Library Zurich (Ed.), Verlag Karl Krämer Stuttgart, ISBN 978-3-7828-1614-4 (German / English)
  • 2014 Architecture - Form and Emotion . Verlag Karl Krämer Stuttgart, ISBN 978-3-7828-1617-5 (German / English)

Literature (selection)

Web links

Commons : Justus Dahinden  - Collection of images, videos and audio files
Wikiquote: Justus Dahinden  - Quotes

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Köbi Gantenbein : The pyramid builder is now in heaven. In: Tages-Anzeiger . April 20, 2020, accessed April 20, 2020 .
  2. ↑ a b Sabine von Fischer: Architect Justus Dahinden not only reinvented the pyramid. In: nzz.ch. Neue Zürcher Zeitung (NZZ), April 14, 2020, accessed on April 14, 2020 .
  3. ↑ Justus Dahinden (1925–2020) , ETH Zurich . Accessed May 6, 2018
  4. ^ House Dahinden. In: openhouse-zuerich.org, accessed on April 20, 2020.
  5. ↑ Urs Tremp: Obituary: Justus Dahinden built the pyramid on the lake. In: NZZ on Sunday , April 18, 2020.
  6. ↑ a b c Hella Schindel: Justus Dahinden 1935-2020. In: espazium.ch. espazium, April 14, 2020, accessed on April 15, 2020 .
  7. ^ Gregor Harbusch: Pyramid builder from Lake Zurich. On the death of Justus Dahinden. In: baunetz.de. BauNetz, April 14, 2020, accessed on April 15, 2020 .
  8. ↑ Living in a more slanted position . In: Der Spiegel . No. 13 , 1989, pp. 218-223 ( online ).
  9. ↑ Architecture on the Tourismusweg: Unterstette - Dahinden's first masterpiece , August 8, 2013 ( Memento from December 22, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
  10. ^ Holiday home on the Rigi , ETH Zurich , excerpt from (Das) Werk , 43/1956
  11. ↑ Alexander Koch (ed.): Cafes, restaurants, bars . Stuttgart, 1959
  12. ↑ Laurenz Schelbert: Chapel of the Taitung Craft School, Altar and Stations of the Cross | Mission Society Bethlehem. Retrieved April 22, 2020 (German).
  13. ↑ Weggis school complex , ETH Zurich , excerpt from (Das) Werk , 51/1964 (PDF)
  14. ↑ Aerial view of Trigon village in the Doldertal Zurich
  15. ↑ About Namugongo Shrine and Parish . Uganda Martyrs Namugongo Shrine
  16. ↑ Urs Willmann: This love doesn't rust . In: Die Zeit , No. 20/1994
  17. ^ Ralph Hofbauer: The Dolder Grand among Zurich's hospitals . In: Tages-Anzeiger , September 25, 2009 (archive)
  18. ↑ Exciting restaurants in Germany: Tantris Munich . ( Memento from May 17, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Die Welt , April 20, 2008
  19. ↑ Orgies in bright orange . ( Memento of May 25, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF) Die Tageszeitung , November 12, 2005
  20. ↑ "Schwabylon - Homage to Justus Dahinden" , Bavarian Chamber of Architects , December 2005
  21. ↑ St. Paul. Retrieved December 10, 2019 .
  22. ^ Entry on Mies-Arch, August 3, 2009
  23. ↑ "S. Francesco D'Assisi a Bratislava “ , Chiesa Oggi 63, accessed on August 3, 2009
  24. ↑ "Laying of the foundation stone: aquabasilea", November 27, 2007 ( Memento from June 29, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
personal data
SURNAME Go there, Jupiter
ALTERNATIVE NAMES There, Justus Alois
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss architect
DATE OF BIRTH May 18, 1925
PLACE OF BIRTH Zurich
DATE OF DEATH April 11, 2020
Place of death Zurich