Camera construction

Kameralbau (from Latin : camera = princely treasure chest) is a term used in the 18th and 19th centuries and marks the beginning of an economic rational view of building activity in Prussia . The importance of the splendid building used up to then declined and was transferred to the camera building. David Gilly and Karl Friedrich Schinkel in particular were known for implementing this new building project. The term camera building (often referred to as economic building or farming ) was introduced through the reorganization and standardization of the Prussian building administration.

At that time, the term camera building was used for “simple” state buildings, i.e. functional buildings such as schools, administration buildings and church buildings, in order to distinguish them from representative buildings such as castles .

On the financial basis of camera construction, the so-called camera office style for church buildings was created in the 19th century in the Kingdom of Württemberg , which followed a model plan of the state church administration.

literature

• Reinhart route: beginnings and innovation of the Prussian building administration. From David Gilly to Karl Friedrich Schinkel . Böhlau Verlag, Cologne, Weimar 2000. ISBN 3412084999