Karl Bauer (landscape architect)

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Karl Bauer (born December 31, 1940 in Pforzheim ) is a German landscape architect and architect .

Life

University of Stuttgart (1989–1997)
(Vaihingen Campus)
BG BAU - Professional Association for the Construction Industry (1990–1991)
(Karlsruhe location)
Kurhausplatz Wiesbaden
with Bowling Green (2003-2005)

After attending primary school (in Niefern and Karlsruhe ), Karl Bauer completed an apprenticeship as an electrical mechanic in 1955–58. He passed his Abitur in 1962 at the Technical High School in Stuttgart . 1962-69 he studied architecture at the University of Karlsruhe , where he worked as a research assistant at the chair for building construction and design at Immanuel Kroeker from 1965-69 . 1969-76 he was a research assistant to Gunnar Martinsson at his in 1965 newly founded Chair of Landscape and Garden. As part of this activity, Bauer also held independent courses .

In the years 1970–1994 he took over the processing of projects in the field of open space planning in a project partnership with Gunnar Martinsson . In 1972, Bauer started his freelance work in the areas of open space planning , urban design and in the border area between urban and landscape planning with the establishment of his own office . Since 1975, Bauer is a freelance architect, as a freelance landscape architect in since 1978 Chamber of Architects Baden-Wuerttemberg registered.

From 1976 to 1979, Bauer held several teaching positions at the University of Karlsruhe. In the years 2003-08 he worked as a deputy professor at the Düsseldorf University of Applied Sciences , where he was entrusted with the development of the teaching and research area “Open space and landscape, urban engineering, design”.

In 2008 he entered into an office partnership with Willi Hildebrandt, from which he left in 2010. In 2011, Bauer handed over his collected plans, sketches, project files and photos (a total of 14,939 plans in paper form and 721 folders with project files as well as approx. 12,000 digital plans with the associated project files) to the saai (Southwest German Archive for Architecture and Civil Engineering) at KIT Karlsruhe.

Karl Bauer lives and works in Karlsruhe, is married and has a daughter.

Awards

  • 1968–69: Scholarship from the German National Academic Foundation
  • 1982: State Prize for Architecture of the State of Rhineland-Palatinate
  • 1987: Weinbrenner badge of the city of Karlsruhe
  • 1995: German Landscape Architecture Prize
  • 1998: Silver Medal of Merit of the State of Baden-Württemberg

Projects (selection)

  • 1973–1975: Mannheim , underpass Otto-Beck-Straße as part of the National Garden Show 1975 , commissioned after the competition was successful
  • 1977–1986: Engen , redevelopment of open spaces in the old town, commissioned after successful competition
  • 1979–1989: Bruchsal , restoration of the palace gardens
  • 1982: Paris , Parc de la Villette competition (participation)
  • 1984–1988: Ettlingen , State Garden Show 1988 , Horbach area, palace square and palace gardens, pharmacist and rose garden, commissioned after the competition was successful
  • 1984–1992: Friedrichshafen , redesign of Buchhornplatz West and East, central bus station, port station area, northern passage
  • 1984–1986: Karlsruhe, outdoor facilities and roof terrace of the administration building of R + V Versicherung
  • 1984: Karlsruhe, conversion of a school building into a residential and studio building
  • 1985–2009: Neuchâtel am Rhein , Stadthausplatz, Rathausplatz, redesign of several streets and other areas in the core city area, framework plan for Neuchâtel goes to the Rhine
  • 1987–1989: Melsungen , Park der Industrieanlagen Pfieffewiesen of B. Braun Melsungen AG (in collaboration with Prof. Gunnar Martinsson)
  • 1988–1991: Heilbronn , Heilbronn-Böckingen district park, commissioned after successful competition
  • 1988–1989: Karlsruhe, places around Karlsburg in Karlsruhe-Durlach , commissioned after successful competition
  • 1989–1990: Badenweiler , bathing area of ​​the Markgrafenbad and open space planning for other areas
  • 1989–1997: Stuttgart , University Campus Vaihingen, framework plan for the entire site and the outdoor facilities Freie Mitte Süd, Green Center and other sub-areas
  • 1989: Venice , San Guiliano Island Competition, Forte Maghera (participation)
  • 1990–1991: Karlsruhe, outdoor facilities in the underground car park of the administration building of BG BAU - professional association for the construction industry
  • 1991–1996: Saarbrücken , urban development ideas competition downtown Saarbrücken, 1st prize, commissioning the redesign of the Bahnhofstrasse pedestrian zone and associated side streets
  • 1991–2016: Karlsruhe, Federal Horticultural Show Competition 2001, 1st prize
    After the Federal Horticultural Show was not held in Karlsruhe but in Potsdam, Citypark and Ostauepark were commissioned from the competition planning
  • 1992–1994: Karlsruhe, University, outdoor facilities Institute AVG / FZU
  • 1993–1995: Badenweiler, underground car park under the castle park, restoration of the park, design of the underground car park entrance, exit tunnel and exit pavilion
  • 1997–1999: Budapest , outdoor facilities for the German School, commissioned after the competition was successful
  • 1998–2007: Montabaur , park for a private property
  • 2010: Frankfurt am Main , competition redesign Die Zeil , 2nd prize in 2000, commissioned to redesign three side streets due to the revision of the competition design in 2005
  • 2000–2002: Ettlingen, city entrance Karlsruher Straße with open space planning for the conversion of the Rhineland barracks into a cinema, school, practices, offices, restaurants, clubhouse, research institute, living
  • 2001–2004: Schwetzingen , redesign of the train station, commissioned after the competition was successful
  • 2003–2005: Wiesbaden, Kurhausplatz and Bowling Green in the underground car park, commissioned after the competition was successful
  • 2004: Hamburg , Spielbudenplatz St. Pauli competition , shortlist
  • 2007–2010: Baden-Baden , Seelach Castle Park
  • 2008–2009: Luxembourg , outdoor facilities for office buildings and hotels on the Kirchberg
  • 2009: Heidelberg , banks of the Neckar from Ziegelhausen to downtown Heidelberg
  • 2018: Curator of the exhibition Gunnar Martinsson - Drawings and Projects 1957–2008 des saai | Southwest German archive for architecture and civil engineering in the Badische Landesbibliothek Karlsruhe

Bauer's catalog of works comprises a total of 878 projects in Germany and other European countries.

Fonts

Karl Bauer's projects have been published in magazines, including

as well as in the following books:

  • Frank Werner: Classicisms and Classics , DVA (Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt), Stuttgart 1985, ISBN 978-3-421-02847-1 .
  • Ot Hoffmann: Manual for green and used roofs , Koch (Alexander), Leinfelden-Echterdingen 1987, ISBN 978-3-87422-604-2 .
  • Stadt Speyer (Ed.): Stadt und Platz , Speyer 1989
  • Ken Fieldhouse, Sheila Harvey: Landscape Design, An International Survey , Laurence King Publishing, London 1992, ISBN 978-1-85669-019-5 .
  • Francisco Asensio Cerver: Business and Corporation Parks. Roof Gardens , Arco Editorial Board, Barcelona 1994
  • Günter Mader, Laila Neubert-Mader: Trees , DVA (Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt), Stuttgart 1996, ISBN 978-3-421-03086-3 .
  • Andrea Gebhard, Robert Mürb, Anna Stratenwerth-Nelte, Felix Christmas, Frank R. Werner: Landschaftsarchitekten , Volume 1, Nelte, Wiesbaden 1997, ISBN 978-3-932509-00-1 .
  • Günter Mader: Garden art of the 20th century , DVA (Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt), Stuttgart 1999, ISBN 978-3-421-03200-3 .
  • Anna Stratenwerth-Nelte: Landscape Architects , Volume 3, Nelte, Wiesbaden 2003, ISBN 978-3-932509-05-6 .
  • Sylvia Bieber, Hans Peter Reuter: Realillusion , City of Karlsruhe, Städtische Galerie 2003, ISBN 978-3-923344-58-1 .
  • Günter Mader: Freiraumplanung , DVA (Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt), Stuttgart 2004, ISBN 978-3-421-03448-9 .
  • Peter Degen: City building theory. An introduction to urban design. , Self-published 2011, ISBN 978-3-033-02975-0 .
  • Peter Degen: Urban Spatial Culture. An introduction to the culture of space. , vdf Hochschulverlag AG at the ETH Zurich, 2014, ISBN 978-3-7281-3561-2 .

Contributions by Karl Bauer in other works:

  • Karl Bauer: The Rastatt and Bruchsal Castle Gardens
    in: Rosemarie Münzenmayer, Joachim Wolschke-Bulmahn, The garden as a work of art - The garden as a monument , Verlag Martin Meidenbauer, Munich 2012, ISBN 978-3-89975-276-2 .
  • Karl Bauer: The new parks in Karlsruhe-Südost
    in: Bürgergartenschau e. V. Karlsruhe, Green in Karlsruhe: Parks · Gardens · Trees, INFO Verlag, Bretten 2015, ISBN 978-3-88190-839-9 .

Documentation on CD:

  • Karl Bauer: Documentation of the exhibition Gunnar Martinsson - drawings and projects 1957–2008
    des saai | Southwest German Archive for Architecture and Civil Engineering in the Badische Landesbibliothek Karlsruhe (June 15 to September 22, 2018)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ List of the winners of the German Landscape Architecture Prize from 1977 to 2003. (PDF) Retrieved on December 18, 2018 .
  2. ↑ Publications of the Karlsruhe Urban Planning Office. Retrieved December 19, 2018 .
  3. ↑ Publication of the competition results on www.competitionline.com. Retrieved December 19, 2018 .
  4. ↑ Publication of the competition results on www.competitionline.com. Retrieved December 19, 2018 .
  5. ↑ Publication of the competition results on www.competitionline.com. Retrieved December 19, 2018 .
  6. ↑ Publication of the competition results on www.competitionline.com. Retrieved December 19, 2018 .
  7. ^ Exhibition archive on the website of the Badische Landesbibliothek. Retrieved December 18, 2018 .

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Commons : Karl Bauer  - Collection of images, videos and audio files
personal data
SURNAME Bauer, Karl
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German landscape architect and architect
DATE OF BIRTH December 31, 1940
PLACE OF BIRTH Pforzheim