Karl Higi
Karl Higi (born May 31, 1920 in Zurich ; † January 8, 2008 there ) was a Swiss architect. He continued the work of his father Anton Higi after his death in the field of modern Catholic church building in Switzerland.
life and work
Karl Higi studied architecture at the ETH Zurich and graduated in 1945 with a diploma. After studying in Scandinavia , he and his father Anton Higi founded an architectural office in 1946. After Anton Higi's death in 1951, he continued to run the office alone until he retired in 1985.
Karl Higi attached great importance to the interior decoration of his buildings and worked with well-known Swiss painters and sculptors, including a. with Ferdinand Gehr , Alfred Huber , Pierino Selmoni, Max Rüedi and Paul Stöckli (1906–1991).
In 1957, Karl Higi was a lecturer for church buildings at the Catholic. Adult Education Center Zurich. From 1963 to 1973 he acted as building advisor to the Roman Catholic Central Commission of the Canton of Zurich and the Roman Catholic parishes of the city of Zurich.
Karl Higi married Delfina Cassinelli (1926–2012) in 1947, with whom he had three children.
He found his final resting place in the Nordheim cemetery in Zurich .
Buildings (selection)
As an architect, Karl Higi realized numerous settlements, commercial buildings, apartment buildings and single-family houses as well as conversions on buildings by Anton Higi. Karl Higi set a focus of his activity in the area of church building; over a period of 30 years he built 13 new Catholic churches.
- 1947–1949: Settlement in der Ey (with Anton Higi and Rudolf Pfister; 1950 award for good buildings)
- 1951 and 1958: Club building, Belvoir municipal tennis courts, Mythenquai Zurich
- 1952 and 1973–1975: Boathouse of the Seepolizei, Mythenquai Zurich
- 1952: New construction of the monastery church of the Cistercians in Magdenau SG (plans with Anton Higi)
- 1952–1954: St. Anton Wettingen AG Church
- 1954–1955: Rectory of the Liebfrauenkirche, Zurich-Unterstrass
- 1955: Club building for the municipal tennis courts, Bachtobelstrasse, Zurich
- 1956–1957: St. Antonius Church , Wallisellen
- 1958–1960: St. Josef Church , Schlieren
- 1959–1961: Brother Klaus Church on the Bruderholz , Basel
- 1961: Crypt of the Brother Klaus church , Zurich
- 1961–1962: St. Raphael Private Clinic, Zumikon , incl. Chapel
- 1961–1962: Mission Church in Noa Khali, formerly East Pakistan, today Bangladesh
- 1963–1964: Church of All Saints, Zurich-Neuaffoltern
- 1964–1966: St. Michael Church , Zollikerberg
- 1968: St. Antonius Church , Münchwilen TG
- 1969–1971: St. Gallus Church , Fischenthal ZH
- 1971–1973: Rosengarten retirement home of the City of Zurich, Uster
- 1971–1973: Parish center including the Church of the Holy Spirit, Zurich-Höngg
- 1971–1973: Monastery church of the mother house of the sisters of St. Cross , including crypt, Ingenbohl SZ. The crypt with the grave of the founder of the order, the blessed mother Maria Theresia Scherer (1825–1888) is a place of pilgrimage for Catholics.
- 1975–1976: Church of St. Theresa, Brunnen SZ
- 1978–1979: Raiffeisenbank Brunnen SZ
- 1979–1982: Riedhof retirement home, Zurich-Höngg
- 1980–1981: Chapel in House Hirschengraben 74, Zurich. Seat of the Provincial Council of the Swiss Jesuits
estate
- Estate fragment in the gta archive, Institute for the History and Theory of Architecture gta at ETH Zurich
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Fabrizio Brentini. Building for the Church. Catholic church building of the 20th century in Switzerland. Edition SSL 1994, p. 288.
- ↑ The complete list of buildings can be viewed in the gta archive, Institute for the History and Theory of Architecture gta at ETH Zurich.
- ↑ See website of the building cooperative, section Eyhof and In der Ey. ( Memento of the original from March 27, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved July 18, 2013.
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Higi, Karl |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss architect |
DATE OF BIRTH | May 31, 1920 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Zurich |
DATE OF DEATH | January 8, 2008 |
Place of death | Zurich |