Kaspar Hassel

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Kaspar Hassel
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Kaspar Frederik Hassel (born November 6, 1877 in Roan , † April 9, 1962 in Bergen ) was a Norwegian architect and sailor .

Life

Rothaugen Skole seen from the harbor

Hassel was born in Roan im Trøndelag as the son of Lensman Anton Markus Hassel and his wife Veladeria Kaald. His younger sister was the painter Signy Willums , who was primarily known for her landscape paintings. He graduated from the Technical University in Trondheim in 1899 and completed his architecture studies at the Technical University in Berlin in 1901 . He then worked as an assistant to the Trondheim district engineer. From 1904 he was employed by the city of Bergen , initially as an architect in the district engineer’s office, and from 1909 as head of urban development. From 1924 until his retirement in 1947, Hassel was Bergen's first city architect.

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Fridalen Skole

As an urban architect, Hassel had a strong influence on the urban development of Bergen. He designed several of the large central schools in Bergen that are still in use today. The former central slaughterhouse, which is now used as a residential and office building, several buildings of the Haukeland Sykehus and the first communal apartments in Rothaugen were built according to Hassel's drawings. The schools Rothaugen Skole (1910) and Møhlenpris Skole (1911) were built according to the German model and were considered to be particularly progressive in their division and were characterized by a high quality of construction. Among his later works, Fridalen Skole stands out in the Art Deco style , which when it was built was the largest primary school in Norway with around 2,400 pupils.

Participation in the Olympic Games

Kaspar Hassel, who for the Bergen Seilforening sailed, was in 1920 in Antwerp at the Olympic Games in the 12-meter class after the International Rule of 1919 Olympic champion . He was a crew member of the Heira II , which participated as the only boat in its class. The Heira II was enough for lack of competition in two races each reaching the goal to win the gold medal. In addition to Christen Wiese , Martin Borthen , Egill Reimers and Arthur Allers , the crew also included the brothers Thor , Olaf and Erik Ørvig . Skipper of Heira II was Johan Friele .

Web links

Commons : Kaspar Hassel  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Signy Willums , Norsk kunstnerleksikon, accessed on June 30, 2020 (Norwegian)
  2. ↑ a b Kaspar Frederik Hassel , Norsk kunstnerleksikon, accessed on June 30, 2020 (Norwegian)
  3. ↑ a b Kaspar Hassel , in Store Norske Leksikon, accessed on June 30, 2020 (Norwegian)
personal data
SURNAME Hassel, Kaspar
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hassel, Kaspar Fredrik (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Norwegian architect and sailor
DATE OF BIRTH November 6, 1877
PLACE OF BIRTH Roan , Norway
DATE OF DEATH April 9, 1962
Place of death Bergen , Norway