Louis by Giacomelli

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Louis von Giacomelli (actually Luigi Giacomelli di Monterosso, born February 16, 1858 in Treviso , † December 5, 1918 in Vienna ) was an architect and civil engineer of Northern Italian origin who mainly worked in Vienna .

Studio sign Louis Ritter von Giacomelli in the foyer of the house on Sechskrügelgasse 14

Life

Giacomelli came from a wealthy and educated family from Friuli who settled in Treviso in 1830 and bought the Palazzo Giacomelli (previously Palazzo Dolfin) named after her. From 1876 to 1890 he studied architecture at the Technical University of Vienna with Moritz Wappler . He initially worked as an architect in Northern Italy, settled in Vienna in 1894 after a few building contracts and lived first at Geologengasse 8, and from 1896 at Ungargasse . In 1898 he received the right of home in Vienna; the Austrian Association of Engineers and Architects accepted him as a member, and Giacomelli was on the committee for its magazine. In 1908 he joined the Central Association of Architects and became a member of the Hansen Club, which existed until 1917 . From 1900 until his death he had his studio and apartment in Vienna's Sechskrügelgasse 14. In addition to the years of work on the church buildings, he took part in several other architectural competitions in Vienna, such as 1914–1915 for a pedestrian and pipe bridge over the Danube Canal and 1915–1916 for the Kursalon in the city park

buildings

  • Palazzo di Giustizia in Modena, in a photograph by Pietro Poppi before 1907

  • Turkish temple, Vienna main entrance (photo around 1900)

  • Russian Orthodox Cathedral in Jaurèsgasse, Vienna

  • Minoritenkirche Maria Schnee, Vienna, on a watercolor from 1910, signed WJ

Works (selection)

  • “ Turkish Temple ”, Zirkusgasse 22 in Vienna. Synagogue of the Turkish Israelite community, built 1885–1887 by Giacomelli based on plans by Hugo von Wiedenfeld , destroyed by the National Socialists during the 1938 November pogroms .
  • 1890-1892 he designed and built the Palazzo di Giustizia (Palace of Justice) in Modena in the neo-Renaissance style . The building was demolished in 1963 and made way for the new seat of the Cassa di Risparmio di Modena, built by Giò Ponti .
  • Russian Orthodox Cathedral of St. Nicholas , Jaurèsgasse 2–4 in Vienna, built 1893–1897. The original plans came from the Russian architect Grigorij Iwanowitsch Kotov, in 1893 Fritz Rumpelmayer was entrusted with the construction management, after whom Giacomelli took over the planning and construction in 1897.
  • In 1902 he was first on the building commission of the Italian congregation "Madonna della Neve" (Maria Schnee). 1903–1909, after the death of Victor Lutz, Giacomelli was in charge of the restoration, conversion and construction of extensions to the former Minoritenkirche Maria Schnee at Minoritenplatz in Vienna. which owes its present shape to him.
  • In 1905 he built the grave chapel of the family of Baron Rudolf von Wiener-Welten at the Ober-St.-Veit (Vienna) cemetery .

Fonts

The Italian National Church of Maria Schnee in Vienna (Minorite Church) then and now , Vienna 1909; also published in Italian in the same year.

Awards

  • Around 1900 he was appointed commander of the Imperial Russian Order of St. Stanislaus for his services to the construction of the Russian Orthodox Church of St. Nicholas in Vienna .
  • After the restoration of the Maria Schnee Minorite Church, he was given the title “Knight of Monterosso”.
  • In 1909 he received the Knight's Cross of the Franz Joseph Order .

literature

  • Dehio: The Art Monuments of Austria , Vienna 1954
  • Julius Meyer: General Artist Lexicon , Volume 3, Leipzig 1885
  • Saur: General Artist Lexicon - The visual artists of all times and peoples , Volume 2, Munich and Leipzig 1992
  • Rudolf Schmidt: Austrian Artist Lexicon from the Beginnings to the Present , Volume 1, Vienna 1974

Remarks

  1. ↑ a b Sabine Schennach, Stefanie Zangerl: Giacomelli di Monterosso, Luigi. In: AIA (Artisti Italiani in Austria). University of Innsbruck, 2008, accessed January 24, 2020 .
  2. ↑ Modena. Palazzo di Giustizia. In: Fondo Poppi - Fotografia dell'Emilia. Fondi fotografici, accessed January 26, 2020 . NB: Zangerl and Schennach have the wrong demolition date 1961
  3. ↑ Rudolf Wiener-Welten himself, who committed suicide during the occupation of Austria by the National Socialists in 1938, was buried in the Hietzingen cemetery .
personal data
SURNAME Giacomelli, Louis of
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Giacomelli, Luigi; Giacomelli, Ludwig Ritter von; Giacomelli di Monterosso, Louis
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian-Italian architect and civil engineer
DATE OF BIRTH February 16, 1858
PLACE OF BIRTH Treviso
DATE OF DEATH December 5, 1918
Place of death Vienna