Manuel Pauli

Manuel Pauli (born April 22, 1930 in Zurich ; † August 2002 in Lucerne ) was a Swiss architect who belonged to the Zurich working group for urban development and planned important works in the city of Zurich, such as the Rathausbrücke . Between 1983 and 1995 Manuel Pauli was the city architect of Lucerne.

Salzweg settlement

Life

Manuel Pauli was born in 1930 in Zurich as the first child of the painter Fritz Pauli and the craftswoman Jenny Pauli-Bruppacher. Shortly thereafter, however, the family first moved to Emden and then to Cavigliano, where Manuel Pauli mainly grew up. After finishing primary school, he attended the Collegio Papio in Ascona . After graduating from high school , he began to study architecture at the ETH Zurich, where he got to know many fellow campaigners such as Esther and Rudolf Guyer , Fritz Schwarz , Beate Schnitter , Jakob Schilling , Rolf Keller and Otto Schärli. He spent his studies with professors Friedrich Hess, William Dunkel and Hans Hoffmann , where he finally graduated in 1955.

Manuel Pauli started his career with small orders for single-family and holiday homes in Ticino . He also worked as an assistant to Professor Hess and later Professor Albrecht Heinrich Steiner at the Federal Institute of Technology . In 1957 he founded a small studio with August Volland. They successfully participated in various competitions, in some cases together with the Guyer office.

In 1959 Manuel Pauli married the Hungarian artist Eva Barna. Over the years they have developed many works together. During his time in Zurich, Manuel Pauli was able to realize some important buildings such as the Rathausbrücke, the conversion and renovation of the Grossmünster Chapel and Helferei Zurich or the Salzweg housing estate . He was always active in the Zurich working group for urban development, with which he campaigned for the design of urban spaces and against their threat from car traffic. Manuel Pauli was always in favor of tolerant coexistence between the different groups in urban areas. He campaigned for urban structures that did not go beyond human scope and comprehension. With this in mind, it is not surprising that Manuel Pauli decided in 1983 to accept the appointment as city architect of Lucerne. He tried to bring architecture into public discussion and to maintain a committed discourse . He organized many competitions and played a key role in the awards for good buildings in the city and canton of Lucerne.

Memberships

Pauli was a member of the Zurich working group for urban development .

buildings

"Heuel" housing estate in Rümlang

Salzweg settlement , aerial view

Seldwyla settlement

• 1957–1960: I Grappoli Holiday Village, Sessa
• 1959–1961: Factory for precision mechanics Heinz Kaiser, Rümlang
• 1957–1967: Genie-Waffenplatz, Bremgarten, with Rudolf and Esther Guyer and August Volland
• 1963–1968: “Watt” high school facility, Effretikon
• 1965–1969: Salzweg Estate , Zurich- Altstetten
• 1968–1969: “Heuel” housing estate, Rümlang
• 1966–1971: Church center, Langendorf
• 1967: Seldwyla settlement , Zumikon
• 1969: Waffenplatz, Isone with Suter + Suter, Carlo Cotti and Fernando Bordoni
• 1968–1972: Niederlenz secondary school complex (1st stage)
• 1969–1974: Conversion and renovation of the Grossmünsterkapelle and Helferei, Zurich
• 1969–1974: Forum Catholic Church Center, Opfikon-Glattbrugg
• 1967–1975: Rathausbrücke , Zurich
• 1972–1975: Wyler am Teich housing estate, Embrach
• 1990–1999: multi-purpose building PTT / SBU, Säntis , (1st stage: 1967–1967; 2nd stage with Rudolf and Esther Guyer)

literature

• Hannes Inneichen: Manuel Pauli: Buildings and Projects 1956–1983, City Architect of Lucerne 1983–1995 , Monograph Swiss Architects, Lucerne 2001

Individual evidence

1. ↑ https://www.nzz.ch/article8C7T1-1.416581
2. ↑ Hannes Inneichen: Manuel Pauli: Buildings and Projects 1956-1983, City Architect of Lucerne 1983-1995 Monograph Swiss Architects, Lucerne 2001.
3. ↑ Manuel Pauli's settlement is demolished. Accessed August 21, 2020 .