Martin Einsele

Martin Einsele (born April 11, 1928 in Kirchheim unter Teck ; † September 10, 2000 in Karlsruhe ) was a German urban planner and university professor .

Live and act

After studying architecture at the Technical University of Stuttgart, Martin Einsele took over the management of the town planning and building regulations office of Gladbeck under Richard Döcker , Rolf Gutbier and Rolf Gutbrod . In Gladbeck, after winning 1st prize in the competition for the Sonnenhof estate in Pforzheim, he set up his own architecture and planning office in 1964 .

In 1973 Einsele was appointed professor at the Technical University of Dortmund . From 1975 to 1981 he was Max Guther's successor as a professor of urban planning and settlement at the Technical University of Darmstadt . In 1981 he moved to the University of Karlsruhe (TH) as a professor for urban planning and design and stayed there until his retirement in 1997.

His contribution to the Triennale in Milan in 1988 presented the urban band on the Upper Rhine as a decentralized metropolitan model and described possibilities for future urban development without a structure fixed on a central office. In addition, Einsele was mainly involved with many smaller designs and plans for a humane environment in our cities. From 1977 to 1985 he was co-editor of Stadtbauwelt . The work in numerous associations, including the German Academy for Urban Development and State Planning and the Association for Urban, Regional and State Planning (SRL) completed his life's work, which was honored by the University of Karlsruhe under the title Planning Space - Living Space .

literature

• Ute Langendörfer, Michael Peterek: Planning space - living space. Martin Einsele, positions 1948–1998. Karlsruhe 1998 (= Karlsruhe urban development publications, Vol. 9).
• Michael Peterek, Klaus Richrath : Martin Ensele 1928–2000 . In: Bauwelt , H. 27 (2000), p. 7, ISSN  0005-6855

Web links

• Martin Einsele in the city dictionary of the Karlsruhe City Archives