Meinhard von Gerkan

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Meinhard von Gerkan (born January 3, 1935 in Riga , Latvia ) is a German architect . He is considered "the most famous German architect" and "one of the most influential architects in the world."

Life

Berlin Tegel Airport
Berlin main station
Christ Pavilion
Bird observation tower on the Graswarder
Tianjin West Railway Station
Lingang New City

Meinhard von Gerkan comes from a German-Baltic family. The father died in 1942 as a soldier on the Eastern Front during World War II , the mother died shortly after fleeing Posen . Gerkan grew up as a foster child in Hamburg , since 1949 in a pastor's family. He attended a Waldorf school and graduated from an evening grammar school in 1955 ( evening school in front of the Holsten Gate ). First he studied law and physics in Hamburg, but then decided to study architecture in Berlin. He has six children from two marriages, Florence and Manon von Gerkan from his first marriage and four children from his second marriage to Sabine von Gerkan. He is related to the German-Baltic classical archaeologist and building researcher Armin von Gerkan .

In 1964 von Gerkan completed his studies in architecture at the Technical University of Braunschweig with a diploma. In the following year 1965 he founded his office partnership with Volkwin Marg , which still exists today under the name of "von Gerkan, Marg and Partner " (gmp) with headquarters in Hamburg. In the first two years of his career, von Gerkan and his partner won eight architecture competitions, including the one for the design of Berlin-Tegel Airport .

In 1974 von Gerkan accepted a professorship at the Technical University of Braunschweig, where he headed the Institute for Building Design (Department for Building Science and Design A) until 2002. The designs implemented by the gmp office in Germany and abroad include the Berlin-Tegel airport , the expansion of the Hamburg-Fuhlsbüttel and Stuttgart airports, the new Berlin main train station (formerly Lehrter Bahnhof ) and the renovation of the Berlin Olympic Stadium . Since the turn of the millennium, the gmp office has also been intensively involved in planning in China . The planned town of Lingang New City was not only designed there, but has also been turned into reality since 2003.

Meinhard von Gerkan is a member of the Free Academy of the Arts Hamburg and president of the Academy for Architectural Culture, which he initiated together with his office partners . He lives on the Graswarder peninsula , where he bought one of the few houses in the 1960s. The model Manon von Gerkan is his daughter.

Drafts (selection)

Awards and honors

Fonts

  • The responsibility of the architect. Conditions for the built environment. Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt, Stuttgart 1982, ISBN 3-421-02584-3 .
  • Everyday architecture: shape and shape. Bauverlag, Wiesbaden, Berlin 1987, ISBN 3-7625-2449-1 .
  • Architecture in dialogue. Texts on architectural practice. Ernst & Sohn , Berlin 1995, ISBN 3-433-02881-8 .
  • Black Box BER. From Berlin Brandenburg Airport and other major construction sites. How Germany is building up its future. Quadriga, Berlin 2013, ISBN 978-3-86995-060-0 .

Movies

  • Gero von Boehm asks Meinhard von Gerkan. Talk, Germany, 2014, 49:52 min., Moderation: Gero von Boehm , production: interscience film, Servus TV , series: Close Up, first broadcast: February 5, 2015 on Servus TV, synopsis by interscience, online video by Servus TV.
  • China's New Temple of the Muses. Documentary, Germany, 2013, 59:14 min., Script and director: Ralf Pleger, production: AVE, ZDF , 3sat , first broadcast: February 3, 2013 on 3sat, summary by 3sat, including Gerkan on his opera building on the Yangtze River in Chongqing .

literature

  • Jürgen Tietz: Meinhard von Gerkan - diversity in unity. The authorized biography. Jovis Verlag, Berlin 2015, ISBN 978-3-86859-372-3 .
  • Jürgen Tietz: Meinhard von Gerkan - Biography in Buildings 1965–2015. The authorized biography. Jovis Verlag, Berlin 2015, ISBN 978-3-86859-373-0 .
  • Jürgen Tietz: Meinhard von Gerkan - Diversity in Unity / Biography in Buildings 1965–2015. Jovis Verlag, Berlin 2015, ISBN 978-3-86859-374-7 .

Web links

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Regina Krieger: In the architect's book , Handelsblatt, June 28, 2015, accessed on May 25, 2020.
  2. ↑ Meinhard von Gerkan on uncompromising architecture and the identity-creating power of extraordinary ideas. In: Leadership in the border area. 21 personalities. With the courage to change. Edited by Bernhard Fischer-Appelt, Gabler, Wiesbaden 2006, p. 87, ISBN 978-3-8349-0394-5 .
  3. ↑ a b c d Alexandra Kilian: Meinhard von Gerkan: “I became an architect out of passion - and have stayed that way.” In: Berliner Morgenpost , January 3, 2015.
  4. ↑ aac website , accessed on February 25, 2017.
  5. ↑ The northern story: Graswarder peninsula - insider tip in the Baltic Sea , broadcast on May 22, 2020 on NDR television.
  6. ^ Hanoi Museum - gmp
  7. ↑ Press release: Inauguration of the main building of the TU Hamburg - a landmark that can be seen from afar and has a great radiance. In: TUHH of August 24, 2012, accessed on February 6, 2015.
  8. ↑ BDA Hamburg Baukultur Prize 2016. Meinhard von Gerkan and Volkwin Marg awarded! Bund Deutsche Architekten BDA Hamburg, November 4, 2016, accessed on April 25, 2020 .
  9. ↑ Katinka Corts: Meinhard von Gerkan honored , german-architects.com, September 24, 2019, accessed on May 25, 2020.
personal data
SURNAME Gerkan, Meinhard von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German architect and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH January 3, 1935
PLACE OF BIRTH Riga