Meinrad Morger
Meinrad Ulrich Morger (born January 2, 1957 in Appenzell ) is a Swiss architect and professor .
Life
Morger began an apprenticeship as a structural draftsman in 1974 . In 1988 Meinrad Morger completed an architecture degree at the HTL Winterthur . During his studies he worked for Michael Alder in Basel and at Metron Architects in Brugg. After graduating, he founded the architecture firm Morger & Degelo in Basel with Heinrich Degelo , which lasted until 2006. In 1992 he received a federal art grant. Between 2003 and 2008 he was professor at the Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts. From 2006 to 2015 he ran the Morger + Dettli Architects office in Basel together with Fortunat Dettli. Since August 2015 the office has been called Morger Partner Architects, based in Basel. Morger was a member of the Basel-Stadt Monument Council from 2001 to 2011 . From 2014 to 2016 he was chairman of the Basel branch of the Federation of Swiss Architects .
Teaching
From 1987 to 1993 Morger was an assistant at the ETH Zurich . From 1997 to 1998 he worked as a guest lecturer at the EPF Lausanne and from 1998 to 2000 at the ETH Zurich. In 2003 he was appointed professor at the University of Technology and Architecture in Lucerne, where he taught until 2008. From 2008 to 2010 he was a university professor at RWTH Aachen University . From 2010 to 2017, Morger was the successor of Dörte Gatermann and Dietrich Bangert as a university professor at the Technical University of Darmstadt at the chair of design and building theory and from 2013 to 2015 also held the dean's office of the architecture department. On April 1, 2017, he was appointed university professor for building theory at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology as the successor to Arno Lederer and Daniele Marques .
Judging activities
Morger was chairman of the jury for the urban development competition "Arealentwicklung Alte Spinnerei" on the Lorze in Baar and for the new construction of the Ringelberghohl day care center in Karlsruhe.
buildings
- since 1996: standardized building for railway technology SBB, Switzerland
- 1998–1999: House Müller, Staufen
- 1997–2000: Lichtenstein Art Museum , together with Heinrich Degelo and Christian Kerez , Vaduz
- 2001–2003: Messeturm Basel with Heinrich Degelo and Daniele Marques , Basel
- 2003–2010: Perron 1 residential and commercial building, Solothurn
- 2006–2010: Trancauna House, Lumbrein
- 2010–2014: Ovaverva indoor pool, spa & sports center with Valentin Bearth and Andrea Deplazes , St. Moritz
- 2008–2015: Hilti Art Foundation / Huber Uhren Schmuck, Vaduz
- 2011–2018: Dom-Römer Areal residential building, Frankfurt am Main
Honourings and prices
- 1998: The Brunel Award, Madrid
- 2001: Award for Good Buildings in Eastern Switzerland & the Principality of Liechtenstein for the Lichtenstein Art Museum , Vaduz
- 2002: Recognition of the Balthasar Neumann Prize for the Lichtenstein Art Museum , Vaduz
- 2004: Houses Award, House of the Year for House Schröder, Staufen
- 2012: Arc Award 2012 - New apartment building category for residential and commercial building Perron 1, Solothurn
- 2014: "The best single-family house 2014" for House Trancauna, Lumbrein
- 2014: Arc Award 2014 - special "Lichtführung" award for House Trancauna, Lumbrein
- 2016: DETAIL Prize 2016 for Hilti Art Foundation / Huber Uhren Schmuck, Vaduz
- 2017: Award for Good Buildings in Graubünden 2017 for Ovaverva Indoor Swimming Pool, Spa & Sports Center, St. Moritz
literature
- Morger & Degelo: Architects. niggli Verlag, Salenstein 2000, p. 185 ISBN
- Lichtenstein Art Museum. Lars Müller Publishers, Baden 2000, p. 112 ISBN
- Three Architects in Switzerland . Quart Verlag, Lucerne, p. 172 ISBN
- Katharina Stehrenberger (ed.): Buildings in artificial stone. niggli Verlag, Salenstein 2011, p. 104 ISBN
- Morger & Dettli. Volume of the series De aedibus. Quart Verlag, Luzern 2011, p. 92 ISBN
Web links
- Meinrad Morger. In: arch INFORM .
- Meinrad Morger on the website of Morger Partner Architects
- Meinrad Morger on the website of Meinrad Morger's chair at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Individual evidence
- ^ Morger Partner Architects AG. Commercial register of the canton of Basel-Stadt , accessed on July 16, 2017.
- ↑ competitionline: Result: area development Alte Spinnerei on the Lor ... competitionline. Retrieved August 8, 2020 .
- ↑ competitionline: Result: new construction of the Ringelberghohl day care center in Karlsruhe ... competitionline. Retrieved August 8, 2020 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Morger, Meinrad |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Morger, Meinrad Ulrich (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss architect and university professor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 2nd January 1957 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Appenzell |