Merkel building

Relief over the driveway

The Merkel building at Helmholtzstrasse 14-16 in Dresden belongs to the TU Dresden and is an example of socialist classicism .

description

The building was erected in 1955/57 with a usable area of 43,000 square meters according to designs by the architects Fritz Schaarschmidt and Gerhard Sperling in a " traditional construction " with "sandstone plaster facades". It is a three-storey teaching building with an experimental hall. The reliefs by Max Lachnit above the main entrance are remarkable . The building was named after Leopold Carl Friedrich Merkel , Professor of Theoretical Mechanical Engineering and today houses the Institute for Thermodynamics and Technical Building Services.

literature

Walter May, Werner Pampel and Hans Konrad: Architectural Guide GDR, Dresden District . VEB Verlag für Bauwesen, Berlin 1979.

Web links

Commons : Merkel-Bau - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b May et al., P. 54 No. 83 (3) [Merkel-Bau]

51.027888888889 13.724716666667Coordinates: 51 ° 1 ′ 40.4 ″ N , 13 ° 43 ′ 29 ″ E

[May-1] May et al., P. 54 No. 83 (3) [Merkel-Bau]