Nils Hellner

Nils Hellner (born February 12, 1965 in Göttingen ) is a German building researcher and excavation architect .

biography

Nils Hellner grew up as the son of the photographer of the German Archaeological Institute in Athens (DAI), Gösta Hellner , son of Hans Hellner , in Greece. After completing his school career, he studied architecture at the Technical University of Berlin . After receiving his diploma in 1992, he first worked as a research assistant at the DAI Athens, then he received a travel grant in 1994/95 . From 1996 to 2004 he was assistant at the chair for building history, historical building research and monument preservation at the Technical University of Munich .

In 2002 he received his doctorate with the topic The Pillar Bases of the Second Dipterus of Samos . Subsequently taught at the Weihenstephan University of Applied Sciences and at the University of Trieste . From 2004 to 2006 he was excavation architect for the Italian Mission to Oman (IMTO) and from 2006 he received a DAI scholarship for building research. From 2009 to 2017 he was a consultant for building research at the German Archaeological Institute in Athens, since then he has been active in the private sector.

Nils Hellner conducted research in the Heraion of Samos , in the Kerameikos of Athens, in Megara , Egio and Kalapodi .

Fonts (selection)

• New research on the polycratic Hera temple on Samos . architectura 25, 1995/2, 121-127
• Traces of rotation on the column component of the archaic Heraion of Argos? , Revue archéologique 1/2004, 69–78
• Megara Krene , Athenische Mitteilungen 119, 2004, 163–220
• A new building in the Kerameikos of Athens. In: Report on the 43rd meeting of the Koldewey Society 2004 in Dresden (Stuttgart 2006) 124–130
• Significant stone work at the Temple of Athena in Assos . In: Reinhard Stupperich (Ed.), Excavations in Assos 1993, Asia Minor Studies 57 (Bonn 2006) 227–234
• Building research at the forum of Iulium Carnicum / Zuglio. In: Aquileia Nostra 78, 2007, 265-294.
• The column bases of the second Dipterus of Samos: basis for the reconstruction of the temple in its construction phases . Samos 26, Bonn 2009, ISBN 978-3-7749-3628-7 .
• Η »ΚΡΗΝΗ ΤΟΥ ΘΕΑΓΕΝΟΥΣ« ΣΤΑ ΜΕΓΑΡΑ. ΙΣΤΟΡΙΑ ΚΑΙ ΑΡΧΙΤΕΚΤΟΝΙΚΗ ΕΝΟΣ ΜΝΗΜΕIΟΥ ΤΟΥ 5ΟΥ ΑΙΩΝΑ Π.Χ. Megara 2009, ISBN 978-960-88807-1-9 .
• A half-timbered pillar from the 14th century BC. From Ed. Triad / Crete . In: A. v. Kienlin (Ed.), Holztragwerke der Antike, Byzas 11 (Istanbul 2011) 61–73.
• Thoughts on Octagonal Columns in Ancient Greek Architecture . Revue archéologique 2/2011, 227–262.
• Architecture, Greek . In: R. Bagnall - K. Brodersen - C. Champion - A. Erskine - SR Hueber (eds.), Encyclopedia of Ancient History (Malden, MA 2012) 650–656.
• A Late Minoan III Propylon at Haghia Triada, in: Creta Antica 10 / II, 2009 (Padova 2009) 501-518 (with N. Cucuzza).
• Kalapodi. New criteria for a typology of Doric architecture, in: I. Gerlach - D. Raue (ed.), RESEARCH CLUSTER 4 sanctuaries: shape and ritual, continuity and change. Sanctuary and ritual - sacred places in archaeological evidence. People - cultures - traditions; Research Cluster 4; Vol. 10 (Leidorf: Rahden / Westf. 2016) 43–52.
• Spatial tour using the example of the late Geometric and archaic south temples of Abai / Kalapodi . In: D. Kurapkat - PI Schneider - U. Wulf-Rheidt (Hrsg.): Architecture of the way. Designed movement in built space. Building research colloquium in Berlin from February 6 to 11, 2012, organized by the DAI Architecture Department, DiskAB 11 (Regensburg 2014) 289–307.
• Review of A. Hennemeyer, Das Athenaheiligtum von Priene: the auxiliary structures - altar, hall and propylon - and the structural development of the sanctuary . Archaeological Research Vol. 27, Wiesbaden: Reichert Verlag 2013, in: Göttinger Forum für Altertumswwissenschaft 17 (Göttingen 2014), 1307-1316.
• A stratigraphically dated, highly archaic capital from Abai / Kalapodi . In: I. Kaiser - Ou. Kouka - D. Panagiotopoulos (Ed.): A Minoan in Exile. Festschrift for Wolf-Dietrich Niemeier's 65th birthday. University research on prehistoric archeology, Vol. 188 (Bonn 2015) 125–145.
• Were there fluted wooden columns in the early phase of archaic temple construction? In: Β.Κ. Λαμπρινουδάκης - Ae. Ohnesorg - Ε. Σημαντώνη-Μπουρνιά - Κ. Ζάμπας (Ed.), Αρχιτέκτων. HONORARY VOLUME FOR PROFESSOR MANOLIS KORRES (Athens 2016) 555-568.
• Il tempio di Zeus ad Olimpia: il concetto di restauro e la relativa realizzazione, in: Selinunte - Restauri dell'antico, Atti del Convegno Internazionale “Selinus 2011. Restauri dell'antico. Ricerche ed esperienze nel Mediterraneo di età greca ”, Selinunte, Baglio Florio, 20–23 October 2011 (Roma 2016) 279– 286, plate XXV.
• On the wooden origins of Doric architecture, in: K. Sporn - R. Senff (Ed.) AtheNea 2015/16 , 82–87.
• The core structure of the Athens department, in: K. Sporn - R. Senff (Ed.) AtheNea 2015/16 , 12–17.
• Il tempio arcaico a Trapezà presso Eghion: ricerche e proposte di ricostruzione, ASAtene 93, Series III, 15, 2015 (2017) 115-133 (with F. Gennatou).
• Sondage 2016 at the west gable - The roof formation and the west gable of the south temple of Kalapodi, in: K. Sporn et al., Excavation report of the years 2014–16, AM 131/132, 2016/17, 206–211.
• Considerations on the use of singular tool finds under the archaic temple of Kalapodi, in: M. Korres - S. Mamaloukos - F. Mallouchou-Tufano - K. Zampas (ed.) ΗΡΩΣ ΚΤΙΣΤΗΣ. Commemorative publication Charalampos Bouras (Athens 2018) 293–300.
• The temple site on the Trapezá Aigiou, in: E. Greco - A. Rizakis (Ed.), Proceedings of the International Conference, Gli Achei in Grecia e in Magna Grecia: nuove scoperte e nuove prospettive = Οι Αχαίλοι στήν Ελλάδη καγά τη Ελλάδα: νεά ευρήματα και νέες προόπτικες: Atti del Convegno di Aighion = Πρακτικά του Συνεδρίου στο Αίγιο (12-13 / 12/2016), ASP. 3 (Rome 2019) 165-183
• Early Temples Built of Wood and Stone: New Finds from Kalapódhi (Phokis), in: Ph.Sapirstein - D. Scahill (Ed.), New Approaches and Paradigms in the Study of Greek Architecture , Monumtenta Graeca et Romana 25, (Leiden - Boston: Brill 2020) 106-122
• The preliminary drafts by Heinrich Johannes from the years 1931–34 for a new building for the DAI Athens on Rigillis-Straße, in: K. Sporn - A. Kankeleit (ed.), The Athens Department of the German Archaeological Institute and the activities of German archaeologists in Greece 1874-1933, DAI Cluster 5 conference in Athens, DAI and Benaki Museum, December 12-13, 2016, contributions to the history of archeology and ancient studies 2 (Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz 2020) 67-90

Web links

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