Oskar Hansen
Oskar Hansen (born April 12, 1922 in Helsinki ; † May 11, 2005 in Warsaw ) was a Polish architect , urban planner and author .
life and work
Oskar Hansen studied mechanics (graduated in 1942) at the ISM University of Management and Economics in Vilnius. During the Second World War he was an active member of the Polish Home Army and moved back to Poland in 1945 to study architecture with Romuald Gutt at the University of Warsaw in Lublin . Between 1948 and 1950, Hansen lived in Paris on a scholarship and worked with Fernand Léger and Pierre Jeanneret . He got to know Picasso . He also spent time in London at the International Summer Academy of Architecture in London. From 1952 to 1983 he taught at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw . He was married to Zofia Garlińska-Hansen (1924–2013).
The theory of the open form was first presented by Oskar Hansen in 1959 at the Congrès Internationaux d'Architecture Moderne (CIAM).
Web links
- monoskop Oskar Hansen (English)
- Oskar Hansen and The Open Form (English)
- Arch + Oskar Hansen and the open form
Individual evidence
- ↑ documenta 14 , daybook Oskar Hansen , accessed on June 12, 2019.
- ↑ artmuseum Oskar Hansen , accessed on June 12, 2019. (English)
- ↑ Macba exhibition Oskar Hansen , accessed on June 12, 2019. (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hansen, Oskar |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Hansen, Oskar Nikolai (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Polish architect, urban planner and author |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 12, 1922 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Helsinki |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 11, 2005 |
| Place of death | Warsaw |