Otto Paul Burghardt
Otto Paul Burghardt (born January 17, 1875 in Leipzig , † December 29, 1959 in Oldenburg ) was a Leipzig-based German architect .
Life
Burghardt made his Abitur at the higher citizen school in Leipzig. He then studied at the technical institutes of the city of Leipzig and the state building school there. For two years he worked in the studio of the Leipzig architects Georg Weidenbach and Richard Tschammer . He went on study trips through Germany, Switzerland, France, Italy, Austria-Hungary and Czechoslovakia.
Since April 1, 1904, he worked as a freelance architect in Leipzig. He received the Golden Medal for his designs exhibited at the General Building Exhibition in Leipzig in 1909. One of his most important works is the 13-storey Europahaus in Leipzig.
Burghardt had been married to Margarete, nee Köppe, since 1908 and had two children. He is buried in the evangelical cemetery in Jever .
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Architectural conception
Burghardt's architecture from the beginning of the 20th century was characterized by a modern style of construction, which, however - as was characteristic of Leipzig architecture before the First World War - adapted to the cityscape through a mostly historicizing design. His buildings “are distinguished by their elegant calm, by the clear endeavor to comprehend their tasks as a whole and not to obscure their intended purpose with too much jewelry. However, he still devotes particular care to ornament and has achieved an independence that clearly characterizes him even in small details. With increasing frugality in use, a more mature, more personal development of ornament keeps pace. [...] In spite of all his independence in the application, he got his most fruitful suggestions from the baroque. "
Romanus House
In 1906 the Leipzig Romanushaus was sold to the Steinmann brothers. In 1906/1907 they initiated a thorough reconstruction by Burghardt, who was known for his studies of the Leipzig baroque buildings. After completion, the contemporary critics were full of praise for its design, which stems from a “baroque mood”: “The increased number of shop fittings in fine artistic development appear as intentionally modern ingredients as a baroque portal on a Gothic church. Incidentally, the renovation has only benefited the building; by removing the oil paint from the stone parts, the three-dimensional impression is immense, and the beauty of the differences in material only now emerges. [...] With this work [...] Burghardt has documented his position on the old Leipzig architecture. "
Racetrack grandstand
In connection with the expansion of the Scheibenholz racecourse , which has existed since 1867 , the existing wooden grandstand was to be replaced. Burghardt designed a massive grandstand building with two striking towers. Since the racetrack was visited by many excursion guests because of its scenic location, a spacious restaurant was also integrated into the new building. "With the design for the new racecourse grandstand [...] Burghardt has completely solved a not easy task [...] in what is probably the only correct way to create a calm, elegant silhouette and fresh contrasts of colors in a lovely natural environment while dispensing with purely external decorative motifs. How friendly the cozy tower domes greet you from afar when the large roof is still hidden: the light gray of the plastered surfaces and the bright red of the tile roofing go well together. "
Buildings and designs
- 1903: Competition design for the town hall in Geringswalde (awarded)
- 1904–1905: “stately” apartment building for Carl Noack in Leipzig (Südvorstadt), Hardenbergstrasse 18 / August-Bebel-Strasse
- 1906: Tomb ( mausoleum ) of the Herbst and Mechler families in Leipzig, Südfriedhof , IV. Department
- 1906–1907: Reconstruction of the Romanushaus in Leipzig, Katharinenstraße 23
- villa-like houses in Leipzig-Gohlis, Springerstraße 11, 13 and 15 (Burghardt's studio was located in Springerstraße 13)
- 1907: Grandstand with restaurant for the Leipziger horse racing track Scheibenholz
- 1909: Villa Selter in Leipzig- Nordvorstadt , Springerstraße 6
- 1909–1910: Office and commercial building (Messhaus) " Gloecks Haus " in Leipzig, Brühl 52
- 1910: Competition draft for a Bismarck national monument on the Elisenhöhe near Bingerbrück (not awarded a prize)
- 1910–1911: Villa for the brothers Fritz and Hans von Philipp (board members of Fritz Schulz jun. AG ) in Leipzig (Südvorstadt), Richard-Lehmann-Straße 19 (only the portals and enclosure preserved)
- 1912: Commercial building in Leipzig, Brühl 37/39 / Am Hallischen Tor (demolished in 1968 in favor of a "socialist redesign")
- 1912: Tomb for Karl Wilhelm Hiersemann in Leipzig, Südfriedhof, VI. Department
- 1913–1914: Office and commercial building of the August Pick & Co. company in Leipzig, Goerdelerring 5 (since its re-establishment on March 8, 1990, the seat of the Leipzig Chamber of Commerce and Industry)
- 1919: Tomb for Hugo Haschke in Leipzig, Südfriedhof, XIV. Department, election point 156 (in the form of a church choir)
- 1921: Monument to the fallen 1914-18 of the infantry regiment Prince Johann Georg (8th Saxon) No. 107 in Leipzig, Südfriedhof, XX. Department, voting point 181
- 1922: Memorial in honor of those who fell in 1914-18 of the Saxon Infantry Regiment No. 183 at the Südfriedhof in Leipzig
- 1928–1929: Europahaus in Leipzig, Augustusplatz 7
- undated: Flemming's grave at the Leipzig-Leutzsch cemetery
literature
- Robert Volz (Red.): Reich manual of the German society . The handbook of personalities in words and pictures. Volume 1: A-K. German business publisher, Berlin 1930, DNB 453960286 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Otto Martzsch: New Leipzig buildings. In: Leipziger Calendar 1908. Illustrated yearbook and chronicle. 5th year, Leipzig, Verlag Georg Merseburger 1908, p. 201 ff.
- ^ Deutsche Bauzeitung , Volume 37, 1903, No. 75 (from September 19, 1903), p. 488.
- ↑ Max Schmid (ed.): One hundred designs from the competition for the Bismarck National Monument on the Elisenhöhe near Bingerbrück-Bingen. Düsseldorfer Verlagsanstalt, Düsseldorf 1911. (n. Pag.)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Burghardt, Otto Paul |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Burghardt, Paul (given name); Burghardt, Otto Karl (???) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German architect |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 17, 1875 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Leipzig |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 29, 1959 |
| Place of death | Oldenburg |