Richard Döcker

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Richard Döcker (born June 13, 1894 in Weilheim an der Teck , † November 9, 1968 in Stuttgart ) was a German architect and university professor of functionalism and late functionalism.

Life

Döcker studied architecture at the Technical University of Stuttgart from 1912 to 1918 and completed the main diploma examination with distinction . From 1914 to 1917 he was a volunteer soldier in the First World War . In 1921 he passed the second state examination in Stuttgart. 1922-1924 he worked as an assistant to Paul Bonatz at the Technical University of Stuttgart, then it was with a thesis on small type of house plans for Doctor of Engineering (Dr.-Ing.) PhD .

In 1926 he became a member of the artists' association Der Ring , and in 1927 he was site manager of the Weißenhofsiedlung in Stuttgart. In 1928 he was appointed a member of the German Werkbund and from the same year worked at the Congrès International d'Architecture Moderne (CIAM). In Stuttgart he also built the house for the doctor and writer Friedrich Wolf . The house in the New Objectivity style was rebuilt in 1935, destroyed in a bomb attack in 1945 down to the basement and rebuilt in a completely different form after the war.

The Waiblingen district hospital, built according to Döcker's plans between 1926 and 1928 (demolished in 1960), pointed the way. Docker's influential book “Terrace type. Hospital, convalescent home, hotel, office building, single-family home, housing estate, rental house and the city ”was published in 1929. Döcker was also responsible for the second construction phase of the Wallmersiedlung in Stuttgart- Untertürkheim , which was built between 1929 and 1931 .

From 1939 to 1941 Döcker studied biology at the Technical University of Stuttgart. From 1941 to 1944 he was given a service contract at the Saarbrücken Reconstruction Office. In 1946 Döcker became general building director of the city of Stuttgart, but he gave up this office again in 1947 after a dispute with Mayor Arnulf Klett . He was elected chairman of the Northern Württemberg regional group of the re-established Association of German Architects (BDA) . From 1947 to 1960 he was professor for urban development and reconstruction at the Technical University of Stuttgart and head of the architecture department and from 1957 a member of the Berlin Academy of the Arts . In 1958 he taught at the Technical University of Karlsruhe . In the same year he retired and received an honorary doctorate from the university on July 28, 1958 .

Buildings (selection)

  • 1920/21: Fritz Krauter house, Plüderhausen, Schwanfeldstr. 11
  • 1922/23: Viergiebelweg settlement, Stuttgart (together with Hugo Keuerleber)
  • 1923: House of Karl Sebald (Dr. Klien), Stuttgart, Rottannenweg 13
  • 1924: House K., Göppingen
  • 1926: Lichthaus Luz, Stuttgart, Königstrasse 48
  • 1926/27: House No. 21 in the Weißenhofsiedlung, Stuttgart, Bruckmannweg 10
  • 1926/27: House No. 22 in the Weißenhofsiedlung, Stuttgart, Rathenaustraße 9
  • 1926–28: Waiblingen Hospital, Winnender Strasse 45
  • 1927: Dr. Gustav Kilpper, Stuttgart, Pischekstrasse 72
  • 1927/28: Vetter House, Stuttgart, Birkenwaldstrasse 169
  • 1927–1929: Maulbronn Hospital
  • 1928: Dr. Friedrich Wolf, Stuttgart, Zeppelinstrasse 43
  • 1929–31: Settlement in Wallmer, Stuttgart Wallmerstrasse 100/112, 116/122, Fiechtnerstrasse 23–26, Sattelstrasse 47/69
  • 1931: own house, Stuttgart, Hermann-Kurz-Straße 44
  • 1937: Yasu Grosse house, Freiburg im Breisgau, Eichhalde 14
  • 1954: Saarland University and State Library
  • 1957–67: Reconstruction of the Katharinenhospital, Stuttgart (together with Eisenlohr and Müller)

Fonts (selection)

  • Type plans for small apartments: general solutions for single, double, terraced and apartment houses in different sky locations and terrains , Stuttgart: Industrie-Verl.- u. Dr. Ges. [1924]
  • To the Münsterplatz development in Ulm a. D . In: Neubau, 1925, pp. 45–47.
  • Settlement at Weißenhof in Stuttgart . In: Die Baugilde, 1925, pp. 634–635, pp. 645–46.
  • On the construction problem of the time . In: Die Form, vol. 1, 1925/26, issue 4, pp. 61–75 ( digitized version ).
  • The flat roof on the Werkbund exhibition . In: Das neue Frankfurt, Vol. 12, 1927, pp. 170–171.
  • Brief reflections on building today . In: Construction and apartment: the buildings of the Weißenhofsiedlung in Stuttgart erected in 1927 according to proposals of the German Werkbund on behalf of the city of Stuttgart and as part of the Werkbund exhibition "Die Wohnung", Stuttgart: Wedekind 1927, pp. 39-48.
  • The expansion, reconstruction and construction of hospitals . In: Die Baugilde, 1928, pp. 1725–1728.
  • The new building . In: Bauwelt, vol. 28, 1928, pp. 49–56.
  • Terrace type: hospital, rest home, hotel, office building, single-family house, housing estate, rental house, etc. the city , Stuttgart: Wedekind 1929.
  • Frankfurt and Karlsruhe for the architect . In: The Bauzeitung united with "Süddeutsche Bauzeitung" Munich , vol. 26, 1929, issue 51, December 21, 1929, pp. 521-526.
  • Stuttgart - the beautiful and modern city! In: Die neue Stadt: international monthly for architectural planning and urban culture, vol. 4, 1932, pp. 233–246.
  • Ed .: 42 houses from 8000 to 30,000 RM , Stuttgart: Hoffmann [1932].
  • The reconstruction of destroyed urban areas , Stuttgart: Research Community Building and Living 1950 (publication of the Research Community Building and Living; 8).

literature

  • Friederike Mehlau-Wiebking: Richard Döcker. An architect on the move to modernity. Vieweg, Braunschweig, Wiesbaden 1989, ISBN 3-528-08725-0 .
  • Dieter Kimpel, Dietrich Worbs (ed.): Richard Döcker 1894–1968. A colloquium for the 100th birthday. Stuttgart 1996, ISBN 3-926269-20-0 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Michael Kienzle, Dirk Mende: "Bring your bright, healthy, comfortable home!" Dr. Friedrich Wolf Stuttgart Zeppelinstraße 43 (=  tracks . No. 2 ). 2nd Edition. German Schiller Society, Marbach 1992, ISBN 3-928882-50-3 .
  2. ↑ Figures and brief description by the architect in: Interior Decoration, vol. 39, 1928, September, pp. 358–365 ( digitized version )
  3. ^ D .: Lichthaus LUZ Stuttgart . In: The Bauzeitung unites with "Süddeutsche Bauzeitung" Munich . tape 24 , no. 52 , December 30, 1927, pp. 473-476 .
  4. ↑ Figures and brief description by the architect in: Interior Decoration, vol. 39, 1928, September, pp. 350–358 ( digitized version )
  5. ↑ E .: A modern home. Architect Government Builder Dr.-Ing. Richard Döcker, Stuttgart . In: The construction newspaper. United with "Süddeutsche Bauzeitung" Munich , vol. 26, issue 21, May 25, 1929, pp. 219–221.
personal data
SURNAME Döcker, Richard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German architect and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH June 13, 1894
PLACE OF BIRTH Weilheim an der Teck
DATE OF DEATH November 9, 1968
Place of death Stuttgart