Rolf Göpfert
Rolf Fritz Göpfert (born December 7, 1903 in Freiberg ; † October 26, 1994 in Dresden ) was a German architect , artist and Dresden architecture professor.
family
Rolf Göpfert was born in Freiberg in 1903, where his grandfather, the master builder Carl Friedrich Göpfert († 1891), founded a construction company which Rolf's father, the master builder and architect Max Richard Göpfert, continued.
Richard's brother was the builder, politician and castle researcher Arthur Hugo Göpfert (1872–1949), who was also born in Freiberg , and was therefore Rolf's uncle.
Rolf Göpfert was the father of Heiner and Ulf Göpfert .
Live and act
From 1924 he studied architecture with Oswin Hempel , Otto Schubert , Richard Müller , Fritz Beckert and Kurt Diestel at the Technical University of Dresden . After completing the intermediate diploma, he studied at the TH Aachen (diploma thesis 1928). From 1929 he worked as an architect in Magdeburg and Freiberg and from 1932 also worked as a graphic artist.
In 1934 he founded his own architecture office and worked as a freelance architect until 1949, among other things in the field of monument preservation. From 1949 to 1950 he was a research assistant at the Institute for Civil Engineering of the German Academy of Sciences in Berlin and from 1951 to 1955 chief architect under Hermann Henselmann . In 1955, as the successor to Karl Wilhelm Ochs , he took over the chair for building design and building theory at the TH Dresden, which he held until 1969. He was a full professor of building design and building theory; he also headed the institute of the same name. In addition, he made a significant contribution to the preservation of the Dresden residential palace .
Göpfert died in Dresden in 1994 and was buried in the churchyard of Maria am Wasser .
Buildings (selection)
- Skyscraper on the Weberwiese
- Buildings on Stalinallee
- Ministry of Construction Berlin
- Potsdam-Bornim cultural center
- Auditorium of the University of Rostock, canteen buildings
- Reconstruction of the Wallonerkirche St. Augustini Magdeburg
- Tea house in the park of Schönhausen Palace , Berlin (collaboration with Hans Grotewohl)
literature
- Dorit Petschel : 175 years of TU Dresden. Volume 3: The professors of the TU Dresden 1828–2003. Edited on behalf of the Society of Friends and Supporters of the TU Dresden e. V. von Reiner Pommerin , Böhlau, Cologne a. a. 2003, ISBN 3-412-02503-8 , pp. 283–284 ( limited preview in Google book search).
- Rolf Göpfert. In: arch INFORM .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Manfred Zumpe : He also saved the Dresden Castle. In: Dresdner Universitätsjournal No. 20, December 9, 2003, p. 7 ( online as PDF; 1.8 MB).
- ↑ Konstantin Hermann: Göpfert, Arthur Hugo . In: Institute for Saxon History and Folklore (Ed.): Saxon Biography .
- ^ Technical University of Dresden (ed.): Graves of professors of the alma mater dresdensis in cemeteries in Dresden and the surrounding area . 2nd Edition. Lausitzer Druck- und Verlagshaus, 2003, p. 14.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Göpfert, Rolf |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Göpfert, Rolf Fritz (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German architect, artist and Dresden architecture professor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 7, 1903 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Freiberg |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 26, 1994 |
| Place of death | Dresden |