Rolf Zimmermann (architect)
Rolf Zimmermann (born August 22, 1959 in Halle (Saale) ; † June 13, 2008 in Dresden ) was a German architect and monument conservator .
Career
Zimmermann completed a construction worker apprenticeship in Magdeburg from 1976 to 1979 . He was expelled from the subsequent architecture studies at the Technical University of Dresden (1981–1984) because of comments critical of the regime against the GDR authorities. He then took over the construction management for the castle church in Karl-Marx-Stadt on behalf of the Saxon regional church. In 1985 he left the GDR and from 1986 to 1989 he continued his architecture studies at the Technical University of Munich , at the same time he worked for Franz Riepl . After working in various other architecture offices, Zimmermann founded his own architecture office in Dresden in 1992 and took over the representation of the chair holder for monument preservation and design at the Technical University of Dresden. Zimmermann, who worked meticulously to the end, succumbed to cancer in June 2008 after a long and serious illness.
Rolf Zimmermann has always used a contemporary architectural language in his projects in the historical inventory and not reconstructed in a historicizing way . In the sometimes heated debates about the preservation of monuments and reconstruction in his city, he sought a mediating position between traditionalists and modernists. His work was characterized by the high respect he found for what he found, which he understood with his extensive knowledge of building history and his humanistic attitude, completed, transformed and thought further in a contemporary way.
Awards
- 1994: Architecture Prize from the Technical University of Dresden
- 1995: Saxon State Prize for Architecture
- 2007: BDA Prize Saxony
- 2007: BDA Prize Germany
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Buildings and designs
- since 1992: renovation of the castle in Hermsdorf
- since 1992: renovation of the castle in Wachau
- since 1993: renovation of Schönfeld Palace
- 1997–1999: Renovation of the domed hall wing of Pillnitz Castle in Dresden
- 2000: Repair of the Cranach altar in St. Wolfgang zu Schneeberg
- 2000: Psychiatric hospital in Radebeul
- 2001–2003: Herb settlement in Dresden-Gorbitz (house and storey demolition of a prefabricated housing estate)
- 2002: Army officers' school, former gymnastics and fencing hall, Dresden
- 2002: Silesian Museum in Görlitz
- 2003: Asternweg 8–16 in Dresden-Gorbitz (conversion of a WBS 70 panel assembly line )
- 2004: City residential building Conertplatz 7, Dresden
- 2004: Renovation and expansion of the Brühlsche Terrasse exhibition building in Dresden's old town
Fonts
- Architecture and building culture concern everyone. In: Catalog for the building fair House 2001.
- The new man. Life plans and obsessions in the 20th century and some effects. (Lecture at the European Academy of Sciences and Arts on February 12, 2000 in Meißen)
Web links
- Baunetz-online: Building in the existing stock - On the death of the Dresden architect Rolf Zimmermann
- Joachim Thiel: Rolf Zimmermann 1959–2008 - an obituary
Other sources
- Heike Bittner : Credible , (radio?) Broadcast of the MDR on September 29, 2007 about the architect Rolf Zimmermann
Individual evidence
- ^ Baunetz, report from June 18, 2008 Building in Existing Structures - On the death of the Dresden architect Rolf Zimmermann
- ^ Joachim Thiel: Rolf Zimmermann 1959-2008 - an obituary
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Zimmermann, Rolf |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German architect and preservationist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 22, 1959 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Halle (Saale) |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 13, 2008 |
| Place of death | Dresden |