Sergius Ruegenberg

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Sergius Ruegenberg (right), 1963

Sergius Ruegenberg (born January 17, 1903 in Saint Petersburg / Russia , † March 23, 1996 in Berlin ) was an architect , designer and draftsman .

The "virtuous" Ruegenberg armchair

biography

Sergius Ruegenberg is a largely unknown master of modern architecture. His few own works as an architect are less important than his work for Ludwig Mies van der Rohe , Hans Scharoun , Bruno Paul and Karl Schneider . His drawing skills and creativity made him an important design partner for her.

Celebration Hall, Berlin (1957)

He worked in Mies van der Rohe's office from 1925 to 1934. There he participated in the conception of the Villa Tugendhat in Brno and in the design for the war memorial in the Neue Wache Berlin. He was the construction manager of the German pavilion at the 1929 World Exhibition in Barcelona, ​​for which he designed the rough version of the famous Barcelona armchair . Ruegenberg himself described its creation with the words:
“Three days before my departure as a site manager for Barcelona, ​​I received the order from Mies to design an armchair, the steel stool had already been realized. One of my designs was produced by Kaiser while I was away. ” (Ruegenberg, April 6, 1988)

Händelallee 59, Berlin (1957)

After the Second World War he worked for Hans Scharoun for ten years . He preferred the architecture of the "sensual, dynamic Scharoun" over that of the "crystal clear, intellectual lousy".

He took part in various competitions. For example in the competition “Around the Zoo” (1948) in Berlin, where his design for a “non-stop airport” caused a sensation.

In 1962, as part of the exhibition “ Hermann Finsterlin - Architectural Visions, Form Metaphors, Models, Oil Paintings, Style Building Sets, Drawings” in the Diogenes Gallery in Berlin, Ruegenberg, like Hermann Finsterlin, Wassili Luckhardt and Oswald M. Ungers , was invited to a lecture in the gallery . Then there was an exchange of letters with Finsterlin in 1963.

Kurpromenade 6, Berlin (1960)

At the end of the 80s, drawings and furniture designs were created in collaboration with Axel Bruchhäuser . One of these designs, a cantilever chair that he himself called the “virtuous armchair”, has been produced by Tecta since 2006 . His ironic sketches, which caricatured the contemporary architectural world, received a lot of attention.

Columbus School, Berlin (1970)

Most important buildings

literature

  • Eva-Maria Amberger (Ed.): Sergius Ruegenberg. Architect between Mies van der Rohe and Hans Scharoun (series Contemporary Museum, publisher Berlinische Galerie, Berlin, and Museum Pedagogical Service, Berlin). Berlin et al. 2000, ISBN 3-927873-60-8 .
  • Martin Gärtner: Sergius Ruegenberg. A monograph. Buildings and designs for Berlin architecture since 1925. Gebrüder Mann, Berlin 1990, ISBN 3-7861-1581-8 (also: Marburg, University, dissertation, 1988).

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personal data
SURNAME Ruegenberg, Sergius
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Russian architect, designer and draftsman
DATE OF BIRTH January 17, 1903
PLACE OF BIRTH St. Petersburg
DATE OF DEATH March 23, 1996
Place of death Berlin