Stefan Polónyi

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Stefan Polónyi in an interview at a commemorative event in 2013 on the fourth anniversary of the collapse of the Cologne Historical Archive
Double arch bridge in the Nordsternpark of Gelsenkirchen
St. Suitbert in Essen-Überruhr , joint design with the architect Josef Lehmbrock

Stefan Polónyi (born July 6, 1930 in Gyula / Hungary ) is a German civil engineer and author . It was best known for its folded and shell constructions and its arched structures.

life and work

Stefan Polónyi studied civil engineering at the Technical University of Budapest and moved to Cologne in 1956 after four years as a research assistant in Budapest . In 1957 he opened his own office there (Stefan Polónyi & Partner, later Polonyi and Fink, then IPP Prof. Polonyi + Partner). In 1965 he was appointed professor for structural engineering at the TU Berlin , where he set up the institute for model statics . In 1971 he was appointed to the University of Dortmund , where he played a key role in the establishment of the construction department and the development of the “ Dortmund Model ”, a joint training program for engineers and architects. Polónyi retired in 1995 in Dortmund.

In 1997, the Architecture and Engineers Association (AIV) Cologne honored him with the AIV plaque “For services to our built environment”. In 1999 the TU Berlin awarded him the title of "Dr.-Ing. E. h. ". It was the third honorary doctorate for him, after the Technical University of Budapest and the University of Kassel had already awarded him it.

“Polónyi never saw the engineer's work as that of a technocratic handyman, but rather as a structural engineering. The spirited lateral thinker always referred to the engineer's cultural obligations and consistently implemented this in his designs. This amalgamation of scientific and intuitive influences can be seen, for example, in the glass hall at the Leipzig trade fair or in the St. Suitbert church in Essen-Überruhr, which he designed together with the architect Josef Lehmbrock. "

Stefan Polónyi lives in Cologne.

Buildings

Fonts

  • Shells in concrete and plastic: design, dimensioning, execution. Bauverlag, Wiesbaden / Berlin 1970, ISBN 3-7625-0447-4 .
  • Some thoughts on the scientific status of structural engineering. In: Bautechnik, 1981, issue 1.
  • The structural engineer and his science. In: Bautechnik, Volume 59, 1982, pp. 289-295
  • With hesitant consequence: essays and lectures on structural design 1961–1987. Vieweg, Braunschweig / Wiesbaden 1987, ISBN 3-528-08781-1 .
  • with H. Kollhoff, F. Neumeyer, M. Klinkott: About tectonics in architecture. Vieweg, Braunschweig 1993, ISBN 3-528-08862-1 .
  • The new reinforced concrete concept. In: Bautechnik, Volume 73, 1996, pp. 753-765.
  • S. Polónyi, F. Kind-Barkauskas , B. Kauhsen: Concrete Atlas - Designing with reinforced concrete in building construction. Verl. Bau und Technik, Düsseldorf 2001, ISBN 3-7640-0425-8 .
  • with W. Walochnik: Architecture and Structure. Ernst, Berlin 2003, ISBN 3-433-01769-7 .

literature

  • Ursula Kleefisch-Jobst (Ed.): Stefan Polónyi. Load-bearing lines - load-bearing surfaces. Catalog. Ed. Menges, Fellbach 2012, ISBN 978-3-936681-58-1 ( mai-nrw.de [PDF; accessed on December 15, 2012] reading sample).
  • Michael Kuhlemann (Red.): Stefan Polónyi. (= Master builder in the Ruhr area , vol. 2, published by the Association of German Architects). Klartext, Essen 2010. ISBN 978-3-8375-0352-4 .
  • Ulrike Stark (Red.): Engineers - Stefan Polonyi. IRB-Verlag (Fraunhofer Information Center for Space and Building), Stuttgart, 3rd, ext. Edition 1995. ISBN 3-8167-2633-X .
  • Prof. Dr.-Ing. E. h. Dr. hc Dr.-Ing. E. h. Stefan Polónyi . In: Valentin Wehefritz (Hrsg.): CVs from your own hand. Biographical archive of Dortmund university professors. No. 16, 2 . Dortmund 2010 ( tu-dortmund.de [PDF; accessed on May 28, 2014]). In it p. 42–74: List of the more important buildings (as of June 1999).
  • Kleinschmidt, Walochnik, Reyer: Festschrift. Stefan Polónyi. For his sixtieth birthday. Müller, Cologne, July 1990
  • Ulrich Conrads (Ed.): Stefan Polónyi. With hesitant consistency. Essays and lectures on the structural design 1961–1987 "Vieweg & Sohn, Braunschweig 1987, ISBN 3-528-08781-1
  • Klaus Stiglat : Civil engineers and their work. Ernst & Son 2003

Web links

Commons : Stefan Polónyi  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Baunetz: An engineer with profile - AIV award for Stefan Polonyi , notification, June 19, 1997
  2. ↑ a b TU Berlin: TU Berlin honors its former university professors Professor Oswald Mathias Ungers and Professor Stefan Polónyi with an honorary doctorate ( memento of January 22, 2000 in the Internet Archive ), Media Information No. 203, October 15, 1999
  3. ^ Stefan Polónyi (* 1930). In: baukunst-nrw
  4. ^ Reprinted with a comment by Karl-Eugen Kurrer . In: Bautechnik Volume 91, 2014, Issue 1.
personal data
SURNAME Polónyi, Stefan
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German civil engineer, university professor
DATE OF BIRTH July 6, 1930
PLACE OF BIRTH Gyula