Theodor Astfalck
Theodor Astfalck (born February 4, 1852 in Berlin ; † February 6, 1910 ibid.) Was a German architect and construction clerk.
life and work
After graduating from high school at Friedrichs-Gymnasium in Berlin, Theodor Astfalck studied for 1½ years as a construction worker with the agricultural inspector Spieker . This was followed by studies at the Bauakademie in Berlin , which he completed in February 1877 with the construction manager examination. Under the direction of Spieker, he worked on the new construction of the astro-physical observatory on Telegrafenberg in Potsdam. From November 1878 to March 1880 he worked in the Ministry of Culture. As a master builder, he again worked under Spieker in the Ministry of Culture from 1883, where he was particularly involved in examining and drawing up drafts for the development of the Museum Island , the Pergamon Museum , clinic buildings in Göttingen, Greifswald and Breslau, the Physics Institute in Halle and the Art Academy in Charlottenburg. From July 1886 he was entrusted by the Reich Office of the Interior with the independent management of the entire buildings of the Physikalisch-Technische Reichsanstalt in Charlottenburg.
Around 1890 he was commissioned by Wilhelm Siemens to convert the villa built by Heino Schmieden in Biesdorf in 1868 . In 1897 he was appointed to the technical office of the Ministry of Public Works. On a part-time basis, he carried out the construction of a new office building for the standard calibration commission in Charlottenburg based on his own designs. In 1898 he was appointed technical member of the Royal Ministerial Building Commission in Berlin, where he was promoted to the building council. In this office he was involved in a large number of new state buildings and conversions, in particular in the extension of the Agricultural University , the reconstruction of the Academy of Arts on Pariser Platz, the prison buildings in Tegel , Plötzensee and Moabit . He directed the construction of the Aeronautical Institute in Lindenberg . From 1905 to 1908 he was also in charge of the construction of the Passionskirche on Marheinekeplatz in Berlin.
literature
- "B.": Theodor Astfalck †. In: Zentralblatt der Bauverwaltung , Volume 30, 1910, No. 13 (from February 12, 1910), p. 88 ( digitized version , last accessed on June 25, 2020)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Entry in the Berlin State Monument List , accessed on June 25, 2020
- ↑ Entry in the Berlin State Monument List , accessed on June 25, 2020
- ↑ Entry in the Berlin State Monument List , accessed on June 25, 2020
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Astfalck, Theodor |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German architect and construction officer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 4, 1852 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 6, 1910 |
| Place of death | Berlin |