Villa Wagner (Friedrichshafen)

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The Villa Wagner , also known as "Landhaus Wagner", is a listed representative villa from 1964/65 in columns stone, a district of Friedrichshafen in the Lake Constance district . The client was Josef Wagner, the founder of J. Wagner GmbH in Markdorf.

Building history

In contrast to the home style that is otherwise common on Lake Constance , Josef Wagner built a modern, living and representing function based on plans by Friedrichshafen architects Kurt Schliessmann and Klaus Sihler on an approximately 8,000 m² plot of land with old trees and a view of the lake in 1964/65 To build house.

Apparently, he spared no expense in the construction and the equipment of the house with exclusive materials, which was planned down to the last detail and brought in well-known designers such as B. the textile artist Lore Hoffmann , or the painters and sculptors Fred Stelzig , Hans Model and Erich Hauser .

According to the architect Kurt Schliessmann, his wife Elisabeth Wagner found the sculpture that Erich Hauser designed for Josef Wagner to be too aggressive. Wagner donated the sculpture to the 1977 Federal Garden Show in Stuttgart. Since then, the work of art has stood in a water basin in the Höhenpark Killesberg, south of the famous milk bar by Rolf Gutbrod. The floral staged fountain, which has stood in the garden of the Villa Wagner since then, must by no means be confused with a work by Erich Hauser. The park-like garden was designed by the Swiss garden architect Andreas Sulzer after the construction work was completed in 1965 .

A few years after Josef Wagner's suicide in 1987, the Wagner company sold the property to a Friedrichshafen housing association as an heir. Then the villa sank into a deep sleep for a long time.

Only when the Villa Wagner became visible to the public again as a film location did the Stuttgart architects Peter Klumpp and Veronika Kergaßner discover during their research that a completely different fate had already been sealed for the villa. At the time in May 2001, a conversion plan had already been approved by the responsible Friedrichshafen authorities. With the addition of a full storey, a sloping gable roof and an external elevator, the two Stuttgart architects recognized a significant interference with the architectural quality of the house. There was a threat of distortion of the work in terms of the copyright law.

At the end of May 2001, Veronika Kergaßner informed all responsible monument protection authorities up to the German National Committee for Monument Protection and well-known architectural historians. But because of the already approved renovation plans, everyone declined to work to preserve the Villa Wagner. It was not until the extensive documentation work by Peter Klumpp and Veronika Kergaßner on the architects and the participating artists that the Upper Monument Protection Authority in Tübingen became aware.

It should be another year before the Tübingen experts inspected the property. On July 12, 2002, Villa Wagner, including the interior and exterior facilities, was placed under monument protection as a whole .

Until 2007, Villa Wagner was still owned by the housing association, which after it was placed under protection was no longer able to convert it according to their needs and to use it intensively. The building permit that had already been granted was revoked. The property was thus initially protected from gross tampering, but no enthusiast was found who wanted this gem.

It was only when the Wagner company celebrated the company's founder's 100th birthday in the villa that those responsible recognized the value of the architecture and the history of the house. The company J. Wagner GmbH bought the house back in 2007 - after 20 years of vacancy - and restored it in a manner appropriate to historic monuments. Since the restoration work was completed in 2010, the headquarters of the Josef Wagner Foundation as well as conference rooms and apartments for new company employees have been located here.

Also in 2010, Villa Wagner was awarded the Baden-Württemberg Monument Protection Prize.

meaning

The two-storey flat roof construction documents the further developed organic architectural style of the early 1960s with its special functional cut, the use of a combination of concrete and clinker materials typical of the time, and the modernity of the overall concept with many architectural and technical refinements inside and out. The country house clearly echoes the Hanna Honeycomb House (1937–1962) by the American architect Frank Lloyd Wright , one of the most important representatives of organic building . On the other hand, the Villa Wagner documents the lifestyle of a wealthy entrepreneur who was fascinated by technical progress in the time of the economic miracle in Germany with remarkable technical equipment, two swimming pools, open chimneys, sliding or retractable walls, bar and terraces, fixed seating areas and designers Furnishings with fine woods and wallpapers. Wagner had individual items of equipment, such as the fireplace cladding or the front door, made in his company according to his designs. In 2010, J. Wagner GmbH received the Baden-Württemberg Monument Protection Prize for the exemplary restoration of this post-war cultural monument.

The villa is a stop on the Friedrichshafen History Trail ; a board on the property shows the floor plan and gives a brief overview of the building history and furnishings.

literature

  • AD, Architectural Digest, September 2012, page 204ff: “You only live twice” - Contribution by the historian and author Bodo Mrozek about the Villa Wagner in column stone.
  • Traveling exhibition of the BDA, 2009 to 2011: “Living in the future”: Two photographs of the Villa Wagner by Veronika Kergaßner were shown. Catalog for the exhibition: “Living in the future”, published for the BDA by Kai Vöckler and Andreas Denk, Nicolai Verlag, ISBN 978-3-89479-567-2 , photo credit by Veronika Kergaßner, page 86.
  • Deutsches Architektenblatt, 12/2002, pages 3–4. Contribution about the Villa Wagner in the article: "Species protection program for threatened architecture" by Carmen Mundorff and Veronika Kergaßner as co-author.
  • Stephan Demmrich, Veronika Kergaßner: Monument to one , in: Living! Design , 2/2003, pp. 34-38
  • Martina Goerlich, Cornelia Marinowitz, Silvia Tauss: “You only live twice”. The second life of the Villa Wagner. In: Denkmalpflege in Baden-Württemberg , Volume 40, 2011, issue 2, pp. 95-100 ( PDF file; 835 kB , PDF file of the entire issue )
  • Tobias Hotz: Villa Wagner in Friedrichshafen-colon stone. The restoration work on the concrete facade. In: Denkmalpflege in Baden-Württemberg , Volume 40, 2011, Issue 2, pp. 101–105 ( PDF file; 673 kB ; PDF file of the entire issue )
  • Cornelia Marinowitz, Silvia Tauss, The grass fiber wallpapers in the Villa Wagner in Friedrichshafen-column stone, in: Nike Bulletin (PDF file; 1.9 MB), 6.2008, pp. 33–37
  • Michael Ruhland: relaxed severity or disciplined freedom. The Villa Wagner in Friedrichshafen-colon stone (Bodenseekreis). In: Denkmalpflege in Baden-Württemberg , 33rd year 2004, issue 3, pp. 185–188 ( PDF file; 650 kB ; PDF file of the entire issue )

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Martina Goerlich, Cornelia Marinowitz, Silvia Tauss “You only live twice” ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF file; 835 kB), The second life of the Villa Wagner, in: Denkmalpflege in Baden-Württemberg 2.2011 ( Memento of the original from 23 September 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF file; 6.6 MB), pp. 95–100 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.netzwerk-bauundforschung.com @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.denkmalpflege-bw.de
  2. ↑ Information on the page of the Wagner group
  3. ↑ Cornelia Marinowitz, Silvia Tauss, Die Grasfasertapeten in the Villa Wagner in Friedrichshafen-column stone, in: Nike Bulletin (PDF file; 1.9 MB), 6.2008, pp. 33–37
  4. ^ Villa Wagner receives monument protection award, report in the Schwäbische Zeitung of March 9, 2011
  5. ↑ Schwäbischer Heimatbund , Monument Protection Prize Baden-Württemberg, Prize Winner 2010

Coordinates: 47 ° 40 ′ 50.9 "  N , 9 ° 25 ′ 9.1"  E