Vadim Gennadjewitsch Jeremejew
Wadim Gennadjewitsch Jeremejew ( Russian Вадим Геннадьевич Еремеев , scientific transliteration Vadim Eremeev ; born 1938 in Novosibirsk Oblast ) is a Russian architect .
Short biography
Jeremejew studied at the State Technical University of the Urals in Sverdlovsk in 1961 and was head of the Kaliningradgrazhdanproekt from 1963 to 1988 . For many years he unsuccessfully campaigned for the reconstruction of the Königsberg Castle and the Coronation Church , the ruins of which were nevertheless blown up. Jeremejew was the first to run a private architecture office in Kaliningrad and restored the town hall , among other things .
Catalog raisonné
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In 1961, Yeremeev had become the chairman of the Kaliningrad section of the Union of Architects of the USSR (KOSA). As such, he criticized the tendency to build Potemkin cities after the end of the Stalin era . He told Kaliningradskaja Pravda that in future it should be made clear which projects would only be planned and which would actually be implemented. Jeremejew wanted to save the ruins of the Königsberg castle and the castle church and tried to mobilize public opinion for this purpose. On October 30, 1965, the Literaturnaja Gazeta published an open letter under the heading Let's Get It For History , signed by Yeremeev, L. Soskin, the chief architect of the Kaliningradgrazdahnproekt, and V. Erasov, the chairman of the Kaliningrad section of the Soviet Writers' Union, released. They referred to the resolution of March 1964 and once again underlined the value of the castle for Russian history. In an interview about the fight to save the Königsberg Palace, Yeremejew stated:
“For a while, you know, we fought a great battle to keep the castle alive. We did not succeed in defending it because the political influence in society was very strong. The Communist Party was just mad at the time, if you can put it that way. Everything German appealed to her. "
Nevertheless, Brezhnev ordered the castle to be blown up immediately. After the castle was blown up in 1965, Jeremejew declared his deep resignation and horror at the meeting of the Architects' Union on December 12, 1965 and emphasized that the conflicts with the local leadership over the preservation of the castle, their "lack of understanding in questions of architecture" would have revealed. More on this from Hoppe:
“The mood at the KOSA meeting on December 12th [Yeremejew] emphasized in his report that the 'trouble' with the local management about the preservation of the castle had revealed 'their lack of understanding' in questions of architecture. Originally, this should be followed by the sentence: But despite this, the leadership of our city understood in this example that it is wrong not to take the architects and the public into consideration. ' In view of the outcome of the conflict, however, he deleted this remark from his manuscript. "
House of the Unions
The House of the Trade Unions ( Russian Дом Профсоюзов ) was built in the late 1970s based on the model of the Comecon building in Moscow under the direction of Jeremejew in the style of Le Corbusier . The building corners swinging outwards were taken over from the Moscow Comecon Building. The building rests on pillars that stand on a slightly raised platform. The facades on the upper floors are designed as wide strips that curve outwards at their ends. The pillars on which the building stands are clad with natural stone. Inside, the wall cladding is made of shell limestone and travertine , which comes from Armenia . The floors in the foyer are made of marble, which comes from Murmansk and the Urals .
City Hall
From 1981 to 1986 the town hall (Königsberg) was restored externally by Wadim Jeremejew and set up as a museum inside. The building is located at the former Königsberger Vorderroßgarten 49, today ul. Klinitscheskaja 21, in Kaliningrad and was built in 1911/1912 according to designs by the Berlin architect Ludwig Richard Seel . It is an example of Art Nouveau: "[...] Shape of the building and shape of the windows, but especially the curves of the four slightly protruding staircases [remind] of the fading Art Nouveau [...] The windows of the Art Nouveau period [...]"
The entire sculptural decoration of the building is considered a total loss. Up until 1945, four standing figures could be seen on the pillars of the former main entrance. In addition, there were four singing mask heads on the front, all of which had been created by Ludwig Sauer around 1912 . On the stairs to the castle pond there was a sculpture consisting of two putti playing with a billy goat, created in 1913 by Walter Rosenberg .
Other buildings
A high-rise complex built by Jeremejew was the Mikrorayon 6 on the eastern side of the cathedral island, as well as the building of the art gallery in Kaliningrad.
Works from his architectural office
In 1998, Jeremejew opened the first private architectural office in the city of Kaliningrad. In 1998 the House of Councils belonged to 70% of the municipality; 30% belonged to private individuals. A competition had ensued and Yeremeyev had won first prize. The House of Councilors, which was designed by Julian Lwowitsch Schwarzbreim , was to be converted into an office and commercial building. Jeremejew announced his renovation plans in Kaliningradskaja Pravda on March 23, 1998. Under Vladimir Putin , the designs of Jeremejew were implemented and the building was completely restored. In the anniversary year there was a construction boom in shopping centers in Kaliningrad. Jeremejew stated in an article in Kaliningradskaya Pravda of May 20, 2004:
"Super offices, mega-markets and other shopping centers [...] why build new centers when you could use the unfinished council house?"
The “Kaliningrad Passage” shopping center, an international shopping and hotel complex, was also built according to his designs. In addition, the “Vester” shopping center on Moskovsky Prospect , the “Flower Market” shopping center on Mira Prospect (Friedensallee) and the children's data center on Moskovsky Prospect, as well as the “Kaliningradmelioratsiya” building renovation and the “Stroyvestbank” building in Kaliningrad.
Web links
literature
- Markus Podehl: Architektura Kaliningrada: how Königsberg became Kaliningrad. Materials on the art, culture and history of East Central Europe, 1 . Herder Institute, Marburg 2012, OCLC 816472756 .
- Bert Hoppe: On the ruins of Königsberg. Kaliningrad 1946–1970 , Munich 2000, [To Eremeev] pp. 106, 140, 143.
- Baldur Köster: Königsberg: Architecture from German times. In the appendix: The Kneiphof . Booklet VII. The architectural and art monuments in Königsberg. Husum Druck- und Verlagsgesellschaft, Husum 2000, OCLC 237377396 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Hoppe, p. 106, list of abbreviations
- ↑ Podehl, p. 248.
- ↑ Hoppe, p. 143.
- ↑ Podehl, p. 253.
- ↑ Hoppe, p. 143.
- ↑ Podehl, pp. 322, 328.
- ↑ Podehl, pp. 322–328
- ^ House of Trade Unions (Дом Профсоюзов) in Kaliningrad
- ↑ Köster, p. 114: "1981–1986 restored in the external form [...] Architect of the reconstruction: Wadim Jeremejew."
- ↑ Unless otherwise indicated, the section of the town hall follows the work of Köster, No. 48, pp. 114–116. City Hall .
- ↑ Köster, No. 48, pp. 115–116.
- ↑ Herbert Meinhard Mühlpfordt: Königsberg Sculptures and their Masters 1255–1945 , Würzburg 1970, p. 149.
- ^ Herbert Meinhard Mühlpfordt: Königsberg Sculptures and their Masters 1255–1945 , Würzburg 1970, p. 145.
- ↑ Köster, No. 48, p. 116.
- ↑ Podehl, p. 339: “The microrayon no. 6 […] On the eastern opposite side of the cathedral island, the microrayon no. 6 was built in the early 1980s. Its main architects at Kaliningradgrazdanproekt were Popov, Vadim Eremeev and Sinnina ”.
- ↑ Podehl, p. 341: “Die Gemäldegalerie […] on Moscow Prospect […] An ensemble of twelve-storey high-rise buildings with shop fronts on the northern side of the Pregel that was planned between 1975 and 1977 was also characteristic for the city center. It was at Kaliningradgrazdanproekt rebuilt from the main architects Eremeev from 1987 Kaliningrad Art Gallery ".
- ↑ Podehl, p. 366.
- ↑ cf. Podehl, p. 367.
- ↑ Podehl, p. 368.
- ↑ cf. Podehl, p. 372.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Jeremejew, Vadim Gennadjewitsch |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Eremeev, Vadim; Еремеев, Вадим Геннадьевич (Russian) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Russian architect, construction officer and university professor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1938 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Novosibirsk Oblast |