Walter Bunsmann

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Walter Josef Maria Bunsmann (born January 16, 1928 in Paderborn ; died June 9, 2017 in Tornesch ) was a German architect .

Life

Catholic church on Spiekeroog

After his childhood in Paderborn, he had to do military service as early as 1943 as an air force helper and later as a soldier. After the Second World War he made up his Abitur and began studying architecture at the TH Karlsruhe in 1948 with Otto Ernst Schweizer , Arnold Tschira and Egon Eiermann , from which he graduated in 1953. From 1953 to 1959 Bunsmann worked for Hans Bernhard Reichow , Godber Nissen and Max Zoder. From 1960 to 1963 he was a construction consultant at Reemtsma and in 1963 founded his own office together with Jörn Rau . Gerhard Scharf also joined this in 1965 . While Rau left in 1970, Bunsmann and Scharf continued their partnership until 1990. He then worked as a freelance architect until 1994 .

Walter Bunsmann was Vice President of the Hamburg Chamber of Architects from 1967 to 1978 and then its President until 1990. In addition, from 1971, he served as Vice President of the Federal Chamber of Architects for two years . From 1983 to 1987 he was a member of the building deputation and in 1987 a member of the city planning committee in Hamburg . Bunsmann continued to teach building studies at the University of Applied Sciences for Artistic Ceramics in Höhr-Grenzhausen until 2001.

Works

Neuengamme Document House
Tower of Trinitatis Hemmingen
  • 1963: Ansveruskreuz pilgrim house in Ratzeburg
  • 1964: Alfred Delp Student House Hamburg
  • 1964–1965: Holy Cross Church (Hamburg-Volksdorf)
  • 1964–1966: Dominican monastery Hamburg-Barmbek-Süd near the Church of St. Sophien
  • 1965: Niels Stensen Chapel in Reinbek
  • 1965: Glinde parish hall
  • 1966: St. Willhad Church in Esens
  • 1967: soldiers' home St. Mauritius Münster
  • 1967: Preservation of monuments / restoration of the Dominican monastery in Berlin-Moabit
  • 1968: Wildeshausen community center
  • 1968: Preservation of monuments / restoration of St. Sophien Church in Hamburg
  • 1969: Preservation of monuments / restoration of St. Paulus Church in Berlin
  • 1970: St. Peter (Spiekeroog)
  • 1971: Jakobus Church in Lurup
  • 1971: St. Michael (Helgoland)
  • 1971: Daycare center in Hamburg-Billstedt
  • 1972: Ludwig Windthorst House in Lingen
  • 1972: Soldiers' home Ostfrieslandhaus Aurich
  • 1973: St. Paulus Billstedt parish hall
  • 1973–1974: Catholic Academy Hamburg
  • 1974: Preservation of monuments / restoration of St. Petri Church in Gesmold
  • 1977: Dietrich Bonhoeffer Church in Hanover-Wetzen
  • 1978: Preservation of monuments / restoration of St. Mauritius Church in Ibbenbüren
  • 1980–1981: Neuengamme Document House
  • 1981–1984: Repair of the outer facade of St. Johannis, Hamburg-Eppendorf
  • 1984: Trinity Church in Hanover-Hemmingen
  • 1986: Maximilian Kolbe Center in Dortmund
  • 1987: Church Propsteikirche in Dortmund
  • 1987: Daycare center in Hamburg-Wilhelmsburg

Web links

Commons : Walter Bunsmann  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Dipl.-Ing. Walter Josef Maria Bunsmann. In: hamburgerpersoenlichkeit.de. Retrieved March 30, 2020.
personal data
SURNAME Bunsmann, Walter
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bunsmann, Walter Josef Maria (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German architect
DATE OF BIRTH January 16, 1928
PLACE OF BIRTH Paderborn
DATE OF DEATH June 9, 2017
Place of death Tornesch