Walter Neuhäusser
Walter Neuhäusser (born October 9, 1926 in Oberbruch ; alternative spelling of the name: Walter Neuhäusser ) is a German architect . He is the son of the composer Joseph Neuhäuser .
In 1954 he was a master student of Johannes Krahn at the Frankfurt Städelschule . In 1976 he was invited by the Federal Republic of Germany to the Villa Massimo in Rome .
Neuhäusser has been a member of the Association of German Architects since 1961 , and in 1976 he was appointed to the German Werkbund .
biography
At the end of his architecture studies at the Frankfurt Städel, Neuhäusser began to work for the planning and architecture office of his teacher Johannes Krahn. In 1957 he founded his first architecture office in Limburg an der Lahn .
During this time, the three residential buildings for the clients Meyer, Freise and Wiegand were built, which laid the foundation for Neuhäusser's reputation as an architect. The buildings are classified as Classical Modernism and Functionalism , but their style is expanded to include round, flowing forms.
Neuhäusser specialized in private houses, partly with influences from the De Stijl movement. During this time he also attracted attention with his first large-scale project landscape pool in 1960 . The bathing area is more of a landscape park and combines new technologies with an open-air swimming pool set into nature, which has influenced many similar projects internationally.
In 1964 Neuhäusser constructed the Alsterschwimmhalle Hamburg , which can be seen as his most important building and greatest international success and which leads to the identification of his works with shell construction . The church complex Sankt Hildegard , which is one of Neuhäusser's numerous sacred buildings, is regarded as the forerunner of the Alster swimming pool.
In addition to designing churches, chapels and mourning halls, Walter Neuhäusser was entrusted with the reconstruction and redesign of the Springiersbach monastery from 1135 in 1962 . The cemetery hall in the small village of Schupbach is one of the lesser-known, but important bowls from his hand, which, despite its architectural uniqueness, was so poorly maintained that the wooden structure rotten from the inside and was torn down due to a lack of will to preserve it and financial resources.
In addition to the core of his work, the shell buildings and residential houses, Neuhäusser became one of the leading experts for half-timbered houses in Germany and turned more to interior design , which already formed a significant part of his work at the beginning of his activity.
In 1972 Neuhäusser was entrusted with the renovation and restoration of Limburg's historic old town from the 13th century. During the work, the oldest free-standing house in Germany was discovered, the so-called Römer 2-4-6 , which Neuhäusser renovated or rebuilt by 1989.
During his activity, he developed various solutions in the field of engineering , which developed through the purpose of a project for general processes and applications: for example the methodology for using Poraver lightweight concrete with glass granulate in the half-timbered renovation, as well as a flexible sound concept with a roll change system in Sound studio building and the construction of a high-load foundation for risk building ground, a so-called shell foundation .
From 1975 Walter Neuhäusser worked for two years as a guest lecturer for shell and folded structures at the Koblenz University of Applied Sciences . This was preceded by a position as a lecturer at the Hadamar State Glass College for structural glass construction.
Neuhäusser took inspiration from Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and organic architecture in his work . In general, his style is close to the original Bauhaus school, which also explains Neuhäusser's appointment to the Werkbund in 1976.
Work (selection)
- 1956: House Meyer in Limburg an der Lahn
- 1957: House Freise in Limburg an der Lahn
- 1957: Wiegand house in Schupbach
- 1960: Landscape swimming pool on the Lahn in Limburg
- 1963: St. Hildegard Church in Limburg an der Lahn , since 2005 the seat of the Crossover youth church
- 1964: Alster swimming pool in Hamburg
- 1966: Mourning hall in the cemetery in Schupbach (demolished)
- 1965: Café Mocca Klaus in Wetzlar (together with Johannes Peter Hölzinger )
- 1968: Mourning hall in Obertiefenbach
- 1970: Eder House in Obertiefenbach
- 1982: Online recording studio in Cologne
- 1992: Redesign of the historic Walderdorffer Hof in Limburg an der Lahn
- 1992: Palmengarten in Frankfurt am Main (with Dr. Schirrmacher)
- after 1990: Building of the Japanese community in Frankfurt am Main
gallery
St. Hildegard Church, 1963
Literature and web links
- “Walter Neuhäusser turns 80” ( Memento from May 26, 2011 in the Internet Archive ), Frankfurter Neue Presse , October 9, 2006
- Stefan Polónyi , Architecture and Structure Ernst & Sohn, Berlin 2003, ISBN 3-433-01769-7
- "Hitlists of the North" , TV report about Neuhäusser's Alsterschwimmhalle of the NDR
- Walter Neuhäusser. In: Structurae
- "Article about the half-timbered renovation with the glass concrete methodology developed by Neuhäusser"
Further articles on shell construction technology
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Neuhäusser, Walter |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German architect |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 9, 1926 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Break over |