Walter Segal

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Apartment block in Knightsbridge, London, 1957

Walter Segal (born May 15, 1907 in Berlin , †  October 27, 1985 in London ) was a German - British architect . He developed a system house in timber frame construction , in which the clients can erect their own building with simple means.

biography

Segal was born in Berlin as the son of the Romanian painter Arthur Segal . He spent parts of his childhood in the artist community of Monte Verità in Ascona . He studied architecture in Delft and Berlin. After graduating, he spent a year doing excavations in Cairo . There he dealt with antique chairs and thrones. From there he came to London for the first time at the end of 1935. There he continued his studies at the British Museum . Because of their Jewish origins, the Segal family had to flee Germany in 1936 and then settled in London. There he met Eva Bradt, his future wife. She was a student at the Architectural Association School of Architecture where he taught. With her he had a son (John, born 1948). Eva Segal died in 1950. In 1963 he married Moran Scott.

plant

Walter Segal received his first architectural commission from the art collector Bernhard Mayer , a friend of his father's. For him he designed a wooden holiday hut in Ascona. His first major contract was for an apartment building in London in 1948. With his second wife, he expanded their house in Highgate for the family and developed an inexpensive DIY method for the first time . The construction has served as an example for numerous buildings in Great Britain. From 1970, two publicly funded settlements were built in Lewisham based on his concept: Segal Close and Walters Way .

Publications

  • Walter Segal: Home and Environment. Leonard Hill, 1948/1953
  • Walter Segal: Planning and Transport: Their Effects on Industry and Residence Dent. For the Cooperative Permanent Building Society, 1945
  • Walter Segal: Learning from the Self-Builders (Audiobook). World Microfilms Publications Ltd, 1983

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 'This isn't at all like London': life in Walter Segal's self-build anarchist estate. The Guardian , Sept. 16, 2015.
  2. ↑ Colin Ward: About Walter Segal. Diggers and Dreamers: A Directory of Alternative Living.
  3. ^ Walters Way, Honor Oak Park, South London. Walter Segal Self Building Trust.
personal data
SURNAME Segal, Walter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British architect
DATE OF BIRTH May 15, 1907
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin
DATE OF DEATH October 27, 1985
Place of death London