Wilhelm Schürch

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Wilhelm Schürch (born April 17, 1882 in Wolfisberg ; † November 6, 1955 in Biel / Bienne ) was a Swiss architect .

education

After attending schools in Madretsch and Biel, Schürch first studied at the local technical center , where he obtained his diploma in 1906. He continued his studies in Stuttgart and Munich . When exactly he returned to Biel is not known, at least in 1910 after winning a competition for the retirement asylum in Langnau he entered into a partnership with Friedrich Moser , which lasted until around 1929.

Moser and Schürch

In the course of its roughly twenty years of existence, the joint office made the transition from the Heimat style to a moderate modernity . The main construction tasks were industrial construction and public sector contracts, which often resulted from competitive successes. The main work of the office, to which Walter von Gunten also belonged as a partner, was undoubtedly the Biel train station in the 1920s . In addition, the office devoted itself to numerous urban planning and development plans.

Schürch as a single architect

On a narrow strip of land that had become vacant after the relocation of Biel's main train station, was created - also as part of a special building permit, which z. B. prescribed flat roofs - a small settlement in the spirit of New Building , where both Moser and Schürch are represented with a building. After separating from Moser, Schürch, who temporarily ran a branch office in Zurich , built a large number of residential and commercial buildings, especially in Biel and Zurich, such as the Handelshof on Sihlplatz in Zurich, a strongly horizontal commercial building with ribbon windows without interruption walking around the curved facade. After the Second World War, Schürch also planned cooperative estates such as the Sonnigen Hof and Rebhügel and planned the first high-rise building in Biel (which Hans and Gret Reinhard then carried out posthumously).

literature

  • Daniel Wolf: Moser and Schürch. In: Isabelle Rucki and Dorothee Huber (eds.): Architectural Lexicon of Switzerland - 19./20. Century. Birkhäuser, Basel 1998. ISBN 3-7643-5261-2 , p. 389 f.
  • NN: Wilhelm Schürch (Nekrolog) . In: Schweizerische Bauzeitung . tape 74 , no. 3 , 1956, pp. 45 ( e-periodica.ch ).

Works (selection)

Moser and Schürch
  • God's grace , Seeländisches Krankenasyl, Mett , 1910/11
  • Maschinenfabrik Güdel , Bern , 1911
  • Watch factory Trösch , Biel 1913
  • Residential colony of the railway construction cooperative , Nidau , 1911–1914
  • Dairy pavilions , Swiss National Exhibition, Bern , 1914
  • Landis & Gyr factory , Zug , 1911–1918
  • Maison Blanche , Cantonal Children's Hospital , Leubringen , 1913
  • God's grace , retirement home, Langnau , 1913/14
  • United Wire Works , Extension Buildings, Biel, 1913–1916
  • Development plan Bözingen / Boujean , 1916.
  • Development plan Grenchen , 1917.
  • United Wire Works , Welfare Building, Biel, 1917/18
  • Competition Greater Zurich , 1918.
  • Zoning plan Moutier , 1918.
  • Designing the lakeshore in Lucerne , ideas competition, 1918.
  • Development plan Kriens , 1919.
  • Biel / Bienne railway station , 1919–1923
  • House Hirt-Suter Biel, 1919/20
  • Gruen-Watch Biel watch factory , 1922/23
  • Residential houses Dufourstr. Biel, 1924-26
Wilhelm Schürch
  • Handelshof. Zurich, 1929–30
  • Leuenberger House. Biel 1930
  • Jura house. Biel 1930
  • City house. Biel 1930–31
  • Hotel Zealand. Biel 1930–32
  • Residential and commercial building. Biel 1930–34
  • Sunny yard. Settlement, Biel 1947–48
  • Vine hills. Settlement, Biel from 1948
  • Friedweg. Secondary school, Madretsch 1951–53
  • Skyscraper Dufourstr. Biel 1955 (execution 1958–59 Hans and Gret Reinhard)

supporting documents

  1. ^ NN: New building for the "Gottesgnad" asylum in Langnau (Bern) . In: Schweizerische Bauzeitung . tape 54 , no. 10 , 1909, pp. 144 ( e-periodica.ch ).
  2. ↑ Christa Zeller: Swiss architecture guide . 2: Northwestern Switzerland, Jura, Central Plateau. Werk Verlag, Zurich 1996, ISBN 3-909145-12-4 , p. 222 .
  3. ↑ Hanspeter Rebsamen, Cornelia Bauer, Jan Capol: Zurich . In: Inventory of modern Swiss architecture, 1850-1920 . tape 10 . Orell Füssli, Zurich 1992, topographical inventory, p. 424 , doi : 10.5169 / seals-10931 .
  4. ↑ E.Sch .: cooperative settlement "Sunny Hof" Biel . In: Living . tape 26 , no. 9 , 1951, pp. 255 ff ., doi : 10.5169 / seals-102291 .
  5. ^ V .: The settlements of the «Fröhlisberg» building cooperative, Biel . In: Living . tape 26 , no. 12 , 1951, pp. 357 ff ., doi : 10.5169 / seals-102318 .
  6. ^ Georg Germann, Werner Stutz: Inventory of the newer Swiss architecture , 1850–1920 . Biel. In: Society for Swiss Art History (Ed.): INSA . tape 3 . Orell Füssli, Zurich 1982, ISBN 3-280-01397-6 , p. 75 , col. 3 , doi : 10.5169 / seals-4534 ( e-periodica.ch [accessed on March 14, 2016]).
personal data
SURNAME Schürch, Wilhelm
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss architect
DATE OF BIRTH April 17, 1882
PLACE OF BIRTH Wolfisberg
DATE OF DEATH November 6, 1955
Place of death Biel