Willi Egli

Willi Egli (born September 29, 1943 in Zurich ) is a Swiss architect .

Egli first completed an apprenticeship as a draftsman with Benedikt Huber and then worked for two years in Ernst Gisel's office . Studies and competition success enabled him to set up his own office. In his work, he attaches great importance to the careful integration into the architectural and urban development context, the sculptural elaboration, the composition of forms and the continuous flow of space. His focus is on the formation of community-building places.

For example, the church in Affoltern offers a public front courtyard that creates a cloister-like, introverted situation. The terrain slopes down like a relief and continues into the church. His Altried housing estate is a synthesis of multi-family houses and individual row houses.

Willi Egli was chairman of the city of Nuremberg's architectural advisory board until 2016 .

Works (selection)

• Church Center Christkönig , Kloten 1970–71
• Catholic Church , Bellikon 1976–77
• Cemetery complex, Rümlang 1976–77
• Altried , housing estate, Zurich 1980–82
• Church center St. Josef , Affoltern am Albis 1981–83
• St. Mauritius (Bern-Bethlehem) , Bern-Bethlehem 1987–89
• Schoolhouse , Mettmenstetten 1994–95

literature

• Christa Zeller: Willi Egli . In: Isabelle Rucki and Dorothee Huber (eds.): Architectural Lexicon of Switzerland - 19./20. Century Basel: Birkhäuser 1998. S. 159. ISBN 3-7643-5261-2

supporting documents

1. ↑ Christa Zeller: Willi Egli . In: Isabelle Rucki and Dorothee Huber (eds.): Architectural Lexicon of Switzerland - 19./20. Century Basel: Birkhäuser 1998. S. 159. ISBN 3-7643-5261-2
2. ↑ Christa Zeller: Swiss architecture guide; Volume 1: Northeast and Central Switzerland. Zurich: Werk Verlag 1996. S. 112. ISBN 3-909145-11-6
3. ↑ Christa Zeller: Swiss architecture guide; Volume 1: Northeast and Central Switzerland. Zurich: Werk Verlag 1996. p. 208. ISBN 3-909145-11-6
4. ↑ Cf. nuernberg.de: Baukunstbeirat (BKB) ( Memento of the original from November 4, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.