Wils Ebert
Willy Karl (Wils) Ebert (born April 17, 1909 in Obercunnersdorf ; † June 24, 1979 in Berlin ) was a German architect , urban planner , designer and university professor .
Life
After training as a fitter and lathe operator, he studied at the Bauhaus Dessau from 1929 to 1933 . From 1933–1934 he worked in the office of Walter Gropius , followed by a freelance job. He was a member of the German Werkbund .
In 1938 Ebert took over the office from Ludwig Hilberseimer , who had emigrated to the USA.
From 1941 to 1945 Wils Ebert was obliged to work at Mineralöl-Baugesellschaft mbH in Berlin.
From 1945 to 1949 he was the main Planning Office for the City Council of Berlin and assistant at the head of the Technical University Berlin with Hans Scharoun , the Ebert also promoted in later years.
In 1960 Ebert appeared as a co-initiator of the Bauhaus Archive . From 1963 to 1974 he taught as a full professor at the University of Fine Arts in Berlin (today Berlin University of the Arts ). He is buried in the forest cemetery in Zehlendorf .
Plant, investments
- 1934–1960: Design of the ovens, stoves and ashtrays for the Frank'sche Eisenwerke
- 1937: Hackemann house, Machaweg 12, Kleinmachnow
- 1946: Collective plan for the redesign of Berlin
- 1948–1951: Wilmersdorf Stadium
- 1950–1963: Design of the chairs for the Walter Krenzer Frohnhausen chair factory. Model 710 or Venus especially for Interbau 1957
- 1955–1957: Mariendorf-Ost settlement & "Neighborhood Mariendorf" settlement
- 1956: Day care center for UNESCO , Hellespont 2, Berlin-Mariendorf
- 1957: 9-storey house with Walter Gropius for Interbau , Händelallee 3–9, Berlin-Tiergarten
- 1959–1962: Spring project ( Otto-Suhr-Siedlung ) in Berlin-Kreuzberg
- 1960–1961: "An derkap" primary school, Borkzeile 34, Berlin-Spandau
- 1960–1962: Düppel Süd settlement, Berlin-Zehlendorf, demonstrative building program by the Federal Minister for Housing
- 1961–1962: Charlottenburg Nord-Ost housing estate, Paul-Hertz-Siedlung
- 1964–1965: 5-storey apartment building, Kaiserstraße 122/123, Berlin-Mariendorf
- 1964–1969: Shopping center, Johannisthaler Chaussee 301–327, Berlin-Britz
- 1965–1969: Gropiusstadt housing estate , 9-storey arcade house and two 18-storey residential buildings, Berlin-Buckow
- 1966–1967: Conversion of the former barracks of the Gardes du Corps in Berlin-Charlottenburg ( Stüler buildings ) into the Egyptian Museum (end of use 2005)
- 1965–1970: New building of the Dahlem Ethnological Museum , Berlin-Dahlem
Web links
- Literature by and about Wils Ebert in the catalog of the German National Library
- Wils Ebert. In: arch INFORM .
- Wils Ebert Collection in the archive of the Academy of Arts, Berlin
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Ebert, Wils |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Ebert, Willy Karl |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German architect and urban planner |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 17, 1909 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Obercunnersdorf , Germany |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 24, 1979 |
| Place of death | Berlin , Germany |